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Psychology of Creativity: Making and Using Metaphors — PSY4226.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: David Anderegg
Credits: 4
This course will address two large areas in the psychology of creativity: (1) special creativity, that is, the study of creative persons and the specific characteristics of high-level creative thinkers. We will look at how creativity is measured, what personal characteristics or life circumstances seem to foster creative achievement, and the contributions of history in making
Society Culture and Thought

Psychology of Creativity: Making and Using Metaphors — PSY4226.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: David Anderegg
Credits: 4
This course will address two large areas in the psychology of creativity: (1) special creativity, that is, the study of creative persons and the specific characteristics of high-level creative thinkers. We will look at how creativity is measured, what personal characteristics or life circumstances seem to foster creative achievement, and the contributions of history in making
Society Culture and Thought

Psychology of Gender and Sexuality — PSY2385.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
This course will examine the categories of gender and sexuality within and beyond the psychological discipline and aims to familiarize students with major theoretical perspectives on gender including social constructionism, feminism, queer theory, and decolonization. The program will draw from psychological empirical research on gender and sexuality across history and culture
Society Culture and Thought

Psychology of Gender and Sexuality — PSY2385.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Arita  Balaram
Credits: 4
This program will examine the categories of gender and sexuality within and beyond the psychological discipline and aims to familiarize students with major theoretical perspectives on gender including social constructionism, feminism, queer theory, and decolonization. The program will draw from psychological empirical research on gender and sexuality across history and culture
Society Culture and Thought

Psychology of Gender and Sexuality — PSY2119.02

Spring 2019
Instructor: Ella Ben Hagai
Credits: 2
In this seminar, we will explore the processes of gender identity development in childhood and adolescence. We will examine gender identity development among gender conforming (cisgender) and transgender children and young adults. In addition, we will review research on the determinant of sexual orientation and the psychological processes influencing sexual desire and romantic
Society Culture and Thought

Psychology of Language — PSY2118.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Anne Gilman
Credits: 4
How do children learn language?  What about adults---isn't it harder to learn a new language past puberty?  What is the cognitive impact of bilingualism or multilingualism?  How is language related to human emotion and behavior, including in treating mental illness?  To develop answers to these questions, we will read and discuss articles, analyze
Society Culture and Thought

Psychology Research Workshop — PSY4390.01

Spring 2017
Instructor:
Credits: 4
In this class, students will work in small groups to carry out psychology research projects from start to finish. The groups will do a (fast) literature review; IRB proposal; research design; data collection and data analysis. Each group will work on the same project throughout the term. In order to get going on projects, we will work on topics of the instructor’s choosing: one
Society Culture and Thought

Psychophysiology Research — PSY4103.01

Spring 2017
Instructor:
Credits: 2
Students will investigate the relationship between psychological constructs and physiological responses through research projects. the focus of the class is the application of practical knowledge, with some discussion of the psychological theory behind the measures. Equipment is available for students to collect data from multiple modalities including, cardiovascular function
Society Culture and Thought

Public Policy Forum — APA2154.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Brian Campion and Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 1
This seven week course on Thursday evenings from 7:10 to 9:00 PM will cover a range of important public policies that are currently being discussed, changed and implemented having to do with race, climate change, clean water, voting rights, health and international relations. Guest speakers from the private and public sector will address these topics. Students will be expected
CAPA

Public Policy Forum: Saving Democracy Together — APA2356.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Eileen Scully
Credits: 1
Almost a century ago, Franklin D. Roosevelt alerted Americans to the impending global conflict pitting democracies founded on individual liberty against rising fascist dictatorships pursuing “final solutions.” Drawing inspiration from John Dewey’s progressive philosophy, FDR emphasized, "In this conflict the part which education plays in each ideology is crucial. Democracy
CAPA Society Culture and Thought

Public Policy Forum: Understanding January 6 — APA2278.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 1
Join historians, policy makers and educators as we consider the events and decisions that led to the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6. We will explore the political, racial, economic and cultural roots of this violent event that culminated in the near collapse of the Great American Experiment.
CAPA

Public Theatre Lab — APA2015.01) (cancelled 11/16/2023

Spring 2024
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
What should a public-facing theater do? Stimulate local business? Enrich the lives of community members? Probe the biggest questions of our time? Support the passions of amateurs? Art-wash corporations? Provide a living wage for professionals? Revive a post-industrial town? Public Theatre Lab is a space to reflect on ways institutions and individuals past and present have
CAPA Drama

