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. The student works closely with their 499Y Honors Research sponsor to pursue research on a topic or question of special interest to them in preparation for writing a 499T Honors Thesis or completing a 499P Honors Project.

For second year students. Does not satisfy the B.S. independent research project requirement. Experimental or theoretical study that may involve lab or library work or a combination. Work supervised by faculty sponsor who determines direction of project, nature of reports required, and grade and credit awarded. 3-4 hrs lab work per week per 1 unit is expected. This course cannot substitute for CHEM 388 or CHEM 499Y/T.

Choice-theoretic model of labor-leisure choice. Returns to education and occupational choice. Demand for labor. Minimum wages. Changing income distribution. Effect of household structure and tax system on income structure. Labor market discrimination. Compensating wage differentials. Unions. The enrichment for this course will be the hands-on analysis of real-world labor market data. The course will cover econometric methods used by economists in estimating causal effects, including the use of natural experiments.

A survey of the Middle East from World War I to the present. Course examines the political and social history of state formation, imperialism, nationalism, modernity, and religious fundamentalism.

This course will take an interdisciplinary approach and explore different modalities of female self-representation in France from the Middle Ages to present day. We will analyze how artists and writers such as Christine de Pizan, Louise Labe, Assia Djebar and Agnes Varda challenged and redefined traditional narratives within the male-dominated world. Students will engage with these artists while also producing their own self-reflexions through various creative writing and artistic projects.

This course will take an interdisciplinary approach and explore different modalities of female self-representation in France from the Middle Ages to present day. We will analyze how artists and writers such as Christine de Pizan, Louise Labe, Assia Djebar and Agnes Varda challenged and redefined traditional narratives within the male-dominated world. Students will engage with these artists while also producing their own self-reflexions through various creative writing and artistic projects.

This course will provide in-depth review of the primary literature that informs our knowledge on the extent that inflammation contributes breast cancer. Topics will include the epidemiology, cellular and biological mechanisms, and aspects of mammary gland development that related to breast cancer. On the first day of class, students will sign up to present a journal article from a list provided by the professor at one of the weekly class meetings.