Come learn the basics of Haskell and why functional programming is awesome!

If you've heard the phrase "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts" before, you've been exposed to the systems theory way of thinking. We'll discuss what is a system, the need for systems theory, and how we can characterize and understand emergent behaviors, hierarchy, control, and communication, within systems. Expect philosophy, engineering, sociology...and basically anything and everything systems-y you want to talk about (cybernetics, biology, structuralism, cities)!

What do the arts tell us about what gender and sexuality are? In this discussion-based course we will critically examine excerpts from literature and arts, and see how they motivate questions and shape our conceptions of gender and sexuality.