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This course offers a biomolecular exploration of tropical diseases such as Dengue, chikungunya, malaria, and Zika. Students will delve into the biochemistry and molecular biology underlying these diseases, examining mechanisms of infection, transmission, treatments, and genetic factors influencing susceptibility and severity. This course will highlight Peru's abundant natural resources, including traditional medicinal plants, and will emphasize the role of integrative medicine in treatment. Complementing this scientific foundation, the course will engage students with the rich cultural and socioeconomic diversity of Peru. Through a unique immersion experience, students will investigate how cultural beliefs and economic conditions impact disease transmission and treatment in the coastal, mountain, and high jungle regions of Peru. Students will also engage with Peruvian communities, gaining insights from indigenous healers, scientists, and healthcare professionals, and reflect on the ethical considerations of using traditional knowledge in scientific research. This course aims to foster a comprehensive understanding of tropical diseases and the many factors influencing health outcomes, preparing students for careers in global health and research. This course counts toward the Biology, Biochemistry, and Chemistry majors, and Biology, Chemistry and Global Health minors.

This course offers a biomolecular exploration of tropical diseases such as Dengue, chikungunya, malaria, and Zika. Students will delve into the biochemistry and molecular biology underlying these diseases, examining mechanisms of infection, transmission, treatments, and genetic factors influencing susceptibility and severity. This course will highlight Peru's abundant natural resources, including traditional medicinal plants, and will emphasize the role of integrative medicine in treatment. Complementing this scientific foundation, the course will engage students with the rich cultural and socioeconomic diversity of Peru. Through a unique immersion experience, students will investigate how cultural beliefs and economic conditions impact disease transmission and treatment in the coastal, mountain, and high jungle regions of Peru. Students will also engage with Peruvian communities, gaining insights from indigenous healers, scientists, and healthcare professionals, and reflect on the ethical considerations of using traditional knowledge in scientific research. This course aims to foster a comprehensive understanding of tropical diseases and the many factors influencing health outcomes, preparing students for careers in global health and research. This course counts toward the Biology, Biochemistry, and Chemistry majors, and Biology, Chemistry and Global Health minors.

Archimedes, the famous Sicilian-Greek mathematician and inventor, is said to have founded the discipline of fluid dynamics in the 3rd century BC while taking a bath. But beyond the confines of Archimedes' bathtub, the evolution of what we now think of as "science" was often a freewheeling and haphazard affair, with many fascinating detours and dead ends along the way. This course will survey ancient Greek and Roman innovations in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math, along with their varied connections to the modern world. We will study the earliest attempts to understand, quantify, and control the natural world of the ancient Mediterranean, tracing the origins and growth of modern "STEM" fields from Bronze Age Greece to Imperial Rome. Over Spring Break, we will travel to Spain to visit study ancient Roman aqueducts, roads, mining, metallurgy, and more.

This course offers a biomolecular exploration of tropical diseases such as Dengue, chikungunya, malaria, and Zika. Students will delve into the biochemistry and molecular biology underlying these diseases, examining mechanisms of infection, transmission, treatments, and genetic factors influencing susceptibility and severity. This course will highlight Peru's abundant natural resources, including traditional medicinal plants, and will emphasize the role of integrative medicine in treatment. Complementing this scientific foundation, the course will engage students with the rich cultural and socioeconomic diversity of Peru. Through a unique immersion experience, students will investigate how cultural beliefs and economic conditions impact disease transmission and treatment in the coastal, mountain, and high jungle regions of Peru. Students will also engage with Peruvian communities, gaining insights from indigenous healers, scientists, and healthcare professionals, and reflect on the ethical considerations of using traditional knowledge in scientific research. This course aims to foster a comprehensive understanding of tropical diseases and the many factors influencing health outcomes, preparing students for careers in global health and research. This course counts toward the Biology, Biochemistry, and Chemistry majors, and Biology, Chemistry and Global Health minors.

Archimedes, the famous Sicilian-Greek mathematician and inventor, is said to have founded the discipline of fluid dynamics in the 3rd century BC while taking a bath. But beyond the confines of Archimedes' bathtub, the evolution of what we now think of as "science" was often a freewheeling and haphazard affair, with many fascinating detours and dead ends along the way. This course will survey ancient Greek and Roman innovations in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math, along with their varied connections to the modern world. We will study the earliest attempts to understand, quantify, and control the natural world of the ancient Mediterranean, tracing the origins and growth of modern "STEM" fields from Bronze Age Greece to Imperial Rome. Over Spring Break, we will travel to Spain to visit study ancient Roman aqueducts, roads, mining, metallurgy, and more.

Soccer, or football as it's known in most of the world, holds a unique and deeply ingrained place in Argentine culture. In this course we will explore Argentine football through short stories, essays, and film. The course includes an immersion trip to Argentina at the end of the semester (last two weeks of May). This course is offered by Instructor consent.

Wabash on the Fringe: Devising and Staging International Theater Devised theater is a play-building process, in which improvisation, playwrighting, and artistic collaboration are used to create a brand-new performance work. The devising process brings together an artistic team-theater artists, visual and digital artists, music-makers, dancers, creative writers-for the purpose of a common project. The devising process includes team-building, research, script development, project management, and rehearsal, culminating in a live performance of an original play. This is an immersion course in two parts: 1) during the semester, we will devise an original play to be performed at Wabash in April, and 2) we will take the play to Scotland in August, 2025 for a series of performances at the famous Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. This is a course suitable for actors, designers, visual artists, musicians, writers, dancers, and anyone else interested in the potential of creative storytelling in an international setting.