I have been involved with the study of languages since I decided that I would take English as my college language requirement. Learning English proved more difficult than I anticipated (I thought I would learn it in a semester!), but it showed me how intricate and fascinating languages can be (i.e., messy). Ever since I started learning English, I became interested in other languages, how adults learn a second language, and lately, how our attitudes towards languages and dialects are shaped by our own ideas about the people who speak them.

Entertainment design and technology has a rich history of development extending back as far as the first performance. In this FSEM students will investigate the past, and they will also explore contemporary theatre companies and how they utilize today’s technology.

This course explores the geography of the global food system, examining food production and consumption models around the world and investigating the reasons why malnutrition persists.

This FSEM is an exploration of forbidden texts, defined broadly, through in-depth examination of texts which were banned at some point, somewhere, in some fashion.

This course explores the multifaceted dimensions of leadership, including an in-depth examination of various leadership based on the extraordinary work and achievement of key corporate CEOs and their respective organizations. Students will analyze the importance of decision-making and the role perspective plays in effective leadership.

In this FSEM, we will examine the major directors and films of this movement, as well as the the themes and social issues that animate these works. We will explore how these films revolutionized film production, form, and the portrayal of political and social changes.

Artificial intelligence is quickly moving from science fiction to reality. This course will look at how some of these systems work and contrast it with how human minds process information and reach decisions.

This course is a seminar that explores the historical and current phenomenon of journeys across the United States through the examination of case studies, with particular attention paid to privilege, age, race, and gender.

Is science going too far? Is it pushing the boundaries of what should be done by what can be done? This FSEM will examine some of the greatest scientific advances in the last 50 years, the impacts they had on society, and the cost of these advancements.

To survive today’s increasingly complex and volatile world, we each should develop financial literacy.  While auditing was originally the sub-discipline of accounting dedicated to expressing an opinion as to the fairness of corporate financial statements, it has now become the art and science of gathering evidence for a host of different disciplinary objectives.