This seminar will support your transition to college and introduce you to a topic in public health and health sciences. The first six weeks will provide foundational skills for students to thrive at UMass. The last seven weeks will focus on exploring the topic: The Science of Human-Animal Interaction.

Designed to support Intermediate Italian students to help them improve their conversational skills, this course offers intensive practice in pronunciation, vocabulary, oral comprehension and conversation. It includes class discussions, role-playing and short oral presentations. Prerequisite: two semesters of ITL 110 or placement exam to ensure correct language level.

What do the Nobel Prizes have to do with everyday life? Are Nobel Laureates extraordinary scientists, or singled out from others equally worthy? During the semester you will read autobiographies, essays, short fiction, and scientific papers, and try many styles of writing. When the 2022 Nobel Prizes are announced in October, we will study press coverage to analyze how scientific discoveries are reported. You will each become an expert on a Nobel laureate, placing scientific achievements in historical context.