Before and after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed in March 2010 there has been considerable debate about the new law. Critics have described the ACA or ?Obamacare? as a ?government takeover of medicine?, creates ?death panels? for seniors, and undermines quality health care. Opponents have characterized Obamacare as a failed policy. However, supporters argue that the ACA improves access to quality health care, reduces the number of uninsured, maintains quality health care, and helps to reduce the national debt.

This seminar will examine the concepts of rationality and irrationality in economics with reference to how consumers make decisions in the

The human brain is an information processing system without parallel. It excels at identifying objects and carrying out actions in ways no current computer or robot can achieve. Neuroscientists are studying the neural mechanisms by which we feel, act, learn and remember. Recent research has generated a rapidly evolving field of high- profile discoveries. The new knowledge is critical for understanding normal brain processes, and has important implications for the rehabilitation of abnormal functioning after neurological damage (e.g., concussion, stroke).

Known to many as only a religious and global cultural trend associated with glorifying the late Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, weed smoking and wearing
dreadlocks, Rastafari?s pivotal role as a key agent of cultural resistance to black oppression in modern Jamaica

Our campus has amazing collections of art, natural history specimens, minerals, and cultural and historical artifacts that are used in research and teaching. However, the vast majority of our collections are not accessible to the public. In this seminar we?ll talk about the kinds of research that UMass faculty are doing with collections and get ?behind the scenes? tours of collections including art, archaeology, film, minerals, historical documents, living plants and animal skeletons.

Physiology of crop plants, carbon fixation, partitioning, growth and development, competition in crops, environmental factors and yield relationships of crops.

The ?N word? has a unique history in the English language. On the one hand, it was used as the ultimate insult and was intended to demean, degrade, and to torment generations of African Americans; it was a term that authorized violence and influenced racist public policy. On the other hand, over time, the word has been refashioned as a term of endearment and is now often used in casual discourse and in popular culture.

Survey of world physical and human geography, highlighting regional diversity and variation in globalization processes and outcomes. Introduces geographical theories, concepts, and methods while exploring nine major world regions. (GenEd SB, G)

This course will examine the relationship between language, community, and culture. The human body evolved, adapting to the use of language for communication. The intimate relationships between culture, community, and language reveal a culture?s worldview, community system, values, identity, and much more. Colonization, commercial expansion, and digital technologies have impacted communities and their languages and cultures. This course will introduce students to the concepts of culture, community and the integration of language within cultural systems.

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