Squash

Squash is a course that reviews all of the basic shots, techniques, and strategies for the game of squash. This course is appropriate for students with or without experience in squash or other racquet sports.

Club Rugby

Mount Holyoke College Rugby Football Club is a club Rugby Union team. It practices in the fall and spring and has competition in each semester. It is a member of the NEWCRC (15's conference) and NEC7C (7's conference).

Ultimate Frisbee Club

Ultimate Frisbee Club practices year-round on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings, and has team workouts on Sundays. Many weekends in September, October, March, and April are spent at tournaments. Players on the A team should be fully committed to the team and are expected to attend every practice and tournament. B team players are not held to strict attendance guidelines for competition, but need to attend two practices/week for a PE unit.

Dressage Club

Dressage is a club sport at Mount Holyoke College. The dressage team is a member of the Intercollegiate Dressage Association (IDA), Region B. Our team has won National Champion honors at Nationals five times (2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, and 2013), and has won Reserve National Champion honors three times (2005, 2007, and 2017). Many of our riders have also earned regional and national individual titles.

Organic Synthesis

This course emphasizes recent developments in synthetic organic chemistry and deals with general synthetic methods and specific examples of natural product synthesis. It covers such topics as new methods of oxidation and reduction, stereospecific olefin formation, ring-forming reactions, and methods of carbon-carbon bond formation. The application of these reactions to the synthesis of naturally occurring compounds is examined. A general strategy for the synthesis of complex molecules is also presented.

Revenge on Stage and Screen

Revenge plots display an enduring popularity. We will examine plays and films that show the range of possibilities, exploring: narratives focused on gender, race, and class; the place of family in revenge plots; the "underdog" tale; the importance of religion to ideas of justice; and the way in which genre influences notions of vengeance.

High-Intermediate Riding

Emphasizes maintaining proper position and balance at all paces and over more complex courses. Focuses on riding technique to persuasively influence the horse's movements. Riders taking this class should be capable of jumping a three-foot course and riding more athletic horses.
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