This course focuses on food and nutrition though the lens of anthropology. Topics will vary, but each semester the course will provide insight into an aspect of food and nutrition that is relevant to present-day concerns in regional, national and/or global context. Nutrition is one of the most critical health issues in the U.S. and globally as people struggle with both under nutrition and over nutrition and the long-term consequences of both to human well-being.

The course provides a study of the Aztec and related cultures of the New World. It provides a detailed discussion of pre-Columbian subsistence practices, economy, religion, and politics by tracing the development of ancient Mesoamerican civilization from its earliest beginnings to the Spanish conquest.

This course is an advanced survey of current areas of research in linguistic anthropology. Topics include language and thought, cultural difference in linguistic interactions, the ethnography of communication, ritual uses of language and identify and cultural poetics.

Seminar in the development of anthropological approaches to cultural meaning in actions, thought, and language from the 1960s. Includes the social structural approach to symbolism and ritual, cognitive approaches to meaning, the anthropology of experience and expression, interpretive and post-modern approaches, and topical applications of these approaches.

Interdisciplinary, topical or experimental course in intermediate (300- level) biology. Subtitle required. Prerequisites: Determined by Instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of 12 credit hours under different subtitles. Course format: variable - Lecture and/or laboratory and/or recitation and/or seminar.

Emphasis will be placed on the physiological and toxicological effects of chemicals on natural biota, including considerations at cellular, organismal, population, and community levels. This will include assimilation and metabolism of pollutants by animal species, with emphasis upon biochemical and physiological mechanisms involved in stress-induced responses and stress reduction.

Interdisciplinary, topical or experimental course in advanced (500- level) biology. Subtitle required. Prerequisites: Determined by Instructor May be repeated for a maximum of 12 credit hours under different subtitles. Variable credit 1 - 4 cr hr Course format: variable - Lecture and/or laboratory and/or recitation and/or seminar

A continuation of CHE 109; CHE 109 and 110 are equivalent to CHE 105.

This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to the concept of the self and its relationship to larger social categories such as family and society in Chinese culture. Critical approaches to topics such as self expression in art and literature over time and across genres, self- cultivation, gender, consciousness, modernity, and transnational identity. Course readings will include philosophical and religious texts as well as literature, historical writing, and material culture in its various forms.

Survey of geoscience disciplines and post- baccalaureate career options for Geology majors. Introduction to the range of geoscience research approaches and means of dissemination of geoscience information. Guest speakers from industry, government, and academia will discuss career issues specific to geology, including consideration of appropriate educational preparation for potential career paths. Pass/Fail only.