Splash Spring 2020
Course Catalog

Ever wonder how social media adds seem to know you so well, almost as though they’ve been listening to your conversations? This class will teach you all about how social media sites such as Facebook and Instagram collect information about your online habits and sell this information to politicians and companies. It will also teach you how these companies and politicians take this information and use it to create advertisements specifically geared at changing your opinion and the opinions of people like you.

We see three directions, up/ down, east/west, north/south. Einstein realized that time acts like a 4th direction, which leads to extremely bizarre but observed phenomena. If we curve this 4 dimensional space we move in, we explain gravity. We will learn about this spacetime we live in using simple geometry, which will lead us to understand blackholes and the big bang.


Prerequisites
A willingness to use your imagination.

Logic is the fiber that holds together any argument be it philosophical or mathematical. It allows us to provide a formal way to address the truth of statements like "If it rains, I will get wet," which actually extremely powerful. In fact, Kurt Godel famously used it to attempt to prove the existence of a God. Though this proof is too advanced for one 50 minute lecture we will attempt to lay the groundwork that Godel's proof is based off of. In this lecture we will go over the basic rules of logic including propositional formulas, truth tables, and logical equivalence. We will then try and apply these concepts to real world arguments and attempt to logically disprove an argument for determinism.

No prior experience is expected or required.


Prerequisites
None.

How do cells feel, taste, and see the physical world around them? In this class, we will explore the strange and beautiful world of ion channels, membrane proteins that respond to physical and chemical stimuli in their environment and trigger massive electrical events in the cell.

Our discussion will cover general principles of biological sensation on macromolecular and cellular length scales, with several specific examples from human sensory systems.


Prerequisites
A basic familiarity with physical concepts such as voltage and pH is helpful.

Do you like $$ doodling???$$ Are you ever.... $$ Bored\;in\;class????$$ If so, come on over here and learn about doodling! We'll spend around 25 minutes learning about how to actually doodle, and then we'll spend some time roleplaying a boring lecture.


Prerequisites
Being bored in class. General desire to doodle

What is consulting? Why do people buy advice? In Introduction to Consulting, we will give a brief overview of the field of consulting and you give you the chance to be a consultant. You will analyze a case, formulate recommendations, and present your findings as a consultant would.