The role of organized business advocacy in the regulation of the economy. Covers theories of business power in society, empirical analysis of lobbying in economic policy making, and the formal and informal methods to maintain, supplement and moderate competition.

This course fulfills the Junior Year Writing requirement on a variety of topics.

Course taught in Italian. Students in this course will become familiar with the main themes of historical linguistics in the study of Italian, including the language's development from Latin, its evolution in the Middle Ages and its most characteristic idiosyncrasies. Special emphasis will be placed on phonology and on helping students to eliminate their English accents.

Hist. 290NE explores the history of the Ancient Near East and Egypt from the development of agriculture and settled society (c. 9000 BCE) to the rise of the Achaemenid Persian empire (c. 500 BCE). The societies that developed along the Nile and in the so-called Fertile Crescent of Mesopotamia and the Levant gave rise to some of the world?s earliest cities, invented writing systems used for bureaucracy, business, and literature, and created religions and principles of law with far-reaching influence.

This course explores the history of sustainable architecture with a look back to vernacular building styles and passive design strategies that addressed climatic factors. Materials studied range from indigenous traditional architecture, through the Industrial Revolution and the celebration of the machine in the 20th century.

This course will use an ecological framework to investigate environmental and social factors impacting health-related behavior. Students will research historical social norms around food, drink, sleep, leisure behavior, and recreation. The ever-changing landscape of public health advice and policy will be analyzed through quantitative and qualitative methods of research.

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