Courses

This course discusses the difference between sex and gender, and analyzes current research and theories of both these constructs. In addition, the course considers the role of biological, psychological, and social determinants in gender development.

The science and professional practice of sport and exercise psychology. Areas such as personality, motivation, leadership, performance enhancement, aggression, stress and anxiety, and reinforcement will be highlighted. The course will cover competition and cooperation; team dynamics and cohesion; diversity and inclusion; exercise adherence; and children in sport and exercise. In addition, the course will investigate the benefits of sport and exercise participation on psychological wellbeing.

The psychological factors related to sport in contemporary society.

Public Policy as a decision-making process. Examines environmental and organizational factors, the choice of alternatives, and the implementation and evaluation of public policy, with applied references to specific functional areas e.g. housing, pollution, energy and transportation.

This course offers an analytical framework for critical thinking about public policy in the U.S.- the inputs, processes, and outputs of governmental activity. Also considers factors that influence policy processes, as well as impacts of decisions by different governments and actors.

The problems of recruiting, organizing, and providing administrative leadership for the persons required to administer modern government and to plan and carry out an ever-widening range of public programs and services. Will also stress the public service as a career.

This course will study the roles, status, thoughts, and actions of the Latin American woman, from pre-Columbian times to the twentieth century. It will focus on women's struggle to understand and reshape their role in a rapidly changing society, and will analyze the traditional sex roles prescribed by society, religion, and women's image in historical and contemporary society.

Intensive individualized training for preparation for the Putnam Exam, a national contest for mathematics majors. May be taken four times for credit.

Application of the Deming principles specifically for distributors, including customer needs analysis, research and data collection methodology, employee involvement techniques, team building, statistical methods and data analysis; solutions to quality problems for distributors, lean and six-sigma principles.

This history course explores the question of Palestine since 1900, from Ottoman territory, to British mandate, to its current status. In particular, it focuses on the diplomatic and legal history of this question, specifically how Palestine, as a territory, has been debated and addressed (or not) regionally and internationally.