This course delves into the fascinating ways in which hormones influence the body's development and function. Initial lectures describe the nature of different hormones and how they exert their actions. Subsequent lectures explore how hormones regulate body…
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This proseminar focuses on the research, writing, critical and analytical skills necessary to produce a successful graduate-level research project in the humanities. Attention is paid to the development of competency in close-reading and to the strategies of…
As globalization faces challenges and backlashes, the nation-state and nationalism have resurged, influencing global and local politics. This course examines why, focusing on the nature of nationalism, ethnic conflicts, the rise of populism and…
What do humanist scholars do and how do they do it? This preparatory course introduces students to the fundamental skills, techniques, and methods that are applicable for study in any one of the disciplines offered in the humanities, including languages and…
This course analyzes the ethical, social, and policy implications of global demographic change. Through a sustainability lens, students engage with issues such as declining fertility, population aging, migration pressures, and climate-related displacement.…
This course exposes the student to the basic principles of test construction and interpretation, including issues related to reliability and validity. Additionally, issues related to test administration, scoring, and reporting are explored, with emphasis…
This seminar focuses on the history of Sino-American relations and interactions since the Opium War (1840s). It examines these relations through the lens of major events such as the Boxer intervention, the first and second world wars, the Korean and Vietnam…
The goal of this course is to develop skills for making corporate investment and financing decisions. Topics include discounted cash flow and other valuation techniques; risk and return; capital asset pricing model; corporate capital structure and financial…
The course translates findings from academic research, particularly in positive psychology and behavior change, into attitudes, behaviors, and practices that students can adopt to have happy, fulfilling, and meaningful lives. We explore the foundation of…
This course reviews arithmetic and covers algebraic expressions and equations; their manipulation and use in problem solving; word problems; and an introduction to inequalities, absolute values, and graphing. This course features some of the same topics as…
This course surveys William Shakespeare's comedies, including famous works such as A Midsummer Night's Dream , Twelfth Night , and The Tempest , as well as less produced plays like The Two Gentlemen of Verona . Although the primary focus of study is the plays…
Visions, spirit possession, near-death experiences—experiences of ecstasy are universal in the history of religions. Psychology of religion attempts to explain such experiences using current understandings of the mind. At times, the study of ecstatic…
In this course, we investigate trust, the buyer's decision process, modern selling methodologies, persuasion, and the art of influence. Students apply ideas from each class in their own environment and have the opportunity to sharpen their skills in an…
Born in Florence to expatriate parents and widely familiar with Europe from boyhood family trips, John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) displayed social savoir faire already in 1874 at eighteen on arrival in Paris to train as a professional painter. His portfolio…
In this proseminar, students develop the skills necessary to engage in graduate-level research in the field of museum studies. Students read classic scholarly texts in museum studies and complete short assignments designed to hone their academic writing…
In Rabelais and His World , Mikhail Bakhtin argues that the grotesque—the exaggerated, the excessive, the strange, and the malformed—lowers what is elevated and elevates what is low, collapsing distinctions between sacred and profane, ruler and fool, and…
This course is intended to provide a thorough introduction to the poetry of Archaic Greek lyric. Readings cover the major Archaic Greek lyric poets, from Archilochus through Bacchylides and Pindar. Over the course of the semester, students become proficient…
This advanced fiction-writing course focuses on writing thrillers—dark, engrossing, and suspenseful plot-driven stories involving the push and pull between protagonist and antagonist. The course is intended for students who want to write a thriller novel; it…
This course tackles one of the most urgent questions in global politics today: what should societies do after mass violence, civil war, or state repression? Focusing on truth and reconciliation commissions as a central tool of transitional justice, we explore…
This course helps business professionals improve their writing so that they are better equipped to accomplish their educational and professional goals. Students practice some of the essential forms of business writing, including e-mail messages, cover…
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