To register for an Independent Study with Hampshire College faculty you need to communicate the faculty member's name to your Registrar's office along with your Course Request and Instructor Permission form.

To register for an Independent Study with Hampshire College faculty you need to communicate the faculty member's name to your Registrar's office along with your Course Request and Instructor Permission form.

This seminar will be a reading and discussion intensive course. Students will prepare drafts of a long theoretical paper due at the end of the course.

The imaginative representation of good and evil in Western and Eastern classics, folktales, children's stories, and 20th-century literature. Cross-cultural comparison of ethical approaches to moral problems such as the suffering of the innocent, the existence of evil, the development of a moral consciousness and social responsibility, and the role of faith in a broken world. Contemporary issues of nuclear war, holocaust, AIDS, abortion, marginal persons, anawim, unwanted children. (Gen.Ed. AL, G)

An historical, cross-cultural, and interdisciplinary approach to the study of families in America. We will examine the histories of various groups, exploring how these experiences have resulted in different family dynamics. We will then take up the question of the continuing relevance of race, ethnicity, and social class to families in America today and to the discussion of family in American politics. Some sections of this course may carry a community service learning component requiring students to simultaneously enroll in a one-credit honors service learning colloquium. (Gen.Ed. HS, U)

Tropical regions of the world, their environment and classification; influence of climate, population, and socio-economic conditions on agriculture; major crops and cropping systems of sub-humid tropics; introduction to dry land agriculture; importance of rainfall and irrigation on productivity; green revolution; desertification; present and future research needs of region, and state of agricultural technology.

A hands-on learning experience focused on the UMass Renaissance Center's 16th century kitchen garden. Students explore historic gardens with a focus of Renaissance era plants and their cultural uses.

Intensive skills development and networking for MPP/MPPA students.

This course is designed to develop the core financial management competencies needed for success in large and small organizations. Students will learn the tools and techniques for effective planning and budgeting as well as how to control, evaluate and revise plans. The use and development of internal and external financial reports will be studied with an emphasis on using financial information in decision-making. Special emphasis will be placed on current regulations and trends as they impact public and nonprofit financial management.

A close reading of the late medieval Icelandic Thidriks saga with special reference to medieval German sources (e.g., Das Nibelungenlied) and to Scandinavian mythology. Reading knowledge of Old Norse is required.