Need to sharpen your warfighting or politicking skills? Come practice in the most underplayed hot-spot in the world: East Asia. Rich with natural resources, key strategic islands, and ambitious great-powers-to-be, peace in East Asia is getting hard to come by. Come and lead one of eight elements: Japan, China, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, Russia, Vietnam, and the United States, controlling their diplomatic, military and economic actions in the great East Asian conflict of 2012. Accomplish your country’s goals by fighting on land, sea and air, or if you prefer, by using diplomacy, backstabbing, and market manipulation. Note: returning students are welcome.

Need to sharpen your warfighting or politicking skills? Come practice in the most underplayed hot-spot in the world: East Asia. Rich with natural resources, key strategic islands, and ambitious great-powers-to-be, peace in East Asia is getting hard to come by. Come and lead one of eight elements: Japan, China, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, Russia, Vietnam, and the United States, controlling their diplomatic, military and economic actions in the great East Asian conflict of 2012. Accomplish your country’s goals by fighting on land, sea and air, or if you prefer, by using diplomacy, backstabbing, and market manipulation. Note: returning students are welcome.

Need to sharpen your warfighting or politicking skills? After taking Introduction to Diplomacy, War and Trade, come practice in the most underplayed hot-spot in the world: East Asia. Rich with natural resources, key strategic islands, and ambitious great-powers-to-be, peace in East Asia is getting hard to come by. Come and lead one of eight elements: Japan, China, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, Russia, Vietnam, and the United States, controlling their diplomatic, military and economic actions in the great East Asian conflict of 2012. Accomplish your country’s goals by fighting on land, sea and air, or if you prefer, by using diplomacy, backstabbing, and market manipulation.

Need to sharpen your warfighting or politicking skills? After taking Introduction to Diplomacy, War and Trade, come practice in the most underplayed hot-spot in the world: East Asia. Rich with natural resources, key strategic islands, and ambitious great-powers-to-be, peace in East Asia is getting hard to come by. Come and lead one of eight elements: Japan, China, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, Russia, Vietnam, and the United States, controlling their diplomatic, military and economic actions in the great East Asian conflict of 2012. Accomplish your country’s goals by fighting on land, sea and air, or if you prefer, by using diplomacy, backstabbing, and market manipulation.

As people age, their bodies deteriorate, leading to conditions such as heart failure and diabetes, and many people develop cancer. Why do we not have stronger defenses against these problems? Why couldn't we evolve longer-lasting bodies? Come learn why evolution has not made us better able to withstand old age, and how our natural defenses against old age make us susceptible to cancer, and how our natural defenses against cancer make us susceptible to old age.

Need to sharpen your warfighting or politicking skills? After taking Introduction to Diplomacy, War and Trade, come practice in the most underplayed hot-spot in the world: East Asia. Rich with natural resources, key strategic islands, and ambitious great-powers-to-be, peace in East Asia is getting hard to come by. Come and lead one of eight elements: Japan, China, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, Russia, Vietnam, and the United States, controlling their diplomatic, military and economic actions in the great East Asian conflict of 2012. Accomplish your country’s goals by fighting on land, sea and air, or if you prefer, by using diplomacy, backstabbing, and market manipulation. Most importantly, be ready to put the principles learned in the Introduction lecture on Saturday to work! See joint operations, logistics, espionage, diplomacy, and back-stabbing in action in our fast-paced, high-action war and diplomacy game, now in its fourth running! Note to people who did this last year: we have changed secret capabilities and objectives, and expanded the economic aspect of the game.

Running a world power is an ever-changing art. No longer are the days of lining up army against army until one side is beaten into submission. Countries now have a larger repertoire of ways to fight their enemies, ranging from war and blackmail to propaganda and economic manipulation. War itself has become a highly complex, information-hungry operation, relying on high technology, mind-boggling coordination, battlefield knowledge, and political strategy. How are these wars fought? Why do (and don’t) we fight them? How do countries attack and defend without resorting to military confrontation? This class will cover modern military technology and tactics, grand strategy, and political and negotiation frameworks. It can be taken as a stand-alone class or as preparation for Diplomacy, War and Trade Simulation.

This class covers what goes wrong in our cells that causes them to become cancerous, why our bodies tend to break down as we get old, and what we can do about it. It will also teach some of the basics of genetics and cell biology through their applications to these areas.

