Faculty List

Andrew L. Thall, Ph.D.

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Recent Courses Taught

The Computer as a Mirror of the World.  FYS 101.

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"When is a map the territory?" This course places computer simulation and modeling in historical and social context, discussing scientific, philosophical, religious, moral, and economic impact of the new technology and underlying principles.

This revision of the previous offering uses mobile digital devices and social media (iPads and SMS texting systems via cell-phones) both as areas of study and as creative tools for coursework and communication.

 

Spring Term at Alma is a one-month immersion on a single academic topic that offers learning experiences not typically available during the more traditional 15-week fall and winter terms. For example, during Spring Term 2012, students observed lizards in Bermuda, studied modern economic development in India, performed dance in Taiwan, examined renewable energy in Europe and investigated medicinal plants in the Amazon rainforest.

 

Graduate Profile

Dr. Heather Zielinski
Graduation: 1997

Heather Hays Zielinski was planning to attend veterinary school, but after her Alma College faculty advisors arranged for her to shadow a dentist she knew she was switching careers.