Introduction to the practices of yoga. Meditation. Pranayama. Asana. Yoga Nidra. Relaxation. 5-College students will be graded pass/fail.

Intermediate Shotokan Karate: In this course, the material learned in OPRA 0101 will be extended to include more combinations of techniques, greater freedom in sparring, and more complicated kata. This course may be repeated. Pre-requisite is completion of OPRA 0101. 5-College students will be graded pass/fail.

Shotokan Karate is an unarmed form of self-defense developed in Japan. It stresses the use of balance, timing and coordinaation to avoid an attack and striking as an effective means of counterattack to be used only if necessary. Students will learn basic methods of blocking, punching, kicking, and combinations; basic sparring; and basic kata, prearranged sequences of techniques simulating defense against multiple opponents. 5-College students will be graded pass/fail.

This course introduces the third mostly widely used language in the United States and Canada. It is intended to give an overview of both the language and the culture of the deaf community. Emphasis will be focused on learning basic grammatical structure as well as developing receptive and expressive signing skills used in everyday conversation, and also being able to give a skit in American Sign Language. Cultural aspects of the Deaf community will be shared through readings, videotapes/DVDs, and class discussion.

The bioapparatus is a term coined by two Canadian media artists, Nell Tenhaaf and Catherine Richards, to cover a wide range of issues concerning the technologized body. This course will explore the relationship of the mind and body to technology in contemporary art and culture. We will consider the resonance and currency of the bioapparatus in relation to the cyborg, the posthuman, and bionics.

Feminist political economy is a rapidly expanding field of economics that critically analyzes both economic theory and economic life through the lens of gender and advocates various forms of feminist economic transformation. But is there a need for a feminist political economy, and if so, why? How is the analysis of feminist political economy different from mainstream economic analyses of gender inequality? The class will begin with a theoretical and empirical introduction to the concerns of feminist economics.

This course examines the often contradictory impacts of economic development on gender relations in developing countries and asks: what challenges do global economic trends pose for gender equality and equity in developing countries? How do gender relations in turn shape the outcomes of economic development policies? To answer these questions, we will explore the links between development policy and gender inequality in Africa, Asia and Latin America, in the context of a globalizing world economy.

This course will provide a comprehensive introduction to many of the statistical methods used in experimental research. Although most analyses are currently conducted with the aid of computers, it is important to understand the principles behind those analyses. The main focus of this course will not only be to learn how to do calculations by hand, but to understand the underlying theory behind the calculations. In addition, you will learn why and when to use these statistics in evaluating data sets. These skills are essential to understanding research articles and conducting your own research.

This course will examine some of the most influential research in the field of social psychology. Social psychology may best be defined as the scientific study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are affected by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. In this course, we will be examining research on conformity, persuasion, obedience, attraction, aggression, prejudice, and others. Evaluations will be based on a series of short papers throughout the semester as well as a final paper.

This course focuses on twentieth century African popular music; it examines musical genres from different parts of the continent, investigating their relationships to the historical, political and social dynamics of their respective national and regional origins. Regional examples like highlife, hiplife soukous, chimurenga, kwaito, and afro-beat will be studied to assess the significance of popular music as a creative response to social and political developments in colonial and postcolonial Africa.