This is an exciting, invigorating dance program to help get you in shape. Students will interrogate their bodies and look at day-to-day issues that may keep them healthy through movement, nutrition and by journaling behaviors that may be detrimental to their personal growth. There will be an intensive workout every session, and various workshops that address health issues, to bring harmony to your body, mind and soul. Students need not have had previous dance training to participate.

Credits awarded: 4 credits each in dance and nutrition

This course will focus on the milestones of human development from conception through death. We will consider the nature of physical, cognitive and psychosocial development throughout the lifespan addressing major theories, as well as current research that explains how and why developmental change occurs. Practical topics will include child rearing, learning disorders, adolescent rebellion, adult midlife crisis and care giving for elderly parents. This course meets the prerequisites for graduate work in psychology, education and health care professions.

Credits awarded: 4 credits in lifespan developmental psychology

Critical reasoning is an essential skill for successfully negotiating and contributing to civil society in the 21st century. Logic is the foundation of critical reasoning. This course builds the logical foundations of critical reasoning and shows how to apply analytical and critical skills in real-life discourse. The first session introduces logic and systematic techniques for reconstructing and evaluating persuasive discourse. Full session students will have an opportunity to explore the foundations of logic in more depth.

Credits awarded: 4 credits in critical reasoning, 2-4 credits in logic, or 2 credits in each