Approved Grand Challenge Courses

 

 

Course Number Course Title Outcomes
AFS 105G Food from the Sea A1, G
AFS 132G Sustainable Agriculture, Food Systems, and Society A2, G
AFS 132GH Honors Section of AFS/AVS/PLS 132: Sustainable Agriculture, Food Systems, and Society A2, G
APG 282G Sapiens: The Changing Nature of Human Evolution A1, C2, G
ARB 251G Contemporary Culture of the Arab World A3, C2, G
AVS 132G Sustainable Agriculture, Food Systems, and Society A2, G
AVS 132GH Honors Section of AFS/AVS/PLS 132: Sustainable Agriculture, Food Systems, and Society A2, G
BIO 181G The Information Age: From Politics to Medicine A1, G
BIO 230G Communicating Science through Data Visualization C1, G
BIO 256G Risking our Reefs: Human Impacts on Ecosystem Builders A1, C2, G
BIO 282G Sapiens: The Changing Nature of Human Evolution A1, C2, G
BIO 425G Marine Biodiversity: A Larval Perspective B2, D1, G
BIO 482G Evolutionary Medicine of Human Health and Disease D1, G
BPS/CHE 204G Nanotechnology: It’s a Small World A1, B4, G
BPS 205G The Challenged Brain A1, B4, G
BPS 208G  Tissue Engineering: To Precision Medicine and Beyond A1, G
BUS 104GH Honors Section: Tackling Grand Social and Ecological Challenges A2, C1, G
BUS 140G The Power of Business A2, G
BUS 304G Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation C1, G
CMB 260G Sequencing Our Genomes: From Ancestry to Disease A1, B4, G
CMB 265G Science and Pseudoscience A1, B4, G
CMD 280G The Real Reason for Brains D1, G
CMD 493G Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Communicative Disorders C3, G
COM 108G Spaceship Earth: An Introduction to Systems B4, C1, G
COM 243G Advertising and Consumerism A2, G
COM 243GH Honors Section of COM 243G: Advertising and Consumerism A2, G
COM 321G Social Media and Interpersonal Communication A2, G
COM 369G Technologies and Music A1, G
CSC 120G The Impacts of Technology on American Society A2, C3, G
CSF 102G Cyber Security Technology and Issues in a Global Society B3, C2, G
CVE 323G Humanitarian Engineering A1, C1, G
CVE 323GH Honors Sections of CVE 323: Humanitarian Engineering A1, C1, G
CVE 325G Connecting Dots: The Water-Energy-Health Nexus A1, C2, G
DSP 393G Introduction to Predictive Analytics B3, D1, G
ECN 399G Nonviolent Economics A2, G
EDC 103G Education and Social Justice B4, C3, G
EEC 234G Introduction to Water Resources A1, G
EEC 350G Sustainable Energy Economics and Policy A2, G
EEC 352G Economics of Small-Scale Renewable Energy Systems A2, G
EGR 120G Coastal Resilience: Adapting to Changing Coastlines C1, G
EGR/MAF 213G Energy and Environment A1, C2, G
EGR 316G Engineering Ethics A3, C1, G
EGR 316GH Honors Section of EGR 316: Engineering Ethics A3, C1, G
ELE 108G Cyber Physical Security A1, G
ELE 369G Technologies and Music A1, G
ELE 403G Launching a Technology Startup B2, D1, G
ENG 357G Topics in Literature and Medicine A3, B1, G
ENG 450G Performing Race C3, D1, G
FRN 120G Multicultural France through Film A3, C3, G
GEO 100G Environmental Geology A1, C2, G
GEO 234G Introduction to Water Resources A1, G
GEO 305G Global Climate Change D1, G
GEO/NRS 405G Indonesia: Biodiversity, Geology, Water Resources A1, G
GER 171G German Film as Cultural Text (in English) A4, C3, G
GWS 210G Queer Studies: Identities, Perspectives, and Social Justice A2, C3, G
GWS 325G International Women’s Issues A2, C2, G
HDF 130G “This is Us”: Individual and Family Development C3, G
HDF 205G Money Skills for Life A2, B4, G
HDF 318G Health and Wealth A2, B4, G
HDF 352G Adulting in the 21st Century A2, C3, G
HIS 115G Sex and Western Society A3, C3, G
HIS 119G Vaccines and Society A3, C1, G
HIS 119GH Honors Section of HIS 119G: Vaccines and Society A3, C1, G
HIS 308G Between Eve and Mary: Women in the Middle Ages A2, B1, G
HIS 353G The Cold War: History and Current Implications B1, C1, G
