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Human Nature(s) — PSY4209.01

Spring 2014

Instructor: Ronald Cohen; Elizabeth Sherman

Days & Time:

Credits: 4

This course will address recent developments in several fields (evolutionary biology and evolutionary psychology among them) which have reinvigorated fundamental questions about humans, their conduct, and the cultures and societies they produce. We will examine several of these questions in detail: what is the nature of altruism? of aggression? of conflict? of reconciliation?

Science Mathematics and Computing Social Science

Human Neuroscience and Psychophysiology Lab — PSY4133.01

Spring 2016

Instructor: Harlan Fichtenholtz

Days & Time:

Credits: 4

There are numerous methods to assess neurological function. In this course students will be introduced to the field of Psychophysiology. Psychophysiology is concerned with physiological responses as reflections of psychological traits, states, and processes. Students will study the form and function of major physiological response systems and gain laboratory experience in the

Society Culture and Thought

Human Neuroscience and Psychophysiology Projects — PSY4225.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Harlan Fichtenholtz

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

Students will investigate the relationship between psychological constructs and physiological responses through term long research projects. Equipment is available for students to collect data from multiple modalities including, cardiovascular function (electrocardiogram, ECG), muscle responses (electromyogram, EMG), neural responses (electroencephalogram, EEG ERP), eye

Society Culture and Thought

Human Rights — Canceled

Fall 2018

Instructor: Mansour Farhang

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

This course is designed to study the origins and evolution of the idea of human rights and probe the development of the international human rights movement since World War II. Following a general examination of the concept of individual rights, the course focuses on the history, theory, practice and possibilities of universal human rights standards. Topics include the notion of

Society Culture and Thought

Human Rights and Covid-19 — APA2344.03

Spring 2021

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

Days & Time:

Credits: 1

States are not responsible for COVID-19, but they are responsible for how they respond to it. The virus cannot be used as an excuse to roll back on fundamental human rights. Human rights are universal legal guarantees that protect individuals and groups against actions that interfere with fundamental freedoms and human dignity. Under international human

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Human Rights in Action — APA2349.02

Spring 2026

Instructor: Andrea Galindo

Days & Time: WE 10:00am-11:50am & WE 2:10pm-4:00pm

Credits: 2

In 1948, Elanor Roosevelt, instrumental for the approval of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, said “In a true sense, human rights are a fundamental object of law and government in a just society. Human rights exist to the degree that they are respected by people in relations with each other and by governments in relations with their

Advancement of Public Action

Human Rights in Action — APA2349.02

Spring 2025

Instructor: Susan Sgorbati

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

In 1948, Eleanor Roosevelt, instrumental for the approval of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, said “In a true sense, human rights are a fundamental object of law and government in a just society. Human rights exist to the degree that they are respected by people in relations with each other and by governments in relations with their citizens.” We have come a long way

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Human Rights in Global Politics — POL2111.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Rotimi Suberu

Days & Time:

Credits: 4

Human rights are universal in principle, but often they are systematically violated in practice, especially in developing countries of the global south. This introductory course explores the international politics of human rights, with a particular focus on the developing world. Topics to be examined in lectures, written assignments, discussions, presentations, simulations and

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Human Rights in Global Politics — POL2111.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Rotimi Suberu

Days & Time:

Credits: 4

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Human Rights in Global Politics — POL2111.01

Spring 2022

Instructor: Rotimi Suberu

Days & Time:

Credits: 4

Human rights are universal in principle, but often they are systematically violated in practice, especially in developing countries of the global South. This introductory course explores the international politics of human rights, with a particular focus on the developing world. Topics to be examined through lectures, written assignments, discussions, presentations, simulations

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Human Rights in Global Politics — POL2111.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Rotimi Suberu

Days & Time:

Credits: 4

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Hunger and Welfare — PEC4108.01

Spring 2026

Instructor: Lopamudra Banerjee

Days & Time: MO,TH 1:40pm-3:30pm

Credits: 4

Why does chronic hunger endure even in times of prosperity? How can famine devastate entire regions in extreme cases, while food deserts quietly persist in wealthy countries like the United States? And what does it mean to treat nourishment not as charity or commodity, but as a right of citizenship?<

Advancement of Public Action Society Culture and Thought Political Economy

Hybrid Performances: Animation, Video Movement — MA4206.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Sue Rees

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

Animation, Video Movement is an interdisciplinary class that includes students with a concentration in dance, animation or video. The intention is to create hybrid performance pieces in which those disciplines are closely interwoven in an attempt to find a form that is an independent art form in itself. We will develop common language, scores, and systems in an

Dance Visual Arts

Hybrids: Alternative Approaches in Photography — PHO4215.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

