Provides students an opportunity to investigate the changing world around them as it is molded by the conflicting trends of globalization and local diversity, identifying how these issues impact their own lives. Is the world today becoming "smaller" as regional boundaries become less important and communication across the world becomes easier? Or are the differences between cultures becoming more distinct separating people as members of historically isolated regions grasp to maintain cultural identity in the face of threatening uniformity? Applies the viewpoint of historical geography, utilizing related concepts of pattern and process to better identify historical trends which have molded each major world region. Emphasis is put on ways of thinking geographically and the analysis of regional patterns as a context for the characterization of the current major world regions and challenging their definition by considering the historical influences which have created them. Falls. (PPDI)
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Emphasis is placed on the development of listening skills through consideration of masterworks of "classical" music literature from the past to the present day. Historical periods studied include Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionistic, 20th Century and Contemporary. Falls and Springs. (ARTS)(PPDI)
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Basic atmospheric physical processes are investigated in order to gain a deeper scientific understanding of weather phenomena and to explore atmospheric environmental issues such as: the Antarctic ozone hole, global climate change and air pollution. Topics include: structure and composition of the atmosphere, radiation and energy transfer, temperature, moisture, clouds and precipitation, thunderstorms, global circulations, the jet stream, mid-latitude cyclones, tornadoes, hurricanes, global climate change and air pollution. Students who have completed MT 2110 cannot take this course. Falls and Springs. Corequisite(s): MTDI 1110. (SCIE)(SIDI)
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The skills and methods of scientific inquiry for basic atmospheric processes are explored through a series of directed and inquiry based laboratory exercises. These exercises include: use of meteorological instrumentation to analyze and interpret some in situ atmospheric measurements and use of technology for accessing, analyzing and interpreting remotely sensed weather data. Laboratory exercises generally complement the material in MTDI 1100. Falls and Springs. Corequisite(s): MTDI 1100. (SLAB)(SIDI)
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Using algebra to solve analytical problems. Includes work with matrices, linear programming, counting techniques, probability, expected value and Bayes' Theorem. Falls and Springs. Prerequisite(s): regular admission to Plymouth (i.e., completion of high school Algebra II and geometry) or removal of mathematics deficiency by completing the Preliminary Mathematics Requirement. (QUAN)(QRCO)
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Examines what it means to be "an American male" and how masculinity has been and is constructed by our culture. Analyzes, through examples taken from a range of written and visual texts, the contemporary American male as he seeks to understand and to place himself within a dynamically evolving society, one, it seems, that is inducing, at increasing rates, suicide, homicide, substance abuse, sports injuries, work-related stress, heart attacks and failure at relationships. Explores diverse expressions of masculinity across the lifespan of the individual and in terms of race, class, wealth and sexual orientation. Springs. (SSDI)
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Examines questions that have long interested scientific psychologists: What is Mind? What is the relationship between mind and brain physiology? Where does knowledge come from? Do other animals possess mind? Are mental processes the result of evolution? Falls and Springs; also Summers and Winterims. (SIDI)
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Ronald Reagan's portrait hangs in a stately fashion in the Russell House, the DC office building of many US Senators including Judd Gregg (R-NH). Why was he chosen to be displayed? What is recalled by those who hark back to his 1980s presidency? What about the "Reagan's America" into which you were born was actually shaped by events before "the Reagan Revolution?" What about the world we live in today holds roots in the world of Ronald Reagan? Not open to students who have earned credit for HI 2330. Springs. (HIST)(PPDI)
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