In his last interview Fluxus artist Dick Higgins said, ".one of the areas that has been understated since the immediate post-war era has been ethics. Exploring the nature of kindness or of cruelty, or of the various implications of Bosnia or of militarism or things like that. Ethical exploration is an area of subject matter that has to be dealt with." More recently, Canadian cultural critic and psychoanalyst Jeanne Randolph has explored how we act morally and ethically while participating in a culture of abundance, opulence and consumerism.

Although previous students and classes have studied various aspects of biodiversity in the Hampshire Woods over the years, much of the data they collected tends to be lost with the passing of time. The goal of this class is to take the first steps toward building a long-term database of animal diversity on Hampshire property. The rationale for this goal is that the earth's climate is near the beginning of likely dramatic upcoming changes, and it is of utmost importance to document biodiversity now, before we lose species we may not have realized were here.

Amharic IV is the fourth part of a four-part elementary course sequence in Amharic. The independent study format includes small group conversation sessions and an evaluation by an outside evaluator. Students studying Amharic develop speaking and listening skills needed for study abroad in Ethiopia and to support course work in African Studies.

The course builds on communication skills learned in American Sign Language IV. Students will learn to communicate appropriately in a wider range of interpersonal situations while increasing fluency and comprehension.

This courses focuses on computational skills and computer programming which will advance technological literacy and develop critical thinking for our students. In the lab, students will work in groups and learn skills of teamwork and collaboration.

An analysis of how and why we organize the world into political territories and into geographically based political alliances and systems, and the consequences of this organization for people and environments. The first half of the course focuses on the practice of organizing the world into bordered political units, emphasizing especially the history and consequences of the nation-state system. The second half of the class focuses on the politics of development and the globalizing economy.