If you were a pirate trying to steal gold from other pirates, what would you do? If you were forced to deduce the color of your friend's hat to escape an eccentric magician, how might counting help? If you were waging a war of wits against an evil professor (welcome to college, by the way), why might a chessboard come in handy? There's a colorful, magical world of math that is far away from the boring or difficult reputation it often gets, and it involves fun, creative thinking, and often unexpected connections to deep ideas in theoretical research.

Swedish V is the first part of a four-part intermediate course sequence in Swedish offered through the Five College Center for World Languages. The course format includes intensive independent study, small group conversation sessions led by a peer conversation partner, and an evaluation by an outside evaluator. Students studying Swedish develop speaking and listening skills needed for study abroad in Sweden and engagement with Swedish-speaking communities, and to support course work in European or Scandinavian Studies and other academic, vocational, and personal goals.

Dari II is the second part of a four-part elementary course sequence in Dari offered through the Five College Center for World Languages. The course format includes intensive independent study, small group conversation sessions led by a peer conversation partner, and an evaluation by an outside evaluator. Students studying Dari develop speaking and listening skills needed for engagement with Dari-speaking communities, and to support course work in South Asian Studies and other academic, vocational, and personal goals.

Persian for Speakers I is a course offered through the Five College Center for World Languages for intermediate or advanced speakers of Persian who want to learn to read and write in Persian. A placement interview is required. The course format includes individual tutorials and a final written evaluation. Students will learn to write in Persian and study Persian grammar and short texts of various genres. By the end of the course, students should be able to read and compose simple texts in Persian.

Focus on representing the human figure using clay as the primary material. Introduction to building techniques in clay. Focus on observation and elements of three-dimensional form.

This course serves as an introduction to the history and theory of Historic Preservation. Though focused primarily on the development of the discipline within the United States, the course draws on important links to international conservation movements, laws, and theories.

This course will focus on contemporary movements in the discipline of archaeology through the scholarship of Black, Indigenous and other People of Color (also centering the voices of BIPOC, Queer & Transgender archaeologists to help us understand how much archaeology has changed). The course is based on the work outlined in Black Feminist Archaeology (2011) and the impact of the text on current research and perspectives.

This is a studio course which gives one credit for participation in a Theatre Department production. Most positions are designed for people with no previous experience. Offerings within the course cover all areas of theatre production, on stage and off, including positions as stage crew, light and sound board operators, dressers, stage managers, design assistants, box office assistants, props charges, electricians or actors. There is one general meeting at the beginning of the semester. Attendance is mandatory. Attendance at weekly production meetings may be required for some assignments.

Theory and applications of statistical methods for the analysis of categorical data. The course includes an overview of statistical methods for analyzing discrete data including binary, multinomial and count response variables. Nominal and ordinal responses are considered. Discussions may include contingency table and chi-squared analyses, logistic, Poisson and negative-binomial regression models. R statistical software is used. Prerequisites: SDS 291 or SDS 290 or equivalent. Restrictions: SDS 390 may be taken a total of 3 times with different topics. Enrollment limited to 30.