Prerequisite: 121 or previous dance experience. Enrollment limited to 25.

This class will help students become effective peer writing tutors. They will explore the theoretical and practical relationships among writing, learning and thinking by reading in the fields of composition studies, rhetoric, literacy studies, cognitive psychology and education.

Personal Academic Tactical Help (PATH) is a course designed to help students nd information andstrategies to help them achieve their academic goals. The PATH curriculum explores strategies forsuccess and ways to understand the underlying psychology (how we think) and biology (how our brainworks) that can contribute to, or distract from, success. In this course, students will learn strategiesfor effective learning while planning weekly applications of these strategies to their other courses. Enrollment limited to 20. (E)

Advanced seminar on research design. Students refine their research methodologies and develop an academic and co-curricular plan with the goal of securing placement in a graduate program. Emphasis on the development of public speaking skills, peer-to-peer pedagogies across disciplines, peer mentoring. Limited to recipients of Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowships in their senior year. Normally, students enroll concurrently in a special studies course (minimum 4 credits) or departmental honors thesis on their research topic. Graded S/U only.

Seminar on research design and conduct. The development of research projects including question definition, choice of methodology, selection of sources and evidence evaluation. Participants present their research design and preliminary findings, study pedagogy and research methodologies across disciplines, develop professional skills to prepare for graduate study, and participate in weekly peer progress reports. Limited to recipients of Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowships in their junior year. Course cannot be repeated for credit. Graded S/U only.