This course focuses on the behavior of people in groups. Course instruction is designed to familiarize students with various cultures and the problems resulting from people living in groups. Course content includes topics as culture, subcultures, social institutions, collective behavior, social change, social deviation, the family, religion, racial and ethnic minorities, poverty, and crime. Students […]
Learn MoreThis course exams human development across the lifespan with emphasis upon research, theoretical perspectives, and common physical, cognitive, emotional, and social developmental milestones. Course content highlights educational and familial contexts through a multidisciplinary approach of human development in relation to physiological, social, emotional, cognitive, language, and cultural influences. Course instruction includes engaging discussions on major […]
Learn MoreThis course introduces students to the principles of economics that apply to the functions of individualeconomic decision-makers. The course also develops students’ familiarity with the operation of product and factor markets, distributions of income, marketfailure, and the role of government in promoting greater efficiency and equity in the economy. Students learn to use graphs, charts, […]
Learn MoreThis course introduces students to the principles that apply to an economic system as a whole. The course places particular emphasis on the study of national income and price-level determination. It also develops students’ familiarity with economic performance measures, the financial sector, stabilization policies, economic growth, and international economics. Students learn to use graphs, charts, […]
Learn MoreThis course introduces students to the systematic and scientific study of human behavior and mental processes. While considering the psychologists and studies that have shaped the field, students explore and apply psychological theories, key concepts, and phenomena associated with such topics as the biological bases of behavior, sensation and perception, learning and cognition, motivation, developmental […]
Learn MoreThis course introduces students to the systematic study of patterns and processes that have shaped human understanding, use, and alteration of Earth’s surface. Students employ spatial concepts and landscape analysis to examine socioeconomic organization and its environmental consequences. They also learn about the methods and tools geographers use in their research and applications. The content […]
Learn MoreThis course welcomes students into the global art world to engage with its forms and content as they research, discuss, read, and write about art, artists, art making, and responses to and interpretations of art. By investigating specific course content of 250 works of art characterized by diverse artistic traditions from prehistory to the present, […]
Learn MoreThis course is intended for students who want to learn and perform all types of vocal music ranging from the classical and popular styles. Drawing from important American musical styles, the class will also study and perform vocal jazz music and musical theater styles. Students will learn how to sing correctly, basic music reading, harmonizing, […]
Learn MoreThe purpose of band class is to introduce and to cultivate musical literacy and improve the technical musical skill of each student through rehearsals, utilizing a wide range of musical styles for both concert band and other performances. The students are challenged in the music and skills required to play and will require practice and […]
Learn MoreThis course is intended as an introductory, one semester course for students who want to begin studying the guitar as a solo and ensemble instrument. This one semester course teaches students basic music reading, chord reading, and finger techniques. Students will learn classical, traditional, and contemporary styles of music in this course.
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