Performance study - individual instruction.

How are animal bodies built to deal with living on earth? In this course we will study the function of cells, organs, and organ systems that have evolved to help animals make their way through the physical and chemical environment. In lecture and in lab, we will consider the common needs of animals -- needs such as feeding, breathing, and reproducing -- and the diverse solutions they have devised. A range of life, from unicellular organisms to animals with backbones (including mammals), will be considered.

Performance study - individual instruction.

Performance study - individual instruction.

Performance study - individual instruction.

This course will examine the cultural, social, political, and economic history of African Americans through the Civil War. Topics covered include the African background to the African American experience, the Atlantic slave trade, introduction and development of slavery, master-slave relationships, the establishment of black communities, slave revolts, the political economy of slavery, women in slavery, the experiences of free blacks, the crisis of the nineteenth century, and the effect of the Civil War.

Exploration of the history of Afro-Latin American;populations since Independence within and outside;the nation-state. We will question why and how to;study those whose governments define them not as;peoples of African descent but as part of a;mixed-race majority of Hispanic cultural;heritage, who themselves may often have supported;this policy, and who may have had compelling;reasons to avoid official scrutiny.

This course examines the discursive relationship;between race, power and law in contemporary U.S.;society. Readings examine the ways in which;racial bodies are constituted in the cultural;economy of American society where citizens of;African descent dwell. We explore the rules and;social practices that govern the relationship of;race to gender, nationality, sexuality, and class;in U.S. courts and other cultural institutions.;Thinkers covered include W.E.B. DuBois, Kimberle;Crenshaw, Derrick Bell, and Richard Delgado,;among others.

This seminar is for students who are completing;an honors thesis. The primary purpose of this;course is to provide students with constructive;support during all stages of their research. In;particular, this class will assist students with;organizing the various components of their thesis;work and help them meet departmental thesis;deadlines.

Languages differ in the way they describe the world. For example, the noun for bridge is feminine in German, but masculine in French. Russian has two words for blue, while English has only one. The Piraha (an Amazonian hunter-gatherer tribe) arguably have no number words. In this course, we will be asking to what extent these cross-linguistic differences are reflected in thought. That is, do German speakers think bridges are more feminine than French speakers do? Can Russian speakers discriminate different shades of blue better than English speakers? Can the Piraha count?