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Staff Close reading and analysis of selections from Horace's Odes. Students will study all aspects of the poems, including the poet's accomplishments in metrics and poetics, his thematic concerns, and the relationship between poem and poetic book. Prerequisites: Latin course at the 300 level or higher, and permission of instructor.
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Staff Close reading and analysis of selections from Vergil's two earlier works, the genres to which they belong (bucolic and didactic), and their relationship to his Aeneid. Students focus on questions of genre, the relationship between the poet and his Greek and Roman predecessors, and the thematic and poetic development of the poet. Prerequisites: Latin course at the 300 level or higher, and permission of instructor.
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W. Stull Close reading and analysis of a selection of Cicero's letters (from the more than 900 letters) to such figures as Marcus Brutus and Julius Caesar, as well as to close friends and family. Students not only focus on the broad variations in style evident throughout the corpus but also examine the personal and public politics in the tumultuous late Republic, in which Cicero himself played a leading role and for which his letters remain one of history's most revealing testimonies. Prerequisites: Latin course at the 300 level or higher, and permission of the instructor.
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Staff Close reading of selected satires written by Lucilius, Horace, Persius, and Juvenal. The course examines the origins of satire (the only genre native to Rome and largely free of Greek influence), the function of satire in Roman society, and the influence of satire on later European literature and thought. Prerequisite: Latin course at the 300 level or higher, or permission of instructor.
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Staff Independent study, open to candidates for honors.
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K. Segall In today's world of sports, how is knowledge obtained On what principles are strategy determined, personnel decisions made, and honors awarded Until somewhat recently, "knowledge" in sports consisted mostly of the wisdom of players and of coaches acquired through the years. While some of this wisdom is well founded, for years much of it was not able to be checked in a scientific, empirical way. The advent of computers and the availability of large databases of sports statistics changed all of that, however, and now many of conventional sports' "truths" can be checked empirically. Questions of strategy and team decisions can now be addressed in a scientific fashion, causing a major impact in sports, particularly in baseball. Behind this revolution lies the scientific method of inquiry, including the notion of falsifiability and the relationship between theory and observation. This course explores these ideas using examples in sports to illustrate the more general concepts of scientific inquiry and the scientific method. Students explore the impact of empirical knowledge on the games themselves, and how it has caused changes in strategies and team decisions. Finally, the students ask their own sports questions and answer them in a scientific, empirical fashi
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M.E. Parks Fossil fuels, which were deposited on Earth over hundreds of millions of years, will largely be exhausted over the course of a few hundred years. As the public has become aware of how quickly non-renewable resources are being used, sustainability has become a goal. This class focuses on energy use as the impediment to sustainability that will probably have the greatest impact on American lifestyle in coming years. Students learn what the scientific method can tell them about this coming revolution. How is quantitative knowledge helpful in discovering problems and formulating policy, and what are its limitations The focus is on energy use in the home, with students completing a class project in which they measure energy use in a house in Hamilton and determine how it could be powered from sustainable energy sources. Students also discuss what, if anything, should be done to promote a national transition to sustainable energy sources.
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Q. Shen, P. Sheridan When reduced to fundamentals, virtually all of our environmental problems deal with chemicals in the wrong place: noxious and reactive gases in our atmosphere, insecticides and toxic metals in our ground and drinking water, and spilled nuclear wastes. Unfortunately, many citizens in our society do not understand the fundamentals of these environmental problems. This course - designed for students without experience in other university-level science courses - explores the chemistry behind some of our more pressing environmental dilemmas. Topics include some consequences of fossil fuel combustion (the greenhouse effect, acid rain, urban smog), the ozone hole, nuclear energy/wastes, and ground water contamination. The emphasis is on the science behind these problems, what we know about how the problems have come about, and what we can do, if anything, to ease the problems. This course is for the student who has not taken college-level chemistry, but is concerned about our threatened environment.
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P. Scull Remote sensing is the art and science of obtaining information about a phenomenon through a device that is not in contact with the object. The remote sensing process involves collection and analysis of data about energy, reflected from or emitted by an object. Remote sensing is used to better understand, measure, and monitor features and human activities on Earth. After an introduction to the interplay among science, technology, and remote sensing, students examine the development of remote sensing technology. Students focus on the physical principles upon which remote sensing is based, explore the basic tools of photography and photograph interpretation, and consider the principles of acquiring and interpreting data collected by non-photographic sensors. Throughout the semester, students consider how remote sensing has improved our understanding of biophysical processes using a case-study approach to demonstrate the theoretical underpinnings. Finally, consideration is given to the ethical implications of remote sensing.
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C. Henke If a researcher makes a billion dollars selling cells from a person's spleen, does that person deserve a cut Should a scientist be allowed to patent an oil-slick-eating microorganism Who counts as an "expert witness" According to the U.S. Supreme Court, the answers are "no," "yes," and "it depends"; and each of these decisions has brought the domains of science and law together in complex and often conflicting ways. This course explores the interaction of science and law in the context of 20th- and 21st-century U.S. society, drawing on a number of legal decisions and policy issues. Students present data for both a mock trial and a mock policy hearing, submitting papers based on their experiences with these projects and in relation to the course mat
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