This seminar will examine the history of US immigration from the founding of the American nation to the great waves of European, Asian, and Mexican immigration during the 19th and early 20th centuries, to the more recent flows from Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa. In addition to investigating how these groups were defined and treated in relation to each other by the media, we will consider the following questions: Who is "American"? How does the American Dream obscure US settler colonialism and slavery?

This interdisciplinary course critically engages a range of frameworks (geopolitical, historical, sociological, literary, artistic) to study the complex and contested reality of Cuba. The course will begin by critiquing and decentering the stereotypical images of Cuba that circulate in U.S. popular and official culture.

Animation is an art of transformation, of metamorphosis, of amalgamation. Animation is both anti-technology and hyper digital. Animation is subversive, magical, and expansive. In this course, students will be introduced to an array of foundational animation ideas and techniques. Students will gain hands-on experience with stop motion animation, hand drawn animation, 2d digital animation, sound recording, and hybrid analog/digital techniques. The course will include screenings and discussion, technical demos, studio work, and critique.

Poetry is enigmatic, mercurial, lush, and profound. It is avant-garde, political, bold, and equally quiet. These are some of the reasons that often, poetry is both immensely appealing and yet can feel intimidating, both to read and write. In this course we will look at several varieties of poems and read them closely, trying to get at the meaning they want to convey, and the meaning that we draw from them. We will also study form, structure, and other traditional and nontraditional tenets of poetry. Students will also write their own original work and submit them to our workshops.

Hampshire College has always emphasized the value in students taking charge of their own education through "inquiry-based" learning, including independent projects. It has also emphasized the need for historical perspective in understanding our own world.

Octavia E Butler's Earthseed science fiction series envisioned a future devastated by climate change, wealth disparity, violence, and political injustice. Published in 1993, Parable of the Sower places us in a dystopian 2024, where we follow the journey of Lauren Oya Olamina, a black teenage girl with hyper-empathy syndrome and an idea for a new religion called Earthseed. In this hybrid seminar/studio course, we will begin with a reading and analysis of Butler's Parable of the Sower (1993) and Parable of the Talents (1998).

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Honors thesis research. Students work on an independent research project under guidance of a faculty member. Full-year course with PHYSICS 499T The Commonwealth Honors College thesis or project is intended to provide students with the opportunity to work closely with faculty members to define and carry out in-depth research or creative endeavors. It provides excellent preparation for students who intend to continue their education through graduate study or begin their professional careers.