This Division III seminar will be organized around students' Division III Independent Study Projects, and primarily targeted towards economics, development studies, and social science students. Students will be responsible for reporting on their progress several times during the semester and for providing serious, thoughtful written feedback on one another's work. We will also address general and shared issues of conducting research, formulating clear and persuasive analysis, and presenting results both orally and in writing.

The intent of this course is to provide a supportive space for female students to acquire hands-on fabrication shop skills. Students will be introduced to the basic tools, equipment, machinery and resources available through the Lemelson Center. We will cover basic elements of design and project planning. Students will be expected to participate in discussions of their own and each other's work.

This course investigates language and debates about language in areas such as social media, language and gender, linguistic appropriation in the media, and the justice system. Language samples from sources such as social media tweets, court cases, Disney movies, and print and other media commentary will be analyzed.

Dynamic and gravitational principles applied to astrophysics. Potential theory, orbital mechanics, virial theorem, Jeans' equations, equilibrium and stability of self-gravitating systems, kinetic theory. Applications to galactic structure and evolution, mergers, dark matter, evolution of star clusters and galactic nuclei and solar system dynamics.

Biology and identification of soil nematodes. Parasitism of plants and management practices stressed.

Students gain leadership experience through teaching a section of the first-year seminar to Isenberg School of Management students. TA meetings and assignments require students to be actively involved in developing their own teaching style and exploring various methods that will assist first-year students acquire the skills necessary for success in their professional careers.

This course will provide instruction of, and guided practice in, the basics of the art and craft of sound design for theater. It will explore the fundamental tools and processes essential to conceptualizing and implementing both the content of a sound design and the sound system for delivery of that content. At the end of the course, students will master the assembly and operation of simple sound systems, and an ability to interpret basic sound-system documentation.