This course investigates the relationship between matter and form by considering materials not only as the "stuff" of buildings, but also as a subject of theoretical inquiry and speculation. Using texts and examples from science, philosophy and art history, we will interrogate the ways in which matter influences form through its physical properties and cultural value. Sessions will be organized thematically in order to survey work and ideas from a range of historical periods and contemporary practice.

The course introduces topics on organization, power, and leadership in public health and has grown out of existing coursework in Commonwealth Honors College. Satisfies the Integrative Experience requirement for BS-PubHlth majors.

This is an advanced course in HCI. This course will provide a deeper treatment of some topics that are typically found in an undergraduate HCI course. For example, design methodologies, evaluation methodologies (both quantitative and qualitative), human information processing, cognition, and perception. This course will also introduce students to research frontiers in HCI. The course will cover topics of Universal Usability, CSCW, Digital Civics and fundamentals of designing interactive technology for people.

Students will engage in lively conversations about how products and services will be produced and consumed in ensuing decades of the 21st Century. Discussions will be motivated by readings that include how technologies have evolved and how technological and cybernetic infrastructures impact and define business processes and the delivery of products and services. Students will engage in strategic planning exercises focused on the redesign of infrastructure for product and service delivery to meet demand in a marketplace dominated by the technologically savvy Millennial cohort.

Same as ANT 135. This course studies past cultures and societies through their material remains. Explores how archaeologists use different field methods, analytical techniques and theoretical approaches to investigate, reconstruct and learn from the past. Data from settlement surveys, site excavations and artifact analysis are used to address economic, social, political and ideological questions across time and space.

Same as ARC 135. This course studies past cultures and societies through their material remains and explores how archaeologists use different field methods, analytical technique and theoretical approaches to investigate, reconstruct and learn from the past. Data from settlement surveys, site excavations and artifact analysis are used to address economic, social, political and ideological questions across time and space.

This course explores (1) how and why humans across the globe began to domesticate plant and animal resources approximately 10,000 years ago, and (2) new directions in the archaeology of food across time and space. The first part of the semester focuses on the types of archaeological data and analytical methods used to understand the “agricultural revolution.” Case studies from both centers and noncenters of domestication are used to investigate the biological, economic and social implications of changing foodways.