This course offers an introduction to the composition of multiple genres and modes of creative writing, which may include poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, hybrid forms, graphic novels, and digital texts. Students will learn strategies for generating ideas, drafting, giving and receiving feedback, revising creative work, and building literary community.

This course offers an introduction to the composition of multiple genres and modes of creative writing, which may include poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, hybrid forms, graphic novels, and digital texts. Students will learn strategies for generating ideas, drafting, giving and receiving feedback, revising creative work, and building literary community.

This course offers an introduction to the composition of multiple genres and modes of creative writing, which may include poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, hybrid forms, graphic novels, and digital texts. Students will learn strategies for generating ideas, drafting, giving and receiving feedback, revising creative work, and building literary community.

This literature course considers the role of the senses in imagining what Black freedom might look like. Can freedom be sensed? How are the senses shaped by politics, economics, and history? By examining a range of African American literary texts before 1900, we will track how Black writers such as Harriet Jacobs, Martin Delany, Charles Chesnutt, and Phillis Wheatley Peters have used literature to explore the intertwinement of political possibility with sensory perception. We will also draw upon a number of texts from the larger abolitionist movement.

Seeking to change the world, people historically have organized themselves in political and social groups or campaigns. At UMass, it is not different. You will learn about how students engage in various forms of activism, protest, and actions to transform the reality we live in. Therefore, this course will help you identify academic and career pathways you can follow, as well as the forms to experience UMass politically and socially.

Seeking to change the world, people historically have organized themselves in political and social groups or campaigns. At UMass, it is not different. You will learn about how students engage in various forms of activism, protest, and actions to transform the reality we live in. Therefore, this course will help you identify academic and career pathways you can follow, as well as the forms to experience UMass politically and socially.

Doordash, Uber, Lyft, TaskRabbit, and more. At one point or another, most of us have used these apps to ask for a ride, have food delivered, or have a task completed. The rise of these app- and web-based digital platforms has given rise to what sociologists and economists call the platform economy. In this class, we will explore the platform economy using a sociological approach to explore questions such as: what is the platform economy and how has it impacted the broader global economy? Why has there been a rise in the usage of app-based services?

"Don't Panic!" is a saying that applies to all areas of "Life, the Universe and Everything." This phrase will be a touchstone for this first-year seminar course where we will discuss how to make the most of your university education while also thinking collaboratively about some of the problems in the world around us. We will develop a basic understanding of how economics is applied across various fields and think critically about the solutions and policy that economists provide. For instance, we will learn how economists think about problems of environmental justice.

"Don't Panic!" is a saying that applies to all areas of "Life, the Universe and Everything." This phrase will be a touchstone for this first-year seminar course where we will discuss how to make the most of your university education while also thinking collaboratively about some of the problems in the world around us. We will develop a basic understanding of how economics is applied across various fields and think critically about the solutions and policy that economists provide. For instance, we will learn how economists think about problems of environmental justice.

In addition to helping you navigate your first year we will also explore globalization, a buzzword that has become increasingly prominent throughout the social sciences. But what do scholars, pundits, and politicians really mean when they refer to globalization? What are the trends and effects that define a more global world? Do the last 40-50 years of "globalizing" represent something new and distinct or just an increase in the scale and scope of past processes?