With humans as our primary model system, we will cover cellular and general tissue physiology and the endocrine, nervous, muscular, cardiovascular, reproductive, respiratory, and renal organ systems. Primary emphasis is on functional processes in these systems. A focus will be on cellular and molecular mechanisms common across systems. Students will engage in class problems, lectures, and reading of textbook literature. Basic knowledge of and comfort with biology, chemistry and math is necessary. Keywords:biology, health, science, anatomy

An overview course designed to provide First-Year students with information, opportunities, and skills to ease their transition into college and build a successful foundation necessary to reach their educational goals.

An introduction to chemical processes integral to understanding soils, agriculture and the environment, focused on basic chemistry principles as they effect carbon and nitrogen cycling, soil fertility, water contamination, organic matter and energy relations.

In this course, we see how probability theory is used in statistics to formalize and facilitate the process of learning from data, which is called statistical inference. The three main aspects of statistical inference we will cover are point estimation, confidence intervals, and hypothesis tests. For each of these topics, we will provide the goals and motivation, basic definitions, general methodology, and commonly used tools, including inference for means, differences in means, proportions, and differences in proportions. The course is structured in five basic sections.

In this class we will explore the content that linguistics expressions convey about the identity of language users, their demographic profile, interactional positioning, and affiliations. The topic is at the cross roads of sociolinguistics, anthropology, philosophy of language and formal semantics and pragmatics. We will explore how formal theories of meaning can add to the study of language as a tool to build persona, and how the study of language conveying this type of meaning allows us to sharpen our formal theories.

This course considers the role of ethics in business decision-making. Students will learn about significant aspects of business law and legal compliance issues, as well as important ethical frameworks. Additionally, students will explore ethical challenges faced by businesses, looking at business decisions made by corporations. By the end of the course, students will be equipped with perspectives that will allow for a better understanding of how modern businesses function and the role of ethics and law in business today.

Students will engage in meaningful literature research and dialogue about whether organic standards are meeting the needs of both environmental and community sustainability. We will also consider the benefits of sustainable agriculture, both in the sense of conservation of land and soil as limiting natural resources, as well as the sense of community with the farm and food production as the center of family and local community life.

Basic concepts of linear algebra. Matrices, determinants, systems of linear equations, vector spaces, linear transformations, and eigenvalues. Prerequisite or corequisite: MATH 132, or 136, or consent of instructor.

Basic concepts of linear algebra. Matrices, determinants, systems of linear equations, vector spaces, linear transformations, and eigenvalues. Prerequisite or corequisite: MATH 132, or 136, or consent of instructor.