In Chuck Freilich's Freshman Seminar, "Comparative National Security of Middle Eastern Countries," each student writes four action memos for world leaders in the Middle East on security topics.  Read more about Action Memos for World Leaders

Introduction/Background: James Hanken's students in OEB 167: Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles have the opportunity to go on a one-week trip to Costa Rica to see live amphibians and reptiles in the wild. 
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In this course, students pick a topic in astrophysics, collect data at an observatory, and then reduce and interpret the data in teams.  Read more about Astrophysics Data at Mt. Hopkins Observatory

Students in a course on human usability of websites implement a semester-long project to analyze and propose a redesign of an existing badly-designed website.

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Students learn about the importance of gestures in baroque opera through viewing and practicing them.

Goals:

• to teach students that baroque opera involved body movement as well as music, and that physical motion and musical material were intimately linked in the 17th and 18th centuries
• to demonstrate how stage gesture can affect one's interpretation of an opera scene.

Class: Music 97a: Music History and Repertory: Medieval to Baroque

Introduction/Background: This class

Overview: Created as a Title III Student Success initiative by Joan Alegi-Feeney (jAlegiFeeney@massbay.edu), Ruma Mishra (rMishra@massbay.edu),  Nancy Levine (nLevine@massbay.edu), Christine Turnheim (cTurnheim@massbay.edu), Fran Eth (feth@massbay.edu), this activity is a fun way to show how chemical and electrical impulses travel through the body.

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This project has students work in pairs explore the botany of Harvard Square.  Students find a plant-related item to research and prepare a an abstract, a presentation, and a written report.   Read more about Botany of Harvard Square