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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the field of science studies. This discussion based course examines several modern questions in the application of science and technology in society. Several non-fiction texts and contemporary articles serve as "case studies" in the interaction of science, technology, and society. These materials focus on the following areas of thought, each through the lens of environmental concerns: scientific knowledge and controversy; catastrophe; the philosophy of technology; technological byproducts and social injustice; and historical development and the application of scientific findings. Prereq: sophomore standing; P. Schwartzman
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3.00 Credits
See description for AMST 272. Prereq: AMST 285, ANSO 103, ENVS 101, or BUS 280; CL: AMST 272; T. Kasser, D. Beck
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3.00 Credits
See description for PSYC 274. Prereq: one 200- level course in psychology; CL: PSYC 274; F. McAndrew
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3.00 Credits
See description for CHEM 275. MNS; Prereq: CHEM 101 or ENVS 101 or permission of the instructor; CL: CHEM 275; M. Crawford
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3.00 Credits
Taught at Knox's Green Oaks Field Station, this course concentrates on the various ways in which place is understood and represented, both in the individual imagination and in the collective memories and representations of cultures. One of the course's principal aims is to cultivate an enhanced ability to probe beyond the surface appearance of place in order to inquire into the rich tapestry of narratives-ranging from the geological and natural processes involved in the formation of place to mythic, personal, historical, and artistic/imaginative narratives. Prereq: Acceptance into the Green Oaks Term program; STAFF
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3.00 Credits
Taught at Knox's Green Oaks Field Station, this course provides students with detailed scientific knowledge and understanding of the main ecological components and relationships within Green Oaks' prairie, forest, and aquatic habitats. Students will learn how to make systematic observations and conduct ecological studies, and they will also examine their own place within the Green Oaks ecosystem. Students will design, carry out and present individual or team research projects. Prereq: Acceptance into the Green Oaks Term program; STAFF
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3.00 Credits
Taught in the natural setting of the Green Oaks Field Station, this course explores works of the imagination conceived in dynamic relationship to nature by individuals and groups who live and work in communities shaped by site-specific environments. The creative process will be engaged in terms of a variety of visual, literary and/or performing arts. The course will examine the relationship between observation, memory, and imagination, the relationship between feeling, insight, expression, and experience, and the nature of imagination as an act of nonlinear, analogical cognition. Students will encounter "texts," respond to and "analyzeartistic and natural phenomena (often according to the principles of bioformalism), and create original works in a medium of their choice, with a particular emphasis on creative writing (poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction) twodimensional and three-dimensional art. Prereq: Acceptance into the Green Oaks Term program; STAFF
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0.50 Credits
Students in the Green Oaks Term will be involved in the enterprise of forming an effective learning community. Through readings, field trips and discussions examining the processes by which communities reconcile individuality, social harmony and collective goals, this course explores the challenges and practices entailed in the building and maintaining communities. Graded S/U. Prereq: Acceptance into the Green Oaks Term program; STAFF
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3.00 Credits
See description for BIOL 321. Prereq: BIOL 120; CL: BIOL 321; STAFF
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3.00 Credits
See description for BIOL 311A. CL: BIOL 311A; L. Dybas
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