How does the financial system work? Why is it breaking right now? This class will look at the institutions that make up the financial system, the lead up to the current crisis, and what's going on now. Next, we will compare the current situation to past financial mishaps, and finally, we will discuss the bail-out and the roll of regulation.

War is an ever-changing art. No longer are the days of lining up with muskets--modern warfare is a highly complex, information-hungry operation, relying on high technology, mind-boggling coordination, battlefield knowledge, and political strategy. How are these wars fought? Why do we even fight them? The class will cover the following: modern military equipment, ground tactics, air and sea power, logistics, strategic operations, grand strategy, diplomacy, and other elements of modern geopolitics. In addition, we will illustrate these principles through discussion of the current geopolitical situation in East Asia. The last half-hour of the lecture will introduce the East Asia war game (to be played the next day for those signed up), both going over the rules and the actors involved. Those not playing can feel free to leave the lecture at this point. You are encouraged to come with questions about anything military or strategic. This can be taken as a stand-alone class or as preparation for the war game.

Need to sharpen your warfighting skills? After taking Modern War and Geopolitics, come practice in the most underplayed hot-spot in the world: East Asia. Rich with natural resources, key strategic islands, and ambitious great-powers-to-be, peace in East Asia is getting hard to come by. Come and lead one of eight elements: Japan, China, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, Russia, Vietnam, and the Untied States, controlling their diplomatic and military procedures in a great East Asian conflict of 2012. Fight on land, sea, and air to accomplish the goals of your country, and prevent the success of your rivals. Most importantly, be ready to put the principles learned in the Fundamentals lecture on Saturday to work! See joint operations, logistics, espionage, diplomacy, and back-stabbing in action in our fast-paced, high-action wargame, now in it's third running! Note to people who did this last year: we have changed secret capabilities and objectives.

Biology of aging. This class will cover the ways in which the body deteriorates with age, what causes these types of deterioration, and what science and engineering are doing about it. We will cover approaches to the problem currently available, approaches being developed, and proposals that are not yet ready to be developed. Prereqs: A solid understanding of molecular biology; AP biology and/or chemistry is helpful, though not required.

Need to sharpen your warfighting skills? After taking the Fundamentals of Modern Warfare (last Splash) or Political Strategy for War Games (Spark), come practice in the most underplayed hot-spot in the world: East Asia. Rich with natural resources, key strategic islands, and ambitious great-powers-to-be, peace in East Asia is getting hard to come by. Come and lead one of eight elements: Japan, China, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, Russia, Vietnam, and the Untied States, controlling their diplomatic and military procedures in a great East Asian conflict of 2010. Fight on land, sea, and air to accomplish the goals of your country, and prevent the success of your rivals. Most importantly, be ready to put the principles learned in Fundamentals/Strategy to work! See joint operations, logistics and backstabbing in action in our fast-paced, high-action wargame. The simulation will be followed by a discussion of the strategies and tactics used and what did and didn't work. Note: This simulation is similar, but not identical, to the one used in Fundamentals of Modern Warfare last Splash. The rules have been updated and and countries' secret goals and bonuses have been changed, and we have improved the behind-the-scenes part to keep things running smoothly. This class will start at 4 pm, take a dinner break from 7 to 8, and then resume from 8 until 10.

War games with more than two sides present some interesting strategic problems. Who should you ally with? Who should you backstab? When? When should you wage open war, when should you make peace, and when should you quietly fight a war while pretending to make peace? Which wars are worth fighting? Which are the right weapons to use? We will explore some of the key ideas that will help answer these questions. You can take this class as a stand-alone class or as an introduction to the large-scale strategic concepts that you will apply in Modern Warfare Simulation. The concepts covered in this class are largely different from those covered in the lecture component of Fundamentals of Modern Warfare (taught last Splash). Students who took the Fundamentals of Modern Warfare lecture last Splash and want to take Modern Warfare Simulation are encouraged (but not required) to take Political Strategy of War Games.

Need to sharpen your warfighting skills? After taking the Fundamentals of Modern Warfare, come practice in the most underplayed hot-spot ...

War is an ever-changing art. No longer are the days of lining up with muskets--modern warfare is a highly complex, ...