Since Plato, "Beauty" has proven to be a crucial topic in western philosophy. Philosophers across the supposed western/eastern divide have sought to address numerous questions surrounding the topic: what is beauty, what distinguishes and constitutes it, who can create it, who can discern and appreciate it? Is it subjective or objective? We will consider a variety of other critical questions via thinkers across disciplines such as: what is the point in creating art? Who or what is it for? What is its desired or intended impact on the audience?

Black women activists and organizers first coined the term "reproductive justice" in the summer of 1994 while organizing to expand the scope of the Clinton administration's Health Security Act.

digital community particularly through a lens of racial justice. In particular, this course pays attention to recent and ongoing revolutionary and social justice movements including Arab Spring, the George Floyd protests of 2020, and the more general growing disability rights movement as it emerges on and through digital platforms. With these and other examples, we will critically discuss the limits and possibilities of digital technologies, particularly a lens of critical race and ethnic studies and racial capitalism more specifically.

In Cruising Utopia, Jose Munoz describes the possibility for queerness through the opening oneself up to the "perception of queerness as manifestation in and of ecstatic time." Ecstasy allows for us to see the paradoxes in pleasure, giving space to the contradictions, nuances, and differences, and in that, opening up what is meant in thinking with the future and potentiality. This course is grounded in women of color feminisms and explores the development of theories on hope, futurism, and utopia.

Economic Development is the process of structural transformation in developing countries, or more simply, the ways that poor countries can become rich. In the course we will survey the theory and practice of economic development since World War II, including such topics as development ethics (e.g. what is development? development by whom and for what?), industrialization, agricultural development, rural-urban migration, and a global Green New Deal including such issues as Climate Reparations.

The downhill skiing course is designed to give folks experience navigating downhill terrain regardless of experience level. For folks with little to no experience, we will start ground up, building foundational skiing skills over the course of 6 weeks. Students can choose to participate in a formal lesson or learn in a more applied way through experience. For those with preexisting ski skills, you will have the class time to get as many runs in as possible with a group who will provide technical feedback and good company.

Experimental 2D Animation is a course that focuses on experimental strategies for a variety of 2D animation techniques. Experimental animations may be non-narrative, abstract, and/or difficult to define. They may be created with techniques that reimagine or revolt against traditional animation studio practices. In the course, we will cover a breadth of introductory and Intermediate 2D animation techniques, including analog hand drawn animation, digital hand drawn animation, digital puppetry, and compositing. We will also cover sound recording and design for experimental animation.

Experimental 2D Animation is a course that focuses on experimental strategies for a variety of 2D animation techniques. Experimental animations may be non-narrative, abstract, and/or difficult to define. They may be created with techniques that reimagine or revolt against traditional animation studio practices. In the course, we will cover a breadth of introductory and Intermediate 2D animation techniques, including analog hand drawn animation, digital hand drawn animation, digital puppetry, and compositing. We will also cover sound recording and design for experimental animation.

Using Dugatkin's 4th edition of Principles of Animal Behavior (not required to purchase), this class will cover the principles of animal behavior science. Students should be prepared to take on the role of an animal behavior researcher and as such, we will focus not only on the principles, evolution, and function of animal behavior but heavily on the methods and application of what we learn. Students will also put into practice some of the ways that scientists observe, record, and measure behavior in the natural world, through hands on work at the Hampshire farm.

Using Animal Cognition: Evolution, Behavior and Cognition, 3rd edition, by Wynne and Udell (2020), this class will review the psychological and social lives of animals. We will cover animal learning, memory, and communication, among other cognition topics. Students should be prepared to take on the role of an animal cognition researcher and as such, we will focus not only on the foundations and background animal cognition literature but also heavily on the methods and application of what we learn.