What do Economists do? How does Economics relate to business? What does it mean to say that Economics is a Social Science? Does this make it different than Psychology or History? We will discuss what Economists do, why they do it, and how they reach the political conclusions and recommendations that they have. In particular, we will study how Economists formulate policy in several specific areas, including unemployment, education, income distributions, and health care.

With the Olympics coming to Tokyo in 2020 Japanese media are already discussing candidates to represent the country in the marathon, an event with perhaps surprisingly deep ties and resonance there. This seminar considers the place of distance running in modern Japan, but also in the country's longer cultural history, from medieval monastic rituals to early modern messenger services.

Theory and use of electronic structure calculations for performing research. This FFYS is a research skills colloquium, where students design and execute an original research project using original primary data they generate. The focus will be on posing good scientific questions, designing experiments to test hypotheses, analyzing results with scientific rigor, and communicating insight in relevant and meaningful ways.

Blacks are as ethnically diverse as whites, yet most of the earlier influential scholarship on race/ethnicity defines blacks on skin color

Seminar introduces you to current technology issues and popular applications used today. You will explore such issues as: the use of networking technologies, web 2.0 and communication, ethics, and the internet, security and protection of information, commumication privacy and monitoring, and big data and IPO trends. You will utilize technology applications including a Wike, Prezi (a zooming presntation editor), storify, Pinterest, Infographics, Instagram, and current visualizations methods for PowerPoint.

Climate change will have a profound impact on our future cities, influencing new forms of infrastructure, systems and buildings. From rising sea levels to the increasing frequency and severity of natural disasters, the environmental impacts of climate change have already begun to materialize. As people look for alternative ways to ensure stability and sustainability in the coming years, regenerative
design appears to be a promising tool.

The title of the course is adopted from an article in Scientific America, Dec. 2008 issue. We will start from the theme explored in this article of amazing images of living organisms and biomolecules seen through the light microscope. Students will be asked to research on selected images. For instance, an image of DNA in water in this article will start the discussion of the structure of DNA and its function. Another example is a "Rainbow Zebrafish" that shows how different fluorescent proteins are used to follow complex neural pathways.

This course will provide students with an overYiev of some commonlv spoken languages in Western New England (WNE) (especially in 1-Iartford, Springfield and Holyoke) namely African American English,Jamaican Creole English, Haitian Creole, Puerto Rican Spanish/English, Portuguese and Vietnamese. We will pay special attention to language stigma and the idea of a "standard English".

This class will help students become aware of how to manage the physical work required of beginning farmers. An introduction to basic anatomy, efficiency of common movements and positions used in agriculture, including simple stretches and breathing exercises.

In this course, students learn to safely identify close to two dozen familiar wild and local plants, and prepare them into food, medicines, and useful fiber crafts.