Summarizing, interpreting, and analyzing empirical data. Attention to descriptive statistics and statistical inference. Topics include elementary sampling, probability, sampling distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing and regression. Assignments include use of statistical software and micro computers to analyze labor market and other economic data. Prerequisite: ECO 150 or ECO 153. Students will not be given credit for both ECO 220 and any of the following courses: MTH/PSY 201, GOV 190, MTH/ENG 219, MTH 220, or SOC 201. Course limited to 55 students.

Summarizing, interpreting, and analyzing empirical data. Attention to descriptive statistics and statistical inference. Topics include elementary sampling, probability, sampling distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing and regression. Assignments include use of statistical software and micro computers to analyze labor market and other economic data. Prerequisite: ECO 150 or ECO 153. Students will not be given credit for both ECO 220 and any of the following courses: MTH/PSY 201, GOV 190, MTH/ENG 219, MTH 220, or SOC 201. Course limited to 55 students.

Summarizing, interpreting, and analyzing empirical data. Attention to descriptive statistics and statistical inference. Topics include elementary sampling, probability, sampling distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing and regression. Assignments include use of statistical software and micro computers to analyze labor market and other economic data. Prerequisite: ECO 150 or ECO 153. Students will not be given credit for both ECO 220 and any of the following courses: MTH/PSY 201, GOV 190, MTH/ENG 219, MTH 220, or SOC 201. Course limited to 55 students.

Summarizing, interpreting, and analyzing empirical data. Attention to descriptive statistics and statistical inference. Topics include elementary sampling, probability, sampling distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing and regression. Assignments include use of statistical software and micro computers to analyze labor market and other economic data. Prerequisite: ECO 150 or ECO 153. Students will not be given credit for both ECO 220 and any of the following courses: MTH/PSY 201, GOV 190, MTH/ENG 219, MTH 220, or SOC 201. Course limited to 55 students.

Investigations of biochemical systems using experimental techniques in current biochemical research. Emphasis is on independent experimental design and execution. BCH 352 is a prerequisite or must be taken concurrently.

This is a course about the eight years of the Clinton Presidency. It will cover the elections, policy debates, foreign policy, battles with the Republican Congress and impeachment. The purpose is to begin the task of bringing perspective to those years. Prerequisites: One American Government course and permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 20.

A study of the leading ideas of the Western political tradition, focusing on such topics as justice, power, legitimacy, revolution, freedom, equality and forms of government - democracy especially. Lecture/discussion format taught in independent sections, with one or more sections designated Writing Intensive (WI sections are limited to 20). Open to all students. Entering students considering a major in Government are strongly encouraged to take the course in their first year, either in the fall or the spring semester.  Offered both semesters each year.

The goal of this course is to help students achieve an advanced level of proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic with an exposure to one Arabic colloquial variety using the four-skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening) approach. Students will read within a normal range of speed, listen to, discuss and respond in writing to authentic texts by writers from across the Arab world. Text types address a range of political, social, religious, and literary themes and represent a range of genres, styles, and periods.

Topics course.
This capstone course for the environmental concentration in sustainable food brings together students to work on team-based projects related to sustainable food. Project work will be complemented by lectures, readings, discussions and field trips throughout the Pioneer Valley. Enrollment limited to 15. (E)

The exploration of similarities and differences in the cultural patterning of human experience. The comparative analysis of economic, political, religious and family structures, with examples from Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania. The impact of the modern world on traditional societies. Several ethnographic films are viewed in coordination with descriptive case studies. Limited to first-year students and sophomores. Total enrollment of each section limited to 25. Offered both semesters each year.