Faculty: Daniel Nuckols Description: As they pertain to the flaws in human thinking and its manipulation, this course will delve into very recent research from cognitive psychology, social psychology, political science, behavioral economics, marketing, decision science, and organizational behavior. We will study how humans quite frequently deviate from “optimal” choices, even while wrongly assuming they… [Read More]

Faculty: Brad Smucker Description: You’ve seen how the MythBusters on the series validate or “bust” intriguing myths – now you can do it too. But how does one design an experiment to verify an idea? Is there an accepted methodology? And once you have results, how can you communicate them to the community? Answers to… [Read More]

Faculty: Brian Watkins Description: This course explores the amazing variety of musical expression around the globe as well as the cultural words they inhabit and which give them form. By situating music within cultural contexts, the course aims to raise awareness of musical diversity and the complex ways it can interact with and represent culturally-mediated… [Read More]

Faculty: Tamra Dollar Description: Students will become acquainted with the world of children’s literature – its style, its characters, its moral dilemmas, its excellence. We will generate teaching strategies with each book that we read inside and outside of class, and use those strategies to teach our classmates. We will explore a children’s literature textbook… [Read More]

Faculty: Mark Monroe Description: This course will serve as an introduction to sculpture practices. We will be working in a variety of traditions including figurative, pure design, and abstract work. During the course of the term, each student will have an opportunity to learn the basic technical skills relevant to the creation of sculpture. Each… [Read More]

Faculty: John McGinn Description: Listening to Movies is essentially a film score appreciation course. During the first half of each class, one or more new pertinent topics (e.g., source music vs. underscoring) will be approached using examples drawn from across film history. Following a short break, the second half of class will be devoted to… [Read More]

Faculty: Stephanie Gould Description: In this class students will examine practical steps to improve their overall approach to learning and put their new strategies into practice by learning to knit. Students will read and discuss current ideas about how learning works and document their process of learning a new skill through daily reflections and an… [Read More]

Faculty: Brett Boessen Description: This course will help you engage with fundamental principles of game design in a supportive and collaborative environment, in order to provide you the tools necessary to create your own games. (A laptop is strongly encouraged for this course). Meeting Information: 01/03/2022-01/25/2022; M-F 10:00AM – 03:00PM; Ida Green, Room 211 Section… [Read More]

Faculty: J’lee Bumpus Description: This course explores the mathematics behind game theory and strategy. Mathematical arguments will be used to facilitate decision criteria in various settings such as two-person zero-sum games and N-person games. Applications of game theory to various disciplines such as business, politics, economics, social psychology, philosophy, and biology will also be investigated.… [Read More]

Faculty: Andrew Carr & Terry Stone Description: The Perot Museum is an excellent example of both STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) displays and activities. We will go to the Perot Museum and learn how different ideas can be connected to hands-on-activities. After attending the museum, you will have an opportunity to visit local schools… [Read More]