The Politics of Memory and Justice in Transitional Societies

This course covers basic concepts in statistics including statistical vocabulary, data collection, data summary and graphical display.  Students should come away from the course understanding statistical terms and graphics and able to do some basic analyses.  They will be prepared for more advanced courses in statistics, data science or research methods.

This class focuses on developing students’ communication skills, with emphasis on vocabulary building and grammar usage. Activities will use comics and cartoons to strengthen comprehension, reading, writing and speaking skills. Our goal in this class is to create our own individual comic strip at the end of the course. NO prior experience in drawing or art are necessary. Students must be able to draw circles, lines, crescents and dots to take part.

English and Critical Thinking          This seminar is designed for students, especially those in the social sciences, who want to improve their writing. Classes will focus on how to write an argumentative or persuasive essay, as contrasted with a “narrative essay.” Our main focus will be on “academic” or professional writing, in which the author poses a significant question and sets out to answer it, presenting evidence and drawing on relevant literature on the issue. We will also examine persuasive writing directed to a larger, non-professional audience, including those addressed to citizens generally. Students will write four or five essays during the course.