We will explore the cultural and political impact;of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.;The media's role in constructing meanings will be;a main organizing focus of the course. Using;readings, discussions, assignments, and films,;the course will allow students to form a picture;of how 9/11 changed America and beyond.

We will explore the cultural and political impact;of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.;The media's role in constructing meanings will be;a main organizing focus of the course. Using;readings, discussions, assignments, and films,;the course will allow students to form a picture;of how 9/11 changed America and beyond.

This course analyzes microeconomic concerns in;less-developed countries, specifically economic;behavior for agricultural households facing;missing and incomplete markets. Topics include;agricultural production and input markets, risk;and uncertainty, microfinance, and health and;education. This course will focus on developing;microeconomic models and analyzing empirical;evidence.

The Middle East is a region full of diverse,;beautiful, and nuanced styles of dance. Among;these is bellydance, or Raqs Sharqi, derived from;a wide variety of folkloric influences, and known;primarily for hip and torso isolations and;fast-paced shimmies. This class focuses;predominantly on the American style (which;primarily combines Turkish, Lebanese, and;Egyptian styles with some elements of Western;stylization) and modern Egyptian style methods;of movement.

This intensive laboratory course will train;students to use the technical methods and tools;commonly used in behavioral neuroscience;research. Skills covered will include animal care;and handling, use of behavioral assays,;pharmacology, and neurosurgical procedures.;Students will engage in weekly exercises and;hands-on experiments to study the link between;brain function and behavioral responses. These;preclinical tools will be used to test research;questions related to learning and memory,;social-emotional responses, and drug-seeking;behaviors.

The most commonly employed techniques in human;cognitive neuroscience are electroencephalography;(EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging;(fMRI). These powerful tools complement one;another, unlocking insights into the when and;where of brain function. Interpreting these;signals requires specialized techniques, which;can be difficult to learn while conducting your;first experiment. This course teaches;gold-standard analysis methods for EEG and fMRI;data using open-source datasets in MATLAB and;Linux environments, preparing students for work;in research. Computational skills recommended.

Food Chemistry is an integrated lecture/lab;course that focuses on the molecular bases of;chemical;phenomena that dictate the behavior of foods. We;will examine topics such as trans fats, baking;soda as a leavening agent in baking, the chemical;basis for ripening of fruit, pectin as a cellular;glue, artificial sweeteners, GMOs, and enzymatic;and non-enzymatic browning of foods. The emphasis;is on the major food components (water, lipids,;proteins, and carbohydrates) and their behavior;under various conditions.

Students in this course will explore pictorial;strategies that were first developed by abstract;painters but have provoked significant shifts;within representational painting as well-such as;color field painting, process painting, and;conceptual abstraction. After examining the;history of such approaches, students will use;them to develop personal projects that may be;abstract, representational, or somewhere in;between. Special attention will be paid to the;metaphorical potential of materials and to;developing personal approaches to color.

This intensive drawing course will challenge;students' assumptions about the world around;them. The course will begin from the beginning,;using an embodied connection to the tools of;drawing to explore foundational elements of;space, line, plane, surface, and tone. This;course is grounded in hands-on methods where;students will work with a variety of drawing;media to tap into both the analytic and;expressive capacities of the medium. Students;will draw extensively from live figure models.

This course will survey the past, present, and;future of Mars exploration and science. We will;focus on the evolution of Mars as a paradigm for;terrestrial planets, with specific units on;missions, formation, volcanism, impacts, glaciers;and water, spectroscopy and mineralogy, climate,;and issues pertaining to the possibilities of;life on Mars. This is a discussion-based,;interactive seminar with students and faculty;reading current papers from the literature,;supported by many outside speakers. Weekly;writing assignments focus on critical thinking.