Courses

Fractals are physical or mathematical objects with an ever-larger number of ever- smaller pieces. This course shows how scientists use fractals to analyze and solve problems. The course uses the tools of spreadsheets, graphs, algebra, numerical methods, folding pieces of paper, and performing in-class experiments to learn mathematical concepts and apply them to give insights into the nature and properties of physical, biological, and social systems.

Outbreak of war; Blitzkrieg; Battle of Britain and the invasion of Russia; Pearl Harbor and the war in Asia; the Resistance and Holocaust; the search for peace.

Health and illness from a sociological perspective. An overview of the causes and meaning of health and illness from ancient Greece to contemporary America. Introduction to topics in epidemiology, health policy, and the social determinants of health.

This course explores the social sources of patterns of human sexuality. Among the topics examined are why sexuality has been regulated in all known societies, the sociology of heterosexual and homosexual behavior and identity throughout the life cycle, gender-based sexual socialization, sexual politics (e.g., rape) and commercial sex (e.g., prostitution and pornography).

The study of the articulation and patterning of sounds in English, with implications for TESOL.

Stoics counsel us to ignore the things we cannot control. Underpinning this teaching is a series of commitments in areas like metaphysics and epistemology. In this course we will look at the teachings and writings of some of the major Stoics, including figures like Zeno of Citium; Chrysippus; Epictetus; and Marcus Aurelius.

The course will approach Shikibu's The Tale of Genji both as the seminal literary fiction of the Japanese tradition and as a predecessor to the modern psychological novel. The readings, in English translations, will include important texts by other 11th-century Japanese women writers, and selections from medieval critical commentaries.

The course will approach Shikibu's The Tale of Genji both as the seminal literary fiction of the Japanese tradition and as a predecessor to the modern psychological novel. The readings, in English translations, will include important texts by other 11th-century Japanese women writers, and selections from medieval critical commentaries.

Exploration of the relationship between texts and their historical circumstances, addressing the question of how literary works are enmeshed in their material, economic, social, and political conditions. The course examines how we define and reconstruct historical moments, and the various ways in which we interpret texts in relation to their moments.

Exploration of the relationship between texts and their historical circumstances, addressing the question of how literary works are enmeshed in their material, economic, social, and political conditions. The course examines how we define and reconstruct historical moments, and the various ways in which we interpret texts in relation to their moments.