Chenhsiang Kao

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Dietary Worker
Institution:  
UMASS Amherst
Department:  
UMass Dining - Worcester Commons
Email Address:  
kao@umass.edu

Elena Grace Meili Dolen McCarthy

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Dietary Worker
Institution:  
UMASS Amherst
Department:  
UMass Dining - Worcester Commons
Email Address:  
edolenmccart@umass.edu
Telephone:  
413-545-9426
Office Building:  
Worcester Dining Commons

Intro Seminar I

Required for all new majors. Weekly lectures by faculty on their teaching research and outreach and how it relates to the Environmental Sciences Program. Enables students to interact with faculty to discuss a wide variety of important topics.

CHINESE PHILOSOPHY

Introduction to some of the canonical texts and most influential ideas in the early Chinese philosophical schools, including those of Confucius, Mencius and Zhuangzi. Questions to be covered include: What is the nature of reality? How can we know what is the right thing to do? What is the self? How important is the family and obeying parents and guardians? Is there such a thing as "human nature"? Does anyone have access to the truth? How should we understand the relationship between humans and the natural world?

SEM:INEQUALITY

The causes and consequences of income and wealth inequality. Social class and social mobility in the U.S. The role of IQ and education. The distributional impact of technical change and globalization. Is there a “trade-off” between equality and economic growth? The benefits of competition and cooperation. Behavioral and experimental economics: selfishness, altruism and reciprocity. Fairness and the dogma of economic rationality. Does having more stuff make us happier? Prerequisites: ECO 220 and 250.
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