Days & Time:

Credits: 4

Students in this interdisciplinary course focus on combining photography with other artistic disciplines. They explore the techniques that can directly manipulate the image before, during and after recording the photograph. Experimentation and creative risk taking throughout the various assignments is encouraged. Through this process of visual exploration and

Visual Arts

Hybrids: Alternative Photographic Methods — PHO4215.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: Terry Boddie

Days & Time:

Credits: 4

Students in this interdisciplinary course will focus on combining photographic media with other materials and artistic disciplines. They will explore the techniques that directly manipulate the image before, during and after recording photograph. Experimentation and creative risk taking throughout the various assignments will be stressed. Through this process of

Visual Arts

Hyper Body! — DAN2156.01

Spring 2026

Instructor: Kota Yamazaki

Days & Time: TU,FR 8:30am-10:20am

Credits: 2

This Beginner level course is designed and recommended for students with prior dance experience or equivalent training in any form of physical expression.

The aim is to encounter the inner energy and passion that dance evokes from within the body, alongside the choreographic language of Trisha Brown, which is rooted in neutrality and free from unnecessary movement.

Dance

Hyper Body! - Anarchic Ballet to Water Movement to African Dance to Floor Ninja to Body Architecture to Shining Zombie to Unknown Transformation….. — DAN4423.01) (cancelled 8/2/2023

Fall 2023

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

This course is designed for students who have dance experience or equivalent physical training in any movement form. We welcome anyone who would like to recultivate, reactivate, improve, deepen, expand, develop or disrupt their relationship to their own knowledge and experience of physical movements and commit to consistent physical

Dance

Hyper Body! – Anarchic Ballet to Water Movement to African Dance to Floor Ninja to Body Architecture to Shining Zombie to Unknown Transformation….. — DAN2156.01

Spring 2025

Instructor: Mina Nishimura

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

This beginning-intermediate level course is designed and recommended for students who have some dance experience or equivalent physical training in any movement forms. Anyone who would like to recultivate, reactivate, improve, deepen, expand, develop or break the relationship to their own body and commit to consistent physical learning, are welcomed. In order to have our minds

Dance

Hyper Body! – Anarchic Ballet to Water Movement to African Dance to Floor Ninja to Body Architecture to Shining Zombie to Unknown Transformation….. — DAN2156.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

This intermediate-level movement practice course is designed for students who have dance experience or equivalent physical training in any movement form. We welcome anyone who would like to recultivate, reactivate, improve, deepen, expand, develop or disrupt their relationship to their own knowledge and experience of physical movements

Dance

Hyper Body!- Anarchic Ballet to Water Movement to African Dance to Floor Ninja to Body Architecture to Shining Zombie to Unknown Transformation….. — DAN2156.01) (updated course description as of 11/9/2023

Spring 2024

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

This course is designed for students who preferably have ballet experience or equivalent physical training in any movement forms. Anyone who would like to recultivate, reactivate, improve, deepen, expand, develop or break the relationship to their own body and commit to consistent physical learning, are welcomed. This course also might support to correct any distortions in

Dance

I am a Material — SCU4112.01

Spring 2025

Instructor: John Umphlett

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

What is a more valuable piece of matter? String, cotton-balls and rubber bands may be what should be affixed to your unique prosthetic to complete a given task… This course will cover information and techniques related to body casting, wire rope rigging, fabrication, and other building processes.The students will be asked to keep a journal which will be the most important

Visual Arts

I am a Material — SCU4112.02

Spring 2020

Instructor: John Umphlett

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

What is a more valuable piece of matter? Could it be something that will degrade in this art world and be okay? String, cotton-balls and rubber bands may be what should be affixed to your unique prosthetic to complete a task given. This course will cover information and techniques related to body casting, wire rope rigging, fabricating, building processes and encourage

Visual Arts

I am a Material — SCU4112.02

Spring 2017

Instructor: John Umphlett

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

Visual Arts

I Got a Right to the Tree of Life: Music of the Women’s Suffragist Movement — MHI2113.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

Through songs and stories this course will explore the journey for Women’s suffrage in the United States. Spanning the mid 1800s to the Voting Rights Act in 1965, the content will include voices of African American women, who are often underrepresented in these studies.

Music

Ideas Arrangements Effects — APA2178.02

Fall 2019

Instructor: Kenneth Bailey, MFA Teaching Fellow

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

How do we come to understand what we are doing when attempting to change or interfere with a messy complex social problem? How can we know if the thing we want to do to improve a social problem will work or backfire? There are many lessons from psychiatrists like RD Laing to cultural heroes like Hermès on this topic. Ideas Arrangements Effects will overview several lessons from

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