Punk Culture: An Interdisciplinary Approach — ANT4222.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Steve Moog
Credits: 4
At its inception in the mid-1970s, punk was theorized as a white, working-class youth “subculture.” Today punk is recognized as a global cultural phenomenon thriving in places far removed from its points of genesis in North America and northern Europe. Scholars and punks alike have long noted adherences to independent cultural production and do-it-yourself ethics as unifying,
Society Culture and Thought

Puppet Full of Worms — LIT2577.01

Fall 2025
Instructor: Manuel Gonzales
Days & Time: TU 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 4

In this course we are tackling the Shakespeare history plays, examining the imperialistic and violent movements of Henrys and Richards, et al, exploring betrayals, battles, the War of the Roses, British history -- as understood in our contemporary time and compared to how it was understood by Shakespeare, who cut his teeth on the histories, spreading both English lore and

Literature

Puppets and Animation I — MA2325.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Sue Rees
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The class will be concerned with animating inanimate objects by stop motion, drawings, and cut out collages. A variety of filmmakers and techniques will be looked at during the course of the semester. Students will be expected to produce a variety of short projects followed by a longer more sustained project based on current events and environmental issues. Students will be
Visual Arts

Puzzles — MAT2108.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Andrew McIntyre
Credits: 1
Much of higher mathematics has more in common with solving puzzles than it does with performing algebra drills. In this class, I will be proposing puzzles, and providing coaching and strategies for getting better at doing puzzles. Many of the reasoning skills will be valuable broadly in life, not only in mathematics. No special math knowledge will be needed. (February 18, 21,
Science and Mathematics

Qualitative Inquiry — PSY4111.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Özge Savaş
Credits: 4
In this course, you will be introduced to the philosophical, conceptual, and practical foundations of qualitative methods used in psychological research. We will discuss the theoretical underpinnings and practical applications of different types of qualitative inquiry that are commonly used, such as narrative analysis, thematic analysis, conversation analysis, and discourse
Society Culture and Thought

Quantitative Reasoning and Mathematical Modeling — MAT2244.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Kathryn Montovan
Credits: 4
This foundational class covers modes of reasoning used in quantitative sciences and mathematics, using environmental questions for many classroom examples and projects. We will start by interrogating numbers and equations, applying problem-solving strategies, and gaining a deeper understanding of functions. We will apply these skills while learning the art of mathematical
Science and Mathematics

Quantum Mechanics — PHY4211.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Hugh Crowl
Credits: 4
The microscopic world is fundamentally different from the macroscopic one we encounter on a daily basis. The classical view of particles, mass, and even location break down at the smallest scales. The development of quantum mechanics as a field in the 1920s was a fundamental leap forward for our understanding of atomic physics. Countless current technologies and scientific
Science and Mathematics

Quantum Mechanics — PHY4211.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Hugh Crowl
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The microscopic world is fundamentally different from the macroscopic one we encounter on a daily basis. The classical view of particles, mass, and even location break down at the smallest scales. The development of quantum mechanics as a field in the 1920s was a fundamental leap forward for our understanding of atomic physics. Countless current technologies and scientific
Science Mathematics and Computing

Quantum Mechanics — PHY4211.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Hugh Crowl
Credits: 4
The microscopic world is fundamentally different from the macroscopic one we encounter on a daily basis. The classical view of particles, mass, and even location break down at the smallest scales. The development of quantum mechanics as a field in the 1920s was a fundamental leap forward for our understanding of atomic physics. Countless current technologies and scientific
Science and Mathematics

Quantum Mechanics — PHY4211.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Hugh Crowl
Credits: 4
The microscopic world is fundamentally different from the macroscopic one we encounter on a daily basis. The classical view of particles, mass, and even location break down at the smallest scales. The development of quantum mechanics as a field in the 1920s was a fundamental leap forward for our understanding of atomic physics. Countless current technologies and scientific
Science and Mathematics

Queer American Poetry: Stonewall to Present — LIT2297.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Phillip Williams
Credits: 4
Often, same-sex desire exists as the sole portrayal and determining factor of whether or not a text dwells in queerness. But the idea of queer has never been solely about same-sex desire or even sexual desire at all. Contrary to expectation, poets for years have written about revolutionary ways to exist in a society that has made the self-proclaimed orthodoxy of gender
Literature