The use of immunological techniques in clinical diagnosis and as research tools. Experimental exercises include immune cell population analysis, immunofluoresence, Western blotting, ELISA and agglutination reactions. An independent project is completed at the end of the term. Prerequisite: BIO 306 (may be taken concurrently). Enrollment limited to 16 students.

An introduction to the immune system covering the molecular, cellular, and genetic bases of immunity to infectious agents. Special topics include immunodeficiencies, transplantation, allergies, immunopathology and immunotherapies. Prerequisite: At least one of the following-BIO 202, 230 or  BIO 204. Laboratory (BIO 307) is recommended but not required.

A course dealing with current topics in biology that are important in understanding important issues in today's modern world. Many of these issues present important choices that must be made by individuals and by governments. Topics include cloning of plants and animals, human cloning, stem cell research, genetically modified organisms, bioterrorism, emerging infectious diseases such as Ebola, Zika and West Nile, gene therapy, DNA diagnostics and forensics, genome projects, human origins, human diversity, species extinction and de-extinction and others.

This course is a behind-the-scenes introduction to the roles archives and archivists play in our understanding of the past. Taught in Smith's archives by our own archivists, this seven-week series includes topics such as processing and curating, preservation, oral history, archives in the digital age, legal issues and donor relations. Requirement include active participation in class, weekly readings, and short written assignments. This course serves as a gateway for students in the Archives Concentration. Graded S/U only.

Painting from models, still life and landscape using varied techniques and conceptual frameworks. A required fee of $25 to cover group-supplied materials is charged at the time of registration. Prerequisites: ARS 266 and permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 15.

An introduction to intaglio printmaking, particularly etching and drypoint. A required fee of $75 to cover group-supplied materials is charged at the time of registration. Prerequisite: ARS 162, 163, 172, or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 12.

This course builds working knowledge of multimedia digital artwork through experience with a variety of software, focusing on video and time-based media. A required fee of $25 to cover group-supplied materials is charged at the time of registration. Students may require additional supplies as well and are responsible for purchasing them directly. Enrollment limit of 14. (No prerequisite required.)

An introduction to visual experience through a study of the basic elements of drawing. A required fee of $25 to cover group-supplied materials is charged at the time of registration. Enrollment limited to 18.

Topics course. Students may take up to four semesters of ARH 280 Art Historical Studies, as long as the topics are different. This course unites the `centers and peripheries' of modernist art history. In doing so, we provincialize Euro-American modernisms and trace how movements, like Impressionism, Orientalism and Abstraction, manifested globally.

Topics course. Which histories become part of national memory, and which do not? This course interrogates the intellectual, political and pedagogical bases of literature, museums and public history in the U.S. from the 18th century to today. We devote part of our time to the theoretical readings that will ground our inquiry: texts range from museum studies, anthropology and sociology, to history, literary studies and cultural studies.