(Offered as BIOL 330 and CHEM 330) What are the molecular underpinnings of processes central to life?  We will explore the chemical and structural properties of biological molecules and learn the logic used by the cell to build complex structures from a few basic raw materials. Some of these complex structures have evolved to catalyze chemical reactions with enormous degree of selectivity and specificity, and we seek to discover these enzymatic strategies.

James MacGregor Burns, an eminent political historian, once remarked that party leaders in America are constantly engaged in an attempt to “outwit the framers.”  To foil “factions,” the framers built a structure of separated powers, added staggered elections, and distributed the powers of government through a federal system.  The struggle of partisans to overcome these obstacles continues today.  Indeed, it is a major theme in the 2012 presidential election.    

[CP, IR] [IL - starting with the Class of 2015] This is a modified version of POSC 232, The Political Economy of Development. The first half of the course is identical to 232, but the second half will have a different focus: the political economy of oil.

Independent Reading Courses.

Fall and spring semester.

Independent Reading Course. Full course.

Admission with consent of the instructor. Fall and spring semester. The Department.

The Department calls attention to the fact that Special Topics courses may be offered to students on either an individual or group basis.

Students interested in forming a group course on some aspect of Hispanic life and culture are invited to talk over possibilities with a representative of the Department. When possible, this should be done several weeks in advance of the semester in which the course is to be taken.

Fall and spring semesters.

Independent Reading Course.

Fall and spring semesters. The Department.