The course explores art museum missions, practices, and current issues. Topics to be considered include: the ideology and practice of exhibitions from initial concept through installation; components that influence meaning and interpretation of displays of art; criteria for evaluating exhibitions; the challenges of controversial subject matter; and developing diverse audiences for the 21st century. Students will also gain experience in art handling and the foundations of art collections management.

Inspired by the programs in "Cultural Geography" pioneered by the Universities of California, Oregon and Washington, this course will examine the manner in which literature and other forms of cultural production reflect and in some cases influence the spaces and places in which they were produced. We will consider the works of authors such as Grazia Deledda, Alberto Moravia, Salvatore DiGiacomo, Natalia Ginzburg, Aldo Palazzeschi, Giorgio Bassani, and Giovanni Verga, as well as poets, songwriters, and film directors such as Eugenio Montale, Fabrizio DeAndre and Vittorio DeSica.

Directed research and writing on the biographies of African American
women who participated in the 1977 National Women's Conference. We will
emphasize the impact of African American women on the women's movement,
and place of the National Women's Conference in histories of the women's
movement.

This course focuses on the U.S. Supreme Court and its rulings regarding sex and sexuality. What has the Court said about what type of sexual activity or sexual relationships are constitutionally protected and how and why has this changed over time? What is or should be the Court's role in weighing in on these most intimate issues? We will examine several hot button issues such as reproduction (sterilization/contraception/abortion); marriage (polygamous/interracial/same sex); pornography/obscenity; sodomy; sexual assault on college campuses; and sex education in public schools.

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This course provides students with a conceptual and practical understanding of the application of multivariate statistics in ecology and conservation science. Importantly, the conceptual development and organization of multivariate statistical techniques and the applications of these methods are presented strictly from an ecology and conservation science perspective. This course focuses on working with multivariate data (e.g., screening and adjusting multivariate data), evaluating grouped data (e.g., unconstrained and constrained ordination).

In this seminar, students will examine texts and works of art that have profoundly shaped the world we live in. The course is divided into four units: Models of Inquiry; the Impact of Science and Technology; Social Philosophy and Civic Engagement; and Art in the World. The course is supplemented with a plenary lecture by a distinguished honors faculty speaker.

In this seminar, students will examine texts and works of art that have profoundly shaped the world we live in. The course is divided into four units: Models of Inquiry; the Impact of Science and Technology; Social Philosophy and Civic Engagement; and Art in the World. The course is supplemented with a plenary lecture by a distinguished honors faculty speaker.

In this seminar, students will examine texts and works of art that have profoundly shaped the world we live in. The course is divided into four units: Models of Inquiry; the Impact of Science and Technology; Social Philosophy and Civic Engagement; and Art in the World. The course is supplemented with a plenary lecture by a distinguished honors faculty speaker.