Choreography II is a course designed to continue to develop choreographic tools in duets and small groups in various dance genres. Focus is on structuring sophisticated choreographic works. Emphasis is placed on different kinds of creative processes and relationships between dancers.
Exploration and study of a particular style and/or genre of dance technique.
An independent experimental research project for 3-6 credits in a contemporary area of Toxicology or Cancer Biology, under the mentorship of a department faculty member. May be repeated up to a maximum of 12 credits. A course research contract agreed to by the student and faculty mentor must be approved by the Course Coordinator (who is the Instructor of Record).
Principles of Toxicology is a course for students in the biological and health sciences and others interested in understanding the major principles of toxicology and the consequences of toxins on human health and the environment. The course describes how different organs in the body respond to and biochemically metabolize toxins, the wide range of toxic agents present in the environment from pesticides to radiation, how the genome is effected by exposures, and special problems in toxicology that effect the world.
The course provides students with 'hands-on' experience in research methods used to solve toxicological problems. Students will be under the direction of a GCT faculty member, who will supervise the student's efforts on a research project. The student will be trained not only in the 'hands-on' techniques but also in how to independently design and interpret research experiments. Students will prepare a final report on their research project, which will be designed to provide instruction and training in preparing 'publication-style' research reports.
Presentation of basic and advanced concepts to provide an integrated description of toxicology, its scope, the unique application of principles that characterize it as a science, and its professional practice. Emphases will include an extensive treatment of relationships between toxicology and environmental exposures and the influence of federal regulations on the practice of toxicology.
This course is an introduction to the science of environmental pollution with an emphasis on fate and transport of contaminants and adverse effects on biological systems. Pollutants covered include metals, pesticides, organics, radionuclides, nanomaterials, and nutrients. The course covers physiological and toxicological effects of chemicals on natural biota, including considerations at cellular, organismal, population, community, and ecosystem levels.
The course will commence with an overview of good laboratory practices and present them as the basis of good scientific research, along with an overview of quality assurance and appropriate practices in data analysis and data interpretation. The course will then move to the ethics of human and animal experimentation and discuss the concepts of data and intellectual property, their ownership and access to them. The problems of reviewing other workers' intellectual property such as grant applications, research papers and other intellectural property will be addressed.
Biology of cancer will be discussed at the molecular, cellular and organismic level. Emphasis will be placed on cellular signaling, apostosis and cell cycle unique to cancer cells, which affects tumor cell behavior and its interactions with the host immune system. The biology of hematopoitic cells will also be included. Clinicians active in treatment and research of various types of cancer will be invited to participate in the lectures.
An intensive examination of 1) the key molecular and cellular mechanisms related to toxicity and carcinogenesis, and 2) the established relationships between exposures to toxicants and development of cancer and other human diseases.
