The study of human/environmental interactions. Emphasis on biological and cultural responses by contemporary human groups to pervasive environmental problems. Examples from mountains, grasslands, deserts, and tropical forests. (Gen.Ed. SB, G)

Beyond standard introductory economics courses, this honors course shows the overall logic, structure, and societal implications of neoclassical economic theory. It explains that theory's grand vision for society and how and why it connect to humanism. It also introduces its most severe critics: Marx and Keynes. (Gen.Ed. SB)

Geographical and cultural variations within a language; mapping of dialects. Analysis and interpretation of dialect materials.

A survey of core areas of historical linguistics ? sound change, change in morphology and syntax, the Comparative Method and Internal Reconstruction, long-distance relationships, Neogrammarians and the history of historical linguistics. Emphasis on examples outside Indo-European. Contemporary issues in the field.

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This course will explore the intersection of race and gender and other components of social identity from an interdisciplinary perspective. It will address and respond to the unique challenges of the inter and intra relationships of women of color with feminism, locally and globally. One of the tasks will be to (re)-visit, (re)-vision, (re)-counter existing theories and bodies of knowledge, as well as analyze how historical and contemporary realities of women of color are profoundly influenced by a legacy of structural inequalities that is neither linear nor logical.

Provides hands-on experience in linguistic analysis. Students elicit language data from the speaker of an unfamiliar language, both in class and individually. Under the guidance of the instructor, students analyze various aspects of the phonology and syntax of the language.

An introduction to North American language families with in-depth study of the unique grammatical properties of several languages within each family, and efforts of contemporary speakers to preserve, revitalize or restore their languages.

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