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Hormones and Behavior

This lecture-laboratory course provides an introduction to the field of behavioral endocrinology. The interplay between hormones and behavior is explored by reviewing current knowledge derived from human and animal research in the field. Topics include the influence of hormones on reproductive behavior, parental behavior, aggression, sexual orientation, moods and emotions, psychiatric disorders and perceptual and cognitive abilities. Environmental and experiential influences on endocrine function are also examined.

Spring 2022
Psychology
PSYC 326

Speak Up: Rhetoric and Public Speaking

What makes someone a good speaker? Why do Americans report fearing public speaking more than they fear death? How did Barack Obama's skilled oratory influence his presidential campaign? Why are oral communication skills among the most desirable skills on the job market? This course provides an introduction to public speaking rooted in the rhetorical tradition.

Spring 2022
FYP-FYS
FRPG 2068

Conservation Biology

This course examines the problem of maintaining biological diversity in a changing world. Emphasis is on the biological concepts involved in population biology, genetics and community ecology, and their use in conservation and management of biodiversity. Labs mix local projects and trips to sites of interest for conservation. 

Spring 2024
Conservation Biology
BIOL 440

Architecture: Symbol and Ideology

A socio-historical and symbolic exploration of architecture, gardens, and other aspects of built environments in Europe and the United States. Themes include architecture and mysticism; buildings and gardens as metaphors of power, and as microcosms and sacred realms; the technological revolution; utopian worlds in modern architecture; and topics in current architectural theory.
Spring 2022
Art and Art History
AAH 337

Introduction to Canada

A multidisciplinary seminar designed to provide students with a comprehensive introduction to Canada. The course stresses the basics of geography, history, economics, politics and culture. At the same time, it uses contemporary events and issues (such as ongoing debate over Canada’s constitutional and economic directions) to demonstrate the importance of geographic fact, historical frictions and political and cultural diversity to an understanding of the Canadian nation(s). Major consideration is given to the ways Canada is both similar to and different from the United States.
Fall 2022
Canadian Studies
CNS 101

Early Canada: 1534-1867

After laying eyes upon the eastern coast of Canada in May, 1534, the French explorer, Jacques Cartier, remarked that it resembled the “land that God gave to Cain."  Despite Cartier’s initial misgivings, Canada presented numerous opportunities to Europeans, as it had for the First Nations. For three centuries, the northern half of North America was an imperial domain of the French, and then of the British. In 1867, the Dominion of Canada was created, and the first steps toward the Canada that we know today were taken.
Spring 2024
Canadian Studies
HIST 203 / CNS 203

Genetics

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

Fall 2025
Biology
BIOL 245

Chocolate and our Environment

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.

Spring 2022
FRPG 2184