This mandatory pass/fail course is for first-year graduate students in the Neuroscience and Behavior Program. This course provides the opportunity for incoming graduate students to interact regularly with other graduate students and faculty to maintain a sense of community within the Program. Students will learn about available opportunities for extramural funding, the basics of grant-writing, and learn to become active participants in discussions of research in

This course surveys historical and theoretical approaches to the study of fashion in the United States, from the late-nineteenth century to the present.  How have the conceptions and practices associated with fashion evolved during the past 150 years, and how have these changes given shape to U.S. cultural, social, and political life over that period?  How, in particular, might this historical understanding help us grasp and actively engage the role of fashion in our own day?

Since 1982, women have earned college degrees at a higher rate than men. Yet in 2011, female full- -time workers made only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men, and in 2013 only 4.2% of Fortune 500 CEOs are women. This course is designed to provide students with ideas, information, and insights about women's experiences in business. The course will look at women's experiences both historically and currently, exploring the dynamics of power, leadership and access, and considering how this may inform and shape strategies to change the landscape for women in business.

This social psychology class focuses on contextual factors of and potential obstacles to pursuing peace and reconciliation following violent intergroup conflict. Themes that will be addressed include: the role of history and memory, perceptions of victimhood, group-based emotions, the desire for retribution, and ideology. The course will also address means of fostering reconciliation through justice mechanisms, apologies, and reparations.

Introduction to the economics of markets and market economies. Basic concepts of demand, supply, production, prices, allocation of resources, and distribution of income. Public policy applications. (Gen.Ed. SB)