This 3-credit, in-person, elective studies the many connections between all of the arts, music, and summer beach culture.  Students will gain a fuller understanding of how summer beach culture music has contributed to popular music today including the understanding the humble beginnings of Bruce Springsteen.

The structure of this elective is unique in that it regularly meets on field trips. The course will meet at beaches, boardwalks, nature sites, and cultural venues. If weather is inclement, we will visit museums, galleries, and performances.

This 3-creidt, in-person, elective provides an opportunity for frank and candid conversations about sexual expression and sexual health. Students will explore love relationships and values throughout history leading up to contemporary practices of sex and dating. Furthermore, this course will provide a context for comparing today's hook up culture with romantic courtship of other time periods and cultures.  For instance, is sexting a modern form of courtship?

This 3-credit, fully online, graduate course provides a unique perspective about families in the 21st century. The changing family constellation and diversity of family experiences are at the heart of this course. Additionally, students gain firsthand knowledge about key stressors confronting families today (e.g., domestic violence, substance abuse, parenting). Techniques and strategies are provided throughout.

Sex and gender permeate many facets of our daily lives from the media that we watch to the careers we choose to pursue. This course explores different biopsychosocial theories aimed at explaining how gender and sex manifest and influence individuals. Students who are comfortable, are encouraged to share their viewpoints in this heavily discussion based class.  

The broader biotech and health science industry demands that scientists be prepared to serve a variety of distinct functions within the life and biomedical sciences ecosystem, and to understand broader developmental aspects of the business of science and engineering in a professional environment. This course will enhance students’ competitive skills and introduce additional layers of specialized competence enabling immediate contribution within diverse organizations in the life and biomedical sciences commercial sector.

During this in-person course students will meet for 5 Saturday day-long meetings (10:30am -7:30pm) at several luxurious beaches around New Jersey. The days of instruction are broken up with field observation and exploration, lecture, discussion, somatic research techniques, individual and group projects; each student will write detailed observation in their Saturday environmental log. 

This three-credit course encourages a lifestyle change. The program will take place in Greece, where the Mediterranean lifestyle has been implemented for thousands of years. Lectures, workshops and other educational activities will cover the fundamental principles of the Mediterranean diet, a dietary pattern that has been recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity and recently proposed as a health promoting diet in the 2015-2020 USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

In this online course, learn and discuss the marketing knowledge you need to be a successful Supply Chain Manager. The course will enhance and expand your understanding of the importance of supply chain management within everyday organizations.

In business and in life, communication is how things get done... or don't. This course, with its workshop structure, focuses on internal communication within the workplace, but will also develop you in transferable communication skills generally applicable across all professions.

This two-week course (May 17 – 30) combines the educational needs of vulnerable populations in Greece and the goals of the United Nations Agenda to provide a 21st Century service learning experience dealing with contemporary global issues from a multidisciplinary perspective.