This course aims at expansion of students';vocabulary and improvement of both writing and;speaking skills. Heritage;learners of Russian (those who speak the;language) will also benefit from the course. With;a strong emphasis on integrating vocabulary in;context, this course aims to help students;advance their lexicon and grammar, increase;fluency, and overcome speaking inhibitions. We;will read and discuss a variety of texts;including short stories, films, and articles.

This course is an investigation into the art of;counting and combinatorial proof. Many;mathematical formulas can be interpreted as;counting some collection of objects with a;particular structure. This allows us to apply;simple counting arguments, and often we obtain;beautiful and concrete proofs. Topics may include;Fibonacci identities, Stirling numbers,;inclusion-exclusion, continued fractions, and;generating functions.

This course allows students who have taken;Corporate Finance to pursue more advanced topics;in the field. Among the topics to be covered are;hedging, options and derivatives, agency theory,;behavioral finance, costs of financial distress,;asset pricing for state-owned enterprises, and;theories of corporate control and regulation.

This course focuses on the beginning level paddler. Participants MUST BE ABLE TO SWIM. Learn the fundamentals of whitewater kayaking in the pool and on local rivers. The course covers: equipment choices, prudent decision making for risk management, kayak strokes, eddy turns, ferrying, bracing, river reading, surfing and kayak rolling. Class will meet Wednesdays in the pool from 1:00PM - 2:20PM and Fridays on the river from 12:30 - 6:00PM (weather and river levels permitting). 5-College students will be graded pass/fail.