Hey everyone! I'm Cooper from Wayne, Pennsylvania, which is right outside of Philadelphia. I am a '28 here at Dartmouth, and plan on studying Quantitative Social Science and Cognitive Science. In my free time, I love getting food with friends, playing pickleball, watching sitcoms (personal favorite is Modern Family), and going on walks. I am super excited to be here and cannot wait to take you along my journey at Dartmouth!
I took this class with Professor Binkoski, and I absolutely loved it! We explored numerous theories regarding time travel and the existence of time, and it just completely blew my mind. Professor Binkoski is such an engaging lecturer and explains everything so thoroughly, which makes the class so incredible! After taking this class, I have become more interested in philosophy and cannot wait to take more classes in this department.
I took this class with Professor Horiuchi and learned more than I could have possibly imagined! This course is incredibly challenging and has a good amount of work, but I learned so much about the programing language R as well as how to wrangle and visualize data. By taking this class, I have confirmed that I want to major in QSS because of how interesting the material was. If you want to enhance your skills in R, this is the class to take!
In order to fulfill my language requirement, I took Spanish 9 with Professor Rieumont. This class was simply incredible. Not only was the content interesting and engaging, but my actual class itself (both the professor and fellow students) made this class so memorable. We learned so much about Spanish-speaking cultures all while having so much fun doing it, and I am so grateful that I took this class with such an amazing group!
SummerWayne, PA
I was home for the summer! I was able to catch up with family and friends, work at a local ice-cream shop, and relax for a few months. It was amazing to be back in my hometown!!
I took this class with Professor Emily Finn, and I absolutely adored it! Because it is an introductory class, you learn about various topics within the neuroscience field, but mainly at the surface level. It was incredibly interesting, and it is a perfect introduction to the major overall!
Hello and welcome back! Winter term is in full swing now, and so I thought it would be smart to tell you about my classes. This term, I am declaring my majors (which is so crazy to think about), and so I am taking classes that are more advanced and expand upon the introductory courses. Let's get right into it!
LING 27 (Historical Linguistics): I am taking this class for my Linguistics minor, and it is incredible! It fulfills the Quantitative and Deductive Sciences distributive, and is a small lecture class (around 20 people). Professor Puljuteaches this course, and I had him for Introductory Linguistics, so it is super nice to be taught by him again! He is super engaging, hilarious, and explains all of the core concepts very well. In terms of content, we learn all about how sounds have changed over time and how different languages have split off from a parent language. Although this class is already quite challenging, I absolutely adore it.
Anonymous Hall, which is where linguistics is!
QSS 41 (Analysis of Social Networks): This class is one of the requirements for the Quantitative Social Science (QSS) major, and I think this is one of the most unique courses I have taken so far. It fulfills the QDS distributive as well, and is a medium sized class (30 people). Professor DeWan teaches this class, and he is just incredible. Not only is he a great lecturer, but he is always willing to help and is very lenient when it comes to the work we do. This class is all about analyzing networks of people, and how those networks change and what influences them. I love this class already!
Carson Hall, which is where QSS 41 is!
SOCY 28 (Health Care and Health Care Policy): I am taking this for my QSS concentration, which is a very unique part about the major; you get to choose four courses that are organized around a focus area of your choosing (mine is global health). This fulfills the Social Analysis and Western Cultures distributives, and is a medium-sized class (about 30 people). Professor Elderteaches this class, and I absolutely love him! He is such a funny lecturer and really makes many of the confusing concepts as clear as possible. If you are pre-health or interested in sociology, this is the perfect class for you!
Blunt Alumni Center, where SOCY 28 is!
As you can see, I am taking a wide breadth of classes, and I cannot wait to see where they take me!
Welcome back to Open Doors—your inside look at life in the Woods! This week, Gabe Brigham '26, a psychology and sociology double major, showed me around his dorm room, where we discussed Dartmouth residence halls, classes, and campus life.
On the final segment of The Stretch, we explored other planets, walked atop volcanoes, and went to the very bottom of the Grand Canyon (and back). Read about it here.
The Sierra Nevadas, Death Valley, and Yosemite. Mapping our surface and searching for the earliest evidence of life on the Earth Sciences study program. Read about it here.
