Students will learn fundamentals of ballet and gain greater physical flexibility and coordination. In addition, we will practice developmental movement therapy, Pilates and visualization exercises, and learn to apply them to achieve heightened awareness of self through movement both in and outside class. Ballet slippers required.

In this course we will strive to understand how human thinking, motivation, behavior and social relationships develop. A major premise that we will embrace is that it is impossible to make sense of human development in absence of an understanding of human evolution. To this end, we will build a model of humans that is ecologically valid, i.e., views the brain as a set of mechanisms that evolved to deal with problems such as deciding what foods to eat, coordinating complex activities through communication, determining whether someone is lying, dividing time and attention among different relatives, and choosing a mate. The psychological mechanisms discussed are involved in phenomena such as perception and the control of activity, language, learning, and cognition, mate selection and courting, development and parenting, altruism, aggression, and social structure.

This is the first in a series of three courses (which can be taken separately) to provide students with fundamentals in financial management for businesses or organizations. The courses are designed to help busy people build a solid understanding of essential quantitative tools and methods for organizations of different types and sizes. This understanding is essential to developing the confidence, objectivity and vision necessary to make effective decisions both as an individual and as a leader. This course will cover business structure, models and issues of financial management, and financing options and growth. The winter course will be Financial Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis, and the spring course will be Quantitative Methods for Business.