One of the toughest endeavors in the criminal justice system is making sure that juries have the information in front of them to make reliable decisions. In the U.S., this is regulated through rules of evidence, which govern what the jury is and is not allowed to hear. This goes for both non-scientific evidence (such as eyewitness testimony or a defendant's confession) and scientific evidence (such as a DNA sample or a blood spatter analysis). But how do we know what is reliable and valid "enough"?

Introduction to sociology. America's major social problems--past and present--are examined. These include crime, mental health, drug addiction, family tensions and inequalities based on race, gender, ethnicity and social class. (Gen.Ed. SB, DU)

In this advanced course, we will present methods currently used in modern neurobiology research, these will include molecular and cellular to whole organisms approaches. We will cover how the applications of these techniques are used to answer important and outstanding questions in neurobiology using primary research articles. In a culminating group/team project, students will design experiments using the modern experimental techniques learned in the course to test a hypothesis or to expand understanding of a neurobiology process.

In this advanced course, we will present methods currently used in modern neurobiology research, these will include molecular and cellular to whole organisms approaches. We will cover how the applications of these techniques are used to answer important and outstanding questions in neurobiology using primary research articles. In a culminating group/team project, students will design experiments using the modern experimental techniques learned in the course to test a hypothesis or to expand understanding of a neurobiology process.

African Americans developed and maintained significant economic and cultural advancements in colonial America, a fact eclipsed by the experience of slavery. But many African Americans, especially New Englanders, were more than chattel. By the second half of the seventeenth century, a growing number of black New Englanders engaged in an intricate system of Atlantic commerce, selling fish, furs, and timber not only in England but throughout Catholic Europe; shipbuilding; and transporting tobacco, rice, wine, sugar, and other cargo, including slaves.

Mongolian IV is the fourth part of a four-part elementary course sequence in Mongolian. The course is offered through the Five College Supervised Independent Language Program. The independent study format includes small group conversation sessions and an evaluation by an outside evaluator. Students studying Mongolian develop speaking and listening skills needed for study abroad in Mongolia and to support course work in Asian Studies.

Haitian Creole V is an intermediate-level course for students who have completed Haitian Creole I-IV or the equivalent. The independent study format includes small group conversation sessions and an evaluation by an outside evaluator. Students studying Haitian Creole develop speaking and listening skills needed for study abroad in Haiti and to support course work in Caribbean and/or Francophone Studies.

Norwegian VIII is an intermediate-level course for students who have completed Norwegian I-VII or the equivalent. The course is offered through the Five College Supervised Independent Language Program. The independent study format includes small group conversation sessions and an evaluation by an outside evaluator. Students studying Norwegian develop speaking and listening skills needed for study abroad in Norway and to support course work in European Studies and Scandinavian Studies.

This graduate seminar examines key historical events, issues, and people in the nineteenth-century United States. Readings will cover a wide range of topics, including presidential politics and the two-party system; slavery and abolition; citizenship and suffrage; the Second Great Awakening and social reform movements; Indian Removal; westward expansion and the U.S.-Mexico War; the Civil War and Reconstruction; and immigration, industrialization, and labor.