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This course uses the stories of people's lives - memoirs, biographies, and oral histories - to study the history of the African continent. Some historians assume that the only "legitimate' sources for historical knowledge are archival documents. In contrast, this course insists that history is fundamentally a craft of story tellers. Through this lens, we will study the craft of writing a life story in the African context. What's in a life? What does it mean to record and narrate the story of someone else's life?

Examination of their own identities and social locations leads students to an understanding of how those identities exist in a global matrix of cultural, economic and political relationships. Students are introduced to various theoretical and political positions on identity, with a focus on gender, race, ethnicity, class, spirituality and sexuality.

How and why do gender, race and class disparities in health emerge in the US and Canada? This course will critique policy in the US and Canada historically and in the contemporary period, including attention to the local area. Keeping in mind students' positionalities, we will explore policy impacts of states on markets, households and voluntary sectors shaping health and health care in these neighboring countries, both white settler systems categorized as 'liberal' welfare states.

Defining Madness through society and its depiction in art and film. Students will learn about how the definition of madness has changed throughout the years and how this has changed the treatment of people. The students will also practice their own self-care while researching current media trends in mental health and its personal effects on the students. Multiple cultures will be discussed.  This course fulfills the FYS and SS general education requirements.

This course surveys the scientific study of behavior and mental processes as natural phenomena. Basic psychological areas such as biopsychology, perception, learning, memory, motivation and emotion are typically addressed. Broader, integrated topics such as development, personality, and social and abnormal psychology are also explored.

This course surveys the scientific study of behavior and mental processes as natural phenomena. Basic psychological areas such as biopsychology, perception, learning, memory, motivation and emotion are typically addressed. Broader, integrated topics such as development, personality, and social and abnormal psychology are also explored.

This course is intended to describe and explain the changes in bodies, minds, and behavior of people that occur from conception until death. While emphasis is placed on the early years of most rapid change, appropriate topics are covered throughout the life span. This course explores physical, cognitive, and socioemotional milestones across the lifespan and theories about various kinds of development. Attention is also paid to factors that contribute to individual differences and atypical development. Prerequisite: Psychology 101WL or 101NL

This new special topics class will explore the current environmental impacts to the Adirondack Park ranging from mercury deposition in water bodies to an update on acidic precipitation to future threats from climate change and associated natural disasters.