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Sport matters to individuals, teams, communities, universities, countries and beyond. Sport sociologists have stated that contemporary sport is a microcosm of society; in fact it is difficult to understand contemporary society and culture without recognizing the position of games and sport (Jarvie, 2012).

This course considers the use of creative works in advancing public health. Inspired by the concepts of arts-focused public health, arts-based research (ABR), and narrative medicine/medical humanities, we will encounter a range of creative arts being used in health contexts. We will examine scholarly research about how qualitative ABR can create and support effective public health efforts, and community-based experience with arts-focused approaches. We will study arts-based research (ABR) as it is used across the social sciences.

This is a project-based course focusing on exposing students to the nuts and bolts of interior design. This course will give students an in-depth understanding of the history and function of the design fields and the relationship between interior designers and consumer culture. We will confront the ethical challenges faced by designers in the field, including environmental and socio-cultural responsibility and the uncomfortable truth of class differences in the field. This is a hands-on course with multiple required field trips to local design showrooms.

The Five College Collegium is the flagship ensemble of the Five College Early Music Program. The ensemble is made up of experienced singers and instrumentalists from the Five College Consortium, and prepares four large scale projects in the course of the academic year for public performance. The Collegium rotates its rehearsal residency among the schools in the Five College system, and focuses on repertoire from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods.