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An introduction to the principles of how cells store hereditary information, organisms inherit phenotypic characteristics, and the underlying molecular mechanisms of DNA replication and gene expression. Three lectures per week. Prerequisite: Biology 101, 102. Recommended: Chemistry 103. Also required for the biochemistry major, fulfills the genetics/evolution requirement of the conservation biology major, and counts as an elective for the neuroscience (cellular track) majors. Offered each semester

This course is designed as an experiential learning activity where you will study theories and evidence from political science and communication and apply them to some of the key global issues we face today (e.g., wars, economic crises, refugee flows, climate change, pandemics, etc.).

Cocoa has been cultivated for centuries and today it’s a much loved indulgent confectionery. In this course, students explore the interdisciplinary nature of chocolate and sustainability. Chocolate is art, music, film, literature, spiritual, medicinal, culinary, commodity, injustice, environment and science. Historians shed light on how chocolate changed the world. Economists show a greedy consumer-driven global chocolate market estimated at 139 billion USD, which might just vanish as scientists estimate there are less than 25 years before the plant faces extinction from climate change.

JUNIORS AND SENIORS ONLY ND 255 Business Case Study is an upper level undergraduate course that is designed to provide students with the necessary tools to effectively analyze and interpret real world business problems and to develop thoughtful and intelligent solutions to those challenges. Through a series of speakers and case analysis, students will discuss and understand a variety of business principles such as corporate vision/mission, SWOT analysis, innovation vs. imitation, leadership, constructing an argument, and presentation skills.

The word “surveillance” often conjures up George Orwell’s dystopian world in 1984, where a totalitarian government had obliterated intellectual and political freedoms and kept an ever-watchful eye on its citizens. Today, mass surveillance certainly exists in the United States, everything from local traffic cameras to federal agencies monitoring our electronic communications. Edward Snowden revealed just how much the U.S. government knows about us. Yet, there are other kinds of surveillance that we often fail to recognize.

This course investigates a wide variety of environmental conservation projects in Africa. We examine efforts by colonial and post-colonial states to preserve wilderness in national parks, and how local residents have responded. We study projects developed by international organizations which link environmental conservation with economic benefits for local people. Finally, we look at indigenous African efforts to conserve natural resources and to restore degraded lands.