Courses

This course examines the central issues in the philosophy of law, including the relationship between law and morality, the duty to obey the law, and the nature of legal reasoning and judicial decision, as well as cognate topics such as the objectivity of law, free will and responsibility, liberty and its limits, conceptions of the just society, liberalism and illiberalism, and critical theories of society and law.

This offering will cover such behavioral phenomena as learning development, personality adjustment and cultural differences.

This course provides a description and analysis of the quantitative and qualitative aspects of intelligence. It includes classic and contemporary theories of learning and their relationship to the understanding of individual differences.

Course will examine selected works from the growing body of science (or "speculative") fiction from two points of view: literary value (use of language, style, characterization, theme, structure, and techniques), and philosophical value (insight into the human condition, humankind's relation to science and technology, possible futures and illumination of contemperary culture, society, events, trends). (WI).

Final advanced navigation course, reviewing and testing in terrestrial, celestial, and electronic navigation in preparation for the Third Mate’s License; registration requirement and only permitted in the term immediately prior to taking the USCG License exams.

This course provides a broad introduction to the study of transport and other networks around the world, such as roads, rail, air, water, electronic, and social.

This course focuses on the biological mechanisms involved in the processes of learning and memory in the nervous system. We will examine these mechanisms at the molecular, cellular and systems levels of the brain. Topics range from memory-associated molecules and synaptic plasticity to animal models and human behavior. In addition, students will be introduced to the many behavioral paradigms and molecular genetic techniques used by neuroscientists to study learning and memory in the brain.

This course is an introduction to psychological and neuroscientific research on play and games. We will focus on play behavior in human beings, but will incorporate comparative evidence from play in other animals. Using an interdisciplinary approach, we will draw.

Anatomy and physiology of the central nervous system as it relates to speech, language and hearing function and disorders.

Critical and historical study of major works of modernist and post-modernist fiction that achieved international acclaim during the second half of the 20th century.