This course will provide students with knowledge of multiple aspects of skeletal muscle physiology. The material will include information about the basics of muscle contraction, as well as integration of muscle activation, bioenergetics and contractile function. Special emphasis will be given to the mechanisms of muscle fatigue under a variety of conditions, and an understanding of how muscle physiology is altered by disease will be developed. Laboratory-based learning opportunities will be provided.

This course is intended to provide undergraduate and graduate students with a clear overview of microfluidics, microchemical systems, and microscale analysis. Following an introduction to the basic concepts of microfluidic device fabrication and operation, students will research and present on microscale technology relevant to a specific application in materials or biology. In parallel, students will apply this knowledge for the hands-on development of a microscale technology relevant to their topic of interest.

This objective of the course is to design and construct an electro-chemically powered vehicle within certain size constraints, and attend the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Student Chem-E car competition. The vehicle must be designed to also carry a specified cargo. The constraints and rules of the vehicle are given (they are similar rules to the chem-E-car competition of the AIChE).

Topical survey of art of the renaissance in northern Europe. Jan van Eyck and symbolism, late Gothic spiritualism; Hier-onymus Bosch and the fantastic; Durer and the Reformation; rise of landscape and art of Pieter Bruegel. Focus on painting. Overall emphasis on understanding expressive value of the works of art in their cultural contexts. (Planned for Fall)

Topical survey of art of the renaissance in northern Europe. Jan van Eyck and symbolism, late Gothic spiritualism; Hier-onymus Bosch and the fantastic; Durer and the Reformation; rise of landscape and art of Pieter Bruegel. Focus on painting. Overall emphasis on understanding expressive value of the works of art in their cultural contexts. (Planned for Fall)

An overview of the ecology related to agricultural production, emphasizing crop production. The course will introduce students to ecological principles related to agricultural ecosystems, and to the ways these principles work in modern industrialized agriculture, in traditional agricultural systems, and in alternative systems such as organic agriculture. Students will learn ways by which ecological principles to determine the sustainability of agroecosystems and used to make them more sustainable.

Horse breeding will provide understanding and hands-on opportunity in equine reproduction. Specifically, semen collection, evaluation and processing practice; discussion in mare breeding management and use of hormones; preparation of the mare for breeding; introduction to embryo transfer. Additionally, the mares in the breeding program at the Hadley Farm will be worked-on during laboratories and students will be able to participate in teasing and decision-making on breeding management and assisting in foaling. Client based cases may also be introduced during lab sessions.