This course introduces students to the academic study of Buddhism through readings, lectures by Smith faculty and guests, and trips to local Buddhist centers. We critically examine the history of Buddhist studies within the context of numerous disciplines, including anthropology, art, cultural studies, gender studies, government, literature, philosophy and religion, with a focus on regional, sectarian and historical differences. Materials to be considered include poetry, painting, philosophy, political tracts and more. This course meets during the second half of the semester only.

Topics course. This course examines the medieval understanding of sex and the woman's body within an urban context. We read medieval texts on love, medicine and women's sexuality by Iberian and North African scholars. We investigate the ways in which medieval Iberian medical traditions have viewed women's bodies and defined their health and illness. We also address women's role as practitioners of medicine, and how such a role was affected by the gradual emergence of "modern" medical institutions such as the hospital and the medical profession.

A famous philosopher once defined literature as the institution that allows one to "say everything." This definition brings together two qualities of literature that we expect to be at odds: its apparent non-seriousness and therefore, we assume, political impotence and its subtle yet unmistakable association with freedom and risk-with free speech, democracy, and inventive and open-ended forms of imagination that make new things sayable, thinkable, and even possible.

Dressage, cross country, and stadium jumping more fully developed. Emphasis on development of feel for the horse and becoming a more effective rider.

Lab. The balance seat positions at all basic paces with and without stirrups. Jumping skills developed over low fences and gymnastics. Basic school figures and theory as it pertains to horsemanship, dressage, and combined training. Prerequisite: previous formal instruction.

Position at the basic paces more fully developed; work without stirrups, elementary jumping. Riding theory and horsemanship discussed and developed.

Students are invited to join an exciting cross-disciplinary design competition for next year. The Isenberg School and the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE) department will offer interested students the opportunity to compete in the U.S. Department of Energy 2016 Collegiate Wind Competition by taking one course in the Fall semester of 2015 and one in the Spring semester of 2016. Professors Birton Cowden (ISOM) and Matthew Lackner (MIE) will co-teach this two semester series bringing together entrepreneurship, engineering, site planning, and physical design.

Students will engage in lively conversations about how products and services will be produced and consumed in ensuing decades of the 21st Century. Discussions will be motivated by readings that include how technologies have evolved and how technological and cybernetic infrastructures impact and define business processes and the delivery of products and services. Students will engage in strategic planning exercises focused on the redesign of infrastructure for product and service delivery to meet demand in a marketplace dominated by the technologically savvy Millennial cohort.

You will learn the secrets of finding your passion and becoming an expert. And then you'll take a journey to greatness! Course activities will include reading cool articles, meeting inspirational people, and engaging a set of experiences that may change your life forever.