of the mind
students leave the College and become workaday adults, they may
remember lessons from these courses on the stuff of quotidian
life: finding a mate, settling down, raising a family.
Psychobiology of Attachment
human-development and psychology course focuses on the scientific
side of attachment-from the neuroendocrinology and neurochemistry
of mother-infant bonds to adult romantic relationships. Students
learn about attachment theory; individual differences in, internal
working models for, and cross-cultural studies of attachment;
and psychopathologies of attachment. Texts include studies of
rodents, primates, and humans.
Suburbs in American Society
addition to providing a history of suburbia, this sociology
offering examines the ideology and the lifestyle, gender, and
racial issues prevalent in suburbia. Other discussion topics
include myths and stereotypes and suburban planning, including
the relationship between physical space-such as malls-and social
behavior. Diversity, stability, and change are major themes.
of the Family
take a microeconomic view of the family, focusing on marriage,
divorce, children, changes in reproductive technologies, single
parenthood, and gender roles.
Life in 20th-Century Europe
Mundanity - cooking, dressing, listening to the radio, going
to movies or concerts, playing sports, moving through space,
shopping-is the concern of this history course. Students learn
about contemporary society and politics by analyzing the everyday
practices of 20th-century Eastern and Western Europeans.