Human development and aging, learning and memory and personality and motivation are studied to better understand the capacities and potentials of human behavior. Students become actively engaged with the topics through political exercises and simulations. This course is an introduction to cultural analysis, examining social institutions common to all cultures, e.g. family, food getting, healing and death, religion and rites of passage. Dimensions of cultural variation such as secret associations, economic systems and social inequality are also included. Format consists of lectures, ethnographic analysis and class discussion and ethnographic films.
Liberal Arts elective.
An introduction to the operation and development of the American economic system. The course is an overview of basic economic principles covering both macroeconomics and microeconomics. A computer simulation game and discussion of current economic events are used to help students apply the principles to real situations. Lectures and discussions. Forces and factors in the struggle for world power and influence are studied.