Upper-Division

Intensive course on individual goal-oriented behavior, commonly called problem solving. Focus on purpose, goals, meaning, emotions, languages, model-building, reality, thinking, logic, creativity, the steps of problem solving, common blocks, and techniques of unblocking. Meet with instructor prior to advance enrollment; priority given to upper-level students.

Focuses on exploration/development of skills for planning, study habits, research, networking, and communication skills for college, graduate and professional school, and beyond. Primary focus is on writing, public speaking, and academic and professional research.

Emphasizes collaboration, cross-cultural learning, and communication while providing an overview of critical public and private sector systems in Kenya and their response to change over time. Students stay in Nairobi for five weeks at our host institution, The Co-operative University of Kenya, when not traveling to Kenya's majestic sites of cultural and historical importance. Students work with Kenyan peer mentors on collaborative projects and use documentary approaches to reflect on and communicate their observations for audiences in the U.S. and Kenya.

Equips students with the skills and background necessary to be informed observers and chroniclers of current affairs on the African continent.

Teaching of a lower-division seminar by an upper-division student under faculty supervision. (See MERR 42.) Students submit petition to sponsoring agency, supported by faculty member willing to supervise.

Provides for individual programs of study sponsored by the college and performed off campus. Up to three such courses may be taken for credit in one quarter. Approval of student's adviser and provost required.

Provides for individual programs of study sponsored by the college and performed off campus. Up to three such courses may be taken for credit in one quarter. Approval of student's adviser and provost required.

Provides for individual programs of study sponsored by the college and performed off campus. Up to three such courses may be taken for credit in one quarter. Approval of student's adviser and provost required.

A program of independent study arranged between a group of students and a faculty member.

Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Provides for college-sponsored individual study programs off campus, for which faculty supervision is not in person (e.g., supervision is by correspondence). Up to three such courses may be taken for credit in any one quarter. This may be a multiple-term course extending over two or three quarters; in this case the grade and evaluation submitted for the final quarter apply to all previous quarters. Petitions may be obtained at the Merrill College Office. Approval of student's adviser, certification of adequate preparation, and approval by the Merrill Provost required.

Independent Study

Various topics to be arranged between student and instructor. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.