Interdepartmental
Courses listed here are offered from time to time by faculty members in more than one department. See also Connections for a listing of connected courses.
Courses
098. Experimental Courses
OTSOG:* Logic and Language
Examining the deep inter-relations between math, logic and language, this year-long seminar course continues the explorations begun in the innovative "Science FACTion" course. Among other topics, students will study transformational generative grammar, philology, etymology, science fiction, mathematical and literary foundations of machine consciousness, the literature of Jorge Luis Borges, Gödel's incompleteness theorem, Turing machines, Church's Thesis, 1st and 2nd order theories of logic, non-standard analysis, and constructivist mathematics.
* OTSOG = "On the Shoulders of Giants"
(Bill Goldbloom Bloch), (Michael Drout)
110. Ponds to Particles
Want to know how science connects to the real world? This interdisciplinary course is totally hands-on, problem-based science, with authentic applications. You'll work as part of a team in service to a local township to solve real problems for that community. Using "just-in-time" teaching, your instructors will serve you as coaches and partners in your problem-solving endeavors. The course includes many field trips, ranging from short on-campus explorations to daylong expeditions on Boston Harbor, Cape Cod and Quabbin Reservoir.
The first semester will focus on water problems on Cape Cod; the second semester (Int 111) will focus on energy problems. Students are encouraged to take both semesters (the experiences you have in the second semester will build on those you have in the first), but enrolling for only one semester is acceptable.
Early childhood/elementary education minors are strongly advised to take this course both semesters to meet their science requirements.
(Deborah Cato, Kathleen Morgan)
Connections:
Conx 23015 Learning to Learn in Math and Science
111. Ponds to Particles
See Int 110.
Connections:
Conx 23015
(Deborah Cato, Kathleen Morgan)
210. Water Resources Planning and Management
Through the Marine Studies Consortium.
215. Coastal Zone Management
Through the Marine Studies Consortium.
225. Maritime History
Through the Marine Studies Consortium.