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Can we say that plants have senses? You will learn how plants sense their environment and how scientists study plant senses. You will be exposed to both classic and modern experiments in plant biology, and may even start to question what defines us as humans.

This course is designed to help you get started as a behavioral science student, become familiar with the academic programs within the field, and prepare you for your first meeting with your academic advisor or academic counselor once you make your decision about which program to pursue.

Discover how to integrate nature’s value into decisions affecting the environment and human well-being.

Operating principles and applications of emerging technological solutions to the world's energy demands. Discussion of global energy usage and requirements for solutions.

Operating principles and applications of emerging technological solutions to the world's energy demands. Discussion of global energy usage and requirements for solutions.

Discover a world built by atoms, shaped by molecules and kept running with chemical reactions!

Find out how climate change will affect us, why we should care about it, and what solutions we can employ.

Learn about how the world’s oceans are regulated, protected and preserved.

Explore the basics of Microbiology and Forensic Science so you can better understand the world around you.

This course introduces how the human body works and how it is more than the sum of its parts

This course aims to explain the science of climate change, the risks it poses and the solutions available to reduce those risks.

Explore the half of our world covered by deep ocean, and how our lives affect the hidden face of our planet.

How will we feed an extra two billion people by the middle of this century?

This course introduces what we already know, and what we are still discovering, about the form and function of the human brain.

Explore our past, present and future understanding of drugs. Where do they come from? How do they work? Join us and find out!

Get under the skin of brands as we reveal the secret powers behind the most potent commercial and cultural force on the planet.

How do we read and model fictional minds? Introducing cognitive poetics: the application of cognitive science to literary reading.

Gain an understanding of the natural world, how the web of life works, with illustrations from around the world.

Use your kitchen as a laboratory to learn about chemistry using everyday chemicals.

Making decisions about managing natural resources can be difficult; this course explores why fairness needs to be part of policy.