How do love and violence interact in secular and religious literature from the 10th to the 14th centuries? We will examine the ideal of courtly love in love poetry, depictions of marital violence in epic poetry and` instances in which love of God inspires or justifies violence, especially sadism and masochism. With each text we will ask how love engenders, justifies, or resists violence. Throughout the semester, we will also interrogate our own positionality, specifically how love and violence in a medieval context `read¿ in the modern era, including insights from the #metoo movement.

This course is for students who have wondered why logos speak, why contracts cast spell-like trances, why fine print has big meaning, and why business people shake hands with one another. From trademark symbols to titles, from dress codes to codes of conduct, from legal codes to unwritten rules, the business landscape is filled with signs, rituals, and customs that signify meaning. This course examines the rich intersection of semiotics, business culture, and law, where we study signs, rituals, customs, and forms of professional conduct in the U.S. business world.

This course is for students who have wondered why logos speak, why contracts cast spell-like trances, why fine print has big meaning, and why business people shake hands with one another. From trademark symbols to titles, from dress codes to codes of conduct, from legal codes to unwritten rules, the business landscape is filled with signs, rituals, and customs that signify meaning. This course examines the rich intersection of semiotics, business etiquette, and law, where we study these meaning-makers in the U.S. business world.

Senegalese pop culture is a dynamic and evolving force that reflects the country¿s deep historical roots, diverse traditions, and engagement with global trends. This course provides an interdisciplinary exploration of contemporary cultural expressions in Senegal¿including music, film, fashion, digital media, and the performing arts. Students examine how these forms are shaped by historical influences such as pre-colonial traditions, the Negritude movement, and post-independence cultural policies.

The 'witchcraze' of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries led to the executions of tens of thousands of people, a large majority of them women, and threw communities across Europe into turmoil.

This course is centered on the islands of the Caribbean Sea and uses the people, images, and stories most often associated with the Caribbean as a means of understanding the diverse peoples and nuances of the region¿s islands. The course critically analyzes these ideas by exploring legacies of colonialism, piracy, music, film, social revolutions, sport, tourism, and other related ideas.

CONN 350: Political Cinema offers an interdisciplinary examination of film as a reflection of political ideas and social change. The course focuses on how international films present themes such as state formation, nationalism, political economy, and conflict. It explores the techniques filmmakers use to construct narratives that engage with issues of power and governance, inviting students to consider how visual storytelling mirrors and influences political discourse.

This course examines global values chains, which are the full range of activities across multiple countries required to bring a product from conception to its end use and beyond. We trace the entire life-cycle of goods from their beginnings as raw materials to products sold to consumers to discarded or recycled things. We analyze the political, economic, and social processes that shape the products¿ flow from beginning to end in the world.

This interdisciplinary course explores the complex relationships between race, health, and genetics through the lens of social, biological, and psychological sciences. We will examine how racism affects health outcomes, how stress is biologically embedded through epigenetics, and how historical and social trauma impacts generations.

This class is primarily a ¿welcome-to-college¿ class¿ one that introduces you to a liberal arts education, to various departments and disciplines with their own distinct ways of asking questions, and to skills you will need for navigating college and careers. A major focus in the class will be developing connections through the class project. The class will alternate between class sessions that focus on your success as a college student and course content.