This class will provide an overview of how cancer is seen from the perspective of environmental health. We will explore in-depth how cancer is diagnosed, what is meant by ?cancer clusters?, how environmental chemicals are tested for their carcinogenicity, and how cancer trends have increased over time. The remainder of the semester will focus on environmental agents that have been implicated in human cancers.

Foundation Studio is a course designed to introduce students to the materials, techniques, language, concepts and process of making, using and thinking/talking about Art. Unlike many other art courses, Foundations is an experience where learning comes not only from the projects and their results but also from the interaction among the entire group of students. Your actions, opinions, and participation, and those of your fellow students, are an important part of your art experience and learning. (Gen.Ed. AT)

This course is an in-depth examination of studies at the molecular level of various aspects of genetics, as expressed in bacterial and viral systems. Topics include patterns and mechanisms of DNA replication, recombination, repair and mutation; regulation of gene activity; gene-protein relationships; and genetic engineering. Both classic and modern experimental approaches are emphasized. Coursework involves both lectures and a "journal club" format with student presentations.

This course examines the diversity of unseen life that surrounds us all, from our bodies to the air we breathe to the corridors, fields, forests and waterways around us. We will study the sometimes unique and always surprising biology and lifestyles of the very small, including bacteria, yeast, fungi, protists and arthropods. Labs will explore the unseen diversity around us via field work around campus as well as laboratory experiments, will introduce students to data collection, manipulation and analysis, and will give students an appreciation that what we can't see is all around us.

The act of taking in (sensation) and making sense of (perception) information from the world around us is a core element of the human experience. Indeed, these processes form both the boundary and conduit between an individual and the broader world. This course examines the neural and cognitive mechanisms that allow us to convert different wavelengths of light, changing vibrations in the air, floating chemicals, heat, pressure, and other stimuli into a unified representation of reality -- and all the interesting things that happen when those mechanisms get tricked or disrupted!