Students learn to use literary techniques to write factual, engaging narratives that read like fiction. Based on research, interviews and personal experience, creative nonfiction encompasses a wide range of genres, including memoir, travel writing, nature writing, science writing, food writing, and biography. Prerequisites: one WI course. Enrollment in each section limited to 16. Course may be repeated once on a different topic. (E)

Students learn to use literary techniques to write factual, engaging narratives that read like fiction. Based on research, interviews and personal experience, creative nonfiction encompasses a wide range of genres, including memoir, travel writing, nature writing, science writing, food writing, and biography. Prerequisites: one WI course. Enrollment in each section limited to 16. Course may be repeated once on a different topic. (E) Writing and reading assignments in this creative nonfiction course will draw from the linked themes of place and travel.

An introduction to the theory and practice of organic chemistry. The course focuses on structure, nomenclature, physical and chemical properties of organic compounds and infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for structural analysis. Reactions of carbonyl compounds and alkenes is studied in depth. Prerequisite: 111 or 118. Enrollment limited to 16 per lab section. Lecture and lab registration by wait-list only.

A continuation of 220. Prerequisite: JPN 220 or permission of the instructor.

A continuation of 110. Prerequisite: CHI 110 or permission of the instructor.

Sectioned course. Students must have a working knowledge of the four basic tennis strokes (forehand, backhand, volleys, serves). The format for Tennis II is a "play and learn" environment. Emphasis is on positioning and basic strategies for singles and doubles. Lobs and overheads are introduced. In addition, tennis drills are presented to help students refine and practice the four basic strokes. Prerequisite: Tennis I or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 16 per section.

Rather than working from a singular movement approach, emphasisin this course is placed on understanding the dynamic relationship of both dance and yoga from multiple perspectives. We explore how these two practices reflect, inform and enhance each other through their anatomical/energetic organization and alignment strategies, movement logic and sequencing, and embodied awareness in motion and stillness.

Admission to special studies is by permission of the department. (E)
Variable credit 1-4.

Topics course. After examining the historical roots of the foreign policy of the People's Republic of China both before and after its establishment in 1949, the seminar focuses on the process and substance of the nation's contemporary international behavior.

A departmental version of the historical role-playing First-Year Seminar by the same name, featuring games on the American Revolution and the Constitutional Convention. Course satisfies the department's political theory requirement and is open to all levels of students.