Designed to introduce freshman psychology majors to UMass. We will review the resources and opportunities within the field of psychology and in the UMass psychology department, in particular. These include research opportunities, student organizations, advising, and other department resources. We will also discuss strategies and supports for making a good start in college more generally along with requirements for the major and other graduation requirements.

This is a writing-intensive course that fulfills the University's Junior Writing requirement. Each section focuses on a particular aspect of current issues in psychology. The topic is selected based on the expertise of the teaching staff. All sections share similar writing assignments, ranging from in-class short writing assignments to lengthy papers that include literature review. Classes emphasize discussion and extensive peer review of written work. Topics for individual sections will not be available until shortly before the start of the semester.

Conducted in English. An introduction and survey of medieval German literature, including the story of Siegfried and Kriemhild (Nibelungenlied), the visionary Hildegard of Bingen and the mystic Mechthild of Magdeburg, and the stories of the Grail (Wolfram?s Parzival) and Tristan and Islode (Gottfried). While the primary focus of the course will be on literature itself, we will try to see it in its cultural, historical, and social context. Language of instruction and all texts in English.
(Gen.Ed. AL)

The definite integral, techniques of integration, and applications to physics, chemistry, and engineering. Sequences, series, and power series. Taylor and MacLaurin series. Students expected to have and use a Texas Instruments 89 Titanium Graphing Calculator. Prerequisite: MATH 131 or equivalent. Honors section available. (Gen.Ed. R2)

[Note: Because this course presupposes knowledge of basic math skills, it will satisfy the R1 requirement upon successful completion.]

Major artists and developments from David through Impressionism. Emphasis on historical context and related cultural and intellectual developments. Prerequisites: ART-HIST 110, 115.

The definite integral, techniques of integration, and applications to physics, chemistry, and engineering. Sequences, series, and power series. Taylor and MacLaurin series. Students expected to have and use a Texas Instruments 89 Titanium Graphing Calculator. Prerequisite: MATH 131 or equivalent. Honors section available. (Gen.Ed. R2)

[Note: Because this course presupposes knowledge of basic math skills, it will satisfy the R1 requirement upon successful completion.]

The definite integral, techniques of integration, and applications to physics, chemistry, and engineering. Sequences, series, and power series. Taylor and MacLaurin series. Students expected to have and use a Texas Instruments 89 Titanium Graphing Calculator. Prerequisite: MATH 131 or equivalent. Honors section available. (Gen.Ed. R2)

[Note: Because this course presupposes knowledge of basic math skills, it will satisfy the R1 requirement upon successful completion.]

Major artists and developments from David through Impressionism. Emphasis on historical context and related cultural and intellectual developments. Prerequisites: ART-HIST 110, 115.

Exploration of central ideas and writings of Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Weber, Luxemburg, Freud and other nineteenth-century European theorists at an introductory level (texts in English translation). Emphasis on the thinkers' rootedness in their historical context. (Gen.Ed. I)

The nature of culture and its role in creating forms of social, economic, and political life in diverse historical and geographical contexts. Readings drawn from contemporary ethnographies of various peoples, analyzing the persistence of cultural diversity in the midst of global social and socioeconomic forces. (Gen.Ed. SB, G)