Introduction to transportation systems analysis and modeling as applied to the urban transportation planning process, multiple transportation modes, and the larger metropolitan environment. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 310.

Introduction to museum methods and practices. Issues such as the role of museums in society, the development of col-lections, conservation, curatorial and registrarial responsibilities, museum management, public relations, funding, ethics, and the production of exhibitions and catalogs. Includes field trips to area museums. Consent of instructor required.

This graduate seminar surveys modernism's long engagement with the totally designed domestic interior from the totally designed domestic interior from the 19th century gesamtkunstwerk to the remarkable 20th century interiors of Frank Lloyd Wright and Eileen Grey to the electronic, media saturated environments of the 1960s anticipated by critic Reyner Banham and beyond. The theoretical writings of Walter Benjamin, Henri Lefebrve, Tonino Griffero and others will inform discussions.

Changing treatment of central themes, issues, and problems in art history. Topics change; offerings usually available in Modern and Islamic. Prerequisite: upper-level survey course on theme to be examined, or consent of instructor.

The focus of this course will be on recent advances in "Comparative Behavioral Neuroendocrinology." We will use primary peer-reviewed literature to explore the wide variety of neural circuits and hormonal modulation of those circuits that have evolved in the vertebrate lineage, including teleosts, amphibians, birds, and mammals. Along the way, students will increase familiarity with the contemporary methods in this field and sharpen critical thinking skills.

The concept of landscape, or "mountains and waters" (shanshui), was a central preoccupation for Chinese artists, viewers, and collectors. Focusing primarily the ninth to the eighteenth centuries, this course surveys historical changes in representations of nature through paintings produced for tombs, the imperial court, scholars, and merchants, but also through the decorative arts, private gardens, and imperial grounds.

A critical component in the training of graduate students in psychology is research methods and statistics. The psychology department of UMass has long offered courses in both these areas, and the course I'm proposing aims at providing a bridge course, which focuses on the relationship between the design of an empirical study (correlational, quasi-experimental, experimental, etc.), and the data analytical techniques that can be used to extract valuable information from the data so collected.

Despite many advances in the diagnoses and treatment of mental illness, those afflicted with mental illness remain one of the most highly stigmatized groups in society. In this seminar, we will investigate stigma associated with mental illness from diverse perspectives, including social psychology, clinical psychology, evolutionary psychology, sociology, public policy, history, and biology.

Constitutional law on equality, which is referred to as equal protection, is negotiated through legal cases and public opinion. Drama and drama criticism provide opportunities to engage equality through performance and discussion in a public setting outside of the courts. Because it is distinctively expressive and characteristically engaging, drama and criticism offer an important sphere of commentary. The class will engage in at least one performance and visit the set of another.Readings draw on jurisprudence, law and society, and performance studies.