Non-Credit Courses
The Pre-College Program offers non-credit courses.Students will experience college-level courses given by some of our college's leading experts and will receive written feedback(反馈) on their work at the end of the course.Pre-college students will also receive a grade of Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory and a certificate of completion at the conclusion of the program.
All non-credit courses meet from 9:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.daily and may have additional requirements in the afternoons or evenings.
COURSE:Case Studies in Neuroscience
·June 11-July 2
·Leah Roesch
Using student-centered,active-learning methods and real-world examples,this course is designed to provide a fuller understanding of how the human brain works.
COURSE:Psychology of Creativity
·June 15-June 28
·Marshall Duke
Why are certain people so creative?Is it genetic(遗传的),or a result of childhood experience?Are they different from everyone else?This popular psychology course highlights the different theories of creativity.
COURSE:Creative Storytelling
·June 21-July 3
·Edith Freni
This college-level course in creative storytelling functions as an introduction to a variety of storytelling techniques that appear in different forms of creative writing,such as short fiction and playwriting.
COURSE:Sports Economics
·July 19-August 1
·Christina DePasquale
In this course we will analyze many interesting aspects of the sports industry:sports leagues,ticket pricing,salary negotiations,discrimination,and NCAA policies to name a few.
According to a new research,the more people in a country who have a particular gene(基因),the happier the nation will be.This DNA is known as the FAAH gene.People with a particular version of it tend to be cheerier souls.There is a link between levels of the FAAH gene and the number of people who say they are very happy.
Sweden—one of the happiest countries in the world—also has lots of happy DNA.Ghana,Nigeria,Mexico and Columbia all come out near the top in the happiness league,and have high rates of the gene.In contrast,the people of Iraq,Jordan and China are among the least likely to rate themselves as very happy and also have the lowest level of the FAAH gene.
However,wealth and health are found to have little effect on happiness.The finding could help explain why some of the world's poorest nations are also the happiest.In addition,the FAAH gene and an optimistic attitude would not always go hand in hand.For example,Russians and Estonians score very low in happiness,despite having the right happy DNA.
Professor Michael Minkov said,"The climate condition is associated with the nation's happiness.We can notice the high occurrence of the FAAH gene in tropical(热带的) areas in the Americas and Africa.And the occurrence of the gene around the Mediterranean Sea is much lower than that in Northern Europe."
The social experts say that genetics is not the only determinant(决定因素) of happiness.The economic and political difficulties in some nations also contribute to the very low happiness scores.Nations that are not blessed with the right DNA aren't necessarily miserable.