HLT 100G Perspectives on Public Health in the 21st Century A2, C1, G
HLT 400G Public Health: Social Justice and Advocacy C3, D1, G
HPR 131G Honors in STEM and Communicate Effectively A1, B2, G
HPR 183G Honors in Diversity & Inclusion and Information Literacy B4, C3, G
HPR 216G Honors Colloquium in Humanities and Cultural Competence A3, C3, G
HPR 224G Honors Colloquium in Soc. Science and Civic Knowledge A2, C1, G
HPR 226G Honors Colloquium in Diversity and Social & Behavioral Sciences A2, C3, G
HPR 230G Honors Colloquium in STEM A1, G
HPR 346G Honors Seminar in Communicate Effectively and Integrate & Apply B2, D1, G
HSS 130G The Problem of Hunger in the U.S. A2, C1, G
ISE 261G Waste Not, Want Not: Sustainable Lean Production A1, B4, G
ISE 461G Solar Energy Systems A1, C2, G
KIN 375G Exercise is Medicine A1, B4, G
KIN 464G Physiology of Aging A1, B4, G
LAX 200G Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Issues C2, G
LIB 350G Current Issues of the Information Age B4, C1, G
LTI 350G Bias: Interrogating the Archive B4, D1, G
MAF 421G Governing International Waters C2, D1, G
MUS 369G Technologies and Music A1, G
NFS 212G Public Health Nutrition A2, C3, G
NFS 276G Food, Nutrition, and People A2, G
NRS 234G Introduction to Water Resources A1, G
NRS 330G The Biodiversity Crisis A1, C2, G
NRS 330G The Biodiversity Crisis A1, C2, G
GEO/NRS 405G Indonesia: Biodiversity, Geology, Water Resources A1, G
NRS 452G Soil, Water, and Land Use Investigations D1, G
NUR 280G Social Determinants of Health C3, G
NUR 364G Understanding Suicide A2, C1, G
NUR 365G Losses of Addiction in American Culture B4, C3, G
NUR 381G Application of Genetics in Healthcare D1, G
NUR 382G Designing Innovations in Health and Healthcare D1, G
NVP 399G Nonviolent Economics A2, G
OCG 103G Impact of Global Change on Coastal New England A1, C2, G
OCG 106G You, Me, and Life in the Sea A1, B4, G
OCG 108G Living by the Ocean D1, G
OCG 120G The World of Robots A1, B4, G
OCG 123G Climate Change and the Oceans A1, C2, G
OCG 131G Volcanoes and the Environment A1, B4, G
OCG 200G Extreme Weather A1, C2, G
PHL 110G Love and Sex A3, C3, G
PHL 110GH Honors Section of PHL 110G: Love and Sex A3, C3, G
PHL 316G Engineering Ethics A3, C1, G
PHL 316GH Honors Section of EGR 316: Engineering Ethics A3, C1, G
PHL 421G Secularism and Islamism in the Modern World A2, C3, G
PHL 452G Philosophy Of Science A1, C2, G
PHP 203G Understanding Cancer: Basics and Beyond A2, G
PHP 207G Introduction to Safety and Quality in Health Care A2, G
PHP 336G Exploring Interdisciplinary Healthcare Solutions for Opioid Use Disorder C1, D1, G
PLS 132G Sustainable Agriculture, Food Systems, and Society A2, G
PLS 132GH Honors Section of AFS/AVS/PLS 132: Sustainable Agriculture, Food Systems, and Society A2, G
PSC 116G Introduction to International Politics A2, C2, G
PSC 421G Secularism and Islamism in the Modern World A2, C3, G
PSY 130G The Problem of Hunger in the U.S. A2, C1, G
PSY 205G The Challenged Brain A1, B4, G
PSY 276G “High” Society: The Effects of Psychoactive Drugs A2, B4, G
SAF 400G Reimagining Food Systems Through Agroecology D1, G
SOC 475G Global Perspectives on Reproduction A2, C2, G
SPC 319G Negotiating Differences: Diversity & Inclusion in America’s Narrative B1, C3, G
SUS 108G Spaceship Earth: An Introduction to Systems B4, C1, G
SUS 261G Waste Not, Want Not: Sustainable Lean Production A1, B4, G
SUS 461G Solar Energy Systems A1, C2, G
THE 338G Ethical Dilemmas in Contemporary Theatre C1, D1, G
THN 364G Understanding Suicide A2, C1, G
THN 365G Losses of Addiction in American Culture B4, C3, G
TMD 103G Textiles, Fashion, and Sustainability C2, G
TMD 326G What is Good Design A3, C2, G
WRT 321G Writing Disaster: The Ethics of Representation B1, C1, G
WRT 371G Write Now: Race, Resistance, and Language Justice B1, C3, G