Explores elementary data structures (linked lists, stacks, queues, trees, graphs) and algorithms (searching, sorting) in a variety of contexts, including event-driven applications with a graphical user interface. Emphasizes object-oriented programming throughout, using the Java programming language. Prerequisite: CSC 111. Enrollment limited to 35.

Sectioned course. This running-based fitness class is for runners of all levels-from beginners excited to improve to individuals who are ready to step up their training. Each class includes a running workout and running workshop. Students are introduced to different types of workouts and the rationale behind them (such as intervals, fartleks, tempos, and plyometrics), and students learn how to adjust these workouts to meet their individual fitness needs.

The influence of behavior on health and well-being. Students examine the way in which factors such as nutrition and dietary habits, stress perception and response, and physical activity interact with the physiological processes of health, disease and aging. This course may be taken for the S/U grading option. Enrollment limited to 40. 

This lab course involves field and laboratory investigations of plant ecology, with an emphasis on Northeastern plant species and plant communities. The labs explore interactions between plants and insects, visit wetland and upland habitats, and investigate plant population dynamics at sites around western Massachusetts. Students gain hands-on experience with descriptive and experimental research approaches used to investigate ecological processes in plant communities. BIO 364 must be taken concurrently. Enrollment limited to 20.

This course surveys the environmental factors, historical processes and ecological interactions that influence the distribution and abundance of plant species in the landscape. The class examines how plant communities are assembled and what processes influence their structure and diversity, including past and present human activites. We focus in particular on plant communities of the Northeast, using examples from the local landscape to illustrate key ecological concepts. Prerequisite: a course in plant biology, ecology or environmental science; statistics is recommended (e.g., MTH 220).

Topics course. There is increasing evidence of epigenetic phenomena influencing the development of organisms and the transmission of information between generations. These epigenetic phenomena include the inheritance of acquired morphological traits in some lineages and the apparent transmission of RNA caches between generations in plants, animals and microbes. This seminar explores emerging data on epigenetics and discusses the impact of these phenomena on evolution. Participants write an independent research paper on a topic of their choice.

An introduction to formal analysis and tonal harmony, and a study of pieces in the standard repertory. Regular exercises in harmony. Prerequisites: ability to read standard pitch and rhythmic notation in treble and bass clefs, major and minor key signatures, and time signatures, and the ability to name intervals. (A placement test is given before the fall semester for incoming students). One 50-minute ear training section required per week, in addition to classroom meetings. Class sections limited to 20.

Topics course. This course embarks upon the critical study of both the past and the contemporary Spanish-speaking world by examining the relationship between cuisine, race and national identity. Through native and imported foodways we interpret the history Spain, Latin America, the U.S. Southwest and the Ottoman Empire by examining migrations, empires, multiple geographic locations and identity.

Topics course. This is a hinge course between beginning-intermediate and advanced-intermediate courses. Students read and practice creative writing (essays and pieces of fiction) with the aid of fictional and biographical pieces written by Spanish women from the 12th century to our day. Its goal is to develop: students' competence and self-confidence in the analysis of short and longer fiction in Spanish; knowledge of the history of women's writing in Spain; and acquisition of linguistic and cultural literacy in Spanish through playful fiction writing. Enrollment limited to 19.

By permission of the department, normally for senior majors.