*Open to all students. H credit possible upon approval from instructor.*

This is an introductory course open to all majors that explores the intersections of medicine, science, and culture as powerful shapers of our lives and world. Anthropology is a holistic study of human experience that helps explain how our biology, beliefs, and social contexts inform what health, illness, and well-being mean in diverse contexts around the world. Students will gain skills for applying anthropological perspectives through exposure to a diverse array of course topics and development of a semester-long project.

This course meets requirements for the new Health concentration offered by the Anthropology department and is designed for students across the social sciences, sciences, humanities, pre-med/pre-nursing, allied health, public health, and beyond.

*Open to all students. H credit possible.*

This course is a survey of the history of design from 1750 to present with an emphasis on designers, workers/makers, consumers, and users as well as the broader social, cultural, political, economic, and technological contexts of design production, consumption, and use. In addition to providing an overview of the major stylistic movements in American and European design history covering a range of design disciplines (particularly industrial design, graphic design, interior design, and fashion), this course will also explore some of the broader issues, problems, and ideas in the development of design practice internationally. Students will read scholarly and primary texts, watch films, and engage in activities designed to develop critical analysis and research skills in the field of design history.

*Open to all students. H credit possible.*

Together, we will explore the psychological, structural, and political contours of American conspiracy theories, from the moon landing to QAnon, from the Kennedy assassination to the Great Replacement. We will critically analyze the uniquely American nature of such conspiracies and try to intervene in today's most dangerous theories.

*Open to all students. H credit possible.*

In this studio course, students explore interaction development and critical design in parallel. Class sessions will include collaborative activities that support beginners in learning the necessary skills to build an interactive experience in the Unity game development environment. In-class and online discussions examine various dominant narratives of interactive media in relation to disability, race, nationality, and class. Students will learn how interactive media reinforces and propagates power relations that often lead to or support oppressive systems. Students will also explore resistant technosocial counter narratives arising from disabled and otherwise marginalized communities, and how they might support these narratives in their own work. For successful completion of this course, students will work in groups to craft an interactive experience that expresses cultural critique.

*Open to all students. H credit possible upon approval from instructor.*

Introduction to the fundamental components of human-centered design, focusing on interactive computer systems. Students learn the basic tenets and methods of user-centered design, including usability and visual design principles, user research, and low-fidelity prototyping. The course is platform-independent and encourages students to experiment with new and emerging technologies.

This course explores madness as a historical concept that has evolved over time. In the eighteenth century, people attributed “madness” to demonic possession. Compare that definition to today’s mainstream scientists and doctors, many of whom attribute mental disorders to neuro-biological causes. Various behaviors, from seizures to homosexuality, have been categorized as symptoms of mental disorders. Indeed, insanity explained moral and sexual deviancy and criminality. Treatments changed dramatically too, ranging from “rest cures” and “moral therapy” to transorbital lobotomies and the cornucopia of pharmaceuticals used today.

The course engages primary source research, evidentiary method, and historical scholarship from medical, social, and legal perspectives, including how disability, race, and sexuality have shaped historical perceptions of insanity.

This course is an upper-level interdisciplinary history course and is crosslisted with the Critical Disability Studies minor. Class size allows for in depth discussion. Your consistent engagement and participation are essential.

*Open to all students. H credit possible.*

This course will introduce you to the skills of spatial thinking, basic functions of Geography Information Systems (GIS), and spatial research methods that are relevant to humanities, social science, and related fields. The course will start with introduction to basic GIS concepts and technology, then move into GIS applications during the research process, including spatial research design, data collection, management, visualization, and spatial analytical techniques. Students will be introduced to critical cartography’s basic tenets and methodology and apply critical and ethical approaches to GIS. Practical work will be introduced and completed using ESRI ArcGIS Pro software.