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This course is designed to provide a strong theoretical and practical background into the risk and resilience factors facing young families today who are experiencing the transition to parenthood. A central theme of this course will be to highlight the role of resilience as a protective and motivational factor, in the face of serious social and economic risks, that can lead to positive outcomes for parents and children. Students will also learn about infant and toddler development, parenting styles, and the important role of both parents in the family, or co-parenting.

This course introduces and develops methods for designing and implementing abstract data types using the Java programming language. The main focus is on how to build and encapsulate data objects and their associated operations. Specific topics include linked structures, recursive structures and algorithms, binary trees, balanced trees, and hash tables. These topics are fundamental to programming and are essential to other courses in computer science. The course involves weekly programming assignments, in-class quizzes, discussion section exercises, and multiple exams.

This course introduces and develops methods for designing and implementing abstract data types using the Java programming language. The main focus is on how to build and encapsulate data objects and their associated operations. Specific topics include linked structures, recursive structures and algorithms, binary trees, balanced trees, and hash tables. These topics are fundamental to programming and are essential to other courses in computer science. The course involves weekly programming assignments, in-class quizzes, discussion section exercises, and multiple exams.

Topics course.: This seminar explores microbial ecology in the context of global climate change. Using principles from microbial ecology (competitive exclusion and the paradox of the plankton), we will cover topics including the complexity of microbial food webs, biogeography of microbes, and the impact of environmental changes on microbial diversity. Emphasis will be on synthesizing primary literature, mastering a specific topic for a research project, and conveying complex information in a manner that is accessible to an interested layperson.

This seminar explores current findings on hormonal and neuroendocrine processes that influence human behavior. We will cover a diverse range of human behaviors such as aggression, competitive sports, sexual preferences, love and attachment, stress, memory and cognition. The course evaluation will be based on literature discussion, participation and exercises in class, a topic presentation and a final paper.

This 3 credit performance class is aimed at preparing sports journalists for broadcast. Students will cover sports stories over the weekend, then perform game previews, postgame wrap-ups, halftime reporting, reporter debriefs, on-set analysis based on their reporting. These assignments will be compiled into the Amherst Wire Weekly Sports Wrap-up shows that will be recorded in the broadcast studio. Students will take turns anchoring the show and doing their reporting on camera.