| Course Title: Cerebro 101: Breaking Barriers: Bilingual Outreach in STEM |
| Start Date: 09/09/2026 End Date: 12/22/2026 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2026 |
| Description: This interdisciplinary course bridges STEM and the humanities by treating Spanish and English as equal vehicles for scientific knowledge. Students engage in a living laboratory to translate advanced neuroscience into accessible, bilingual communication. Through partnerships with Holyoke DualLanguage classrooms, MHC student mentors facilitate hands-on workshops on anatomy, plasticity, microscopy, and neural art to enact language justice and foster representation in STEM. This course prepares students for professional work in multilingual contexts while strengthening local community bonds. |
| Distribution(s): NO - Meets No Distrib. Rqmt |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:1.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Maria Nieves Romero-Díaz | rdiaz@mtholyoke.edu | |
| Marta Sabariego | msabarie@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/09/2026 - 12/22/2026 | Discussion | Friday | 09:00AM - 10:15AM | TBA | TBA | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: SPAN-212 or equivalent proficiency with permission of the instructor. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Two meetings will take place in Holyoke from 9:00am-12:00pm. |
| Additional Comments |
| Taught in Spanish. Credit/no credit grading. Repeatable for credit. |
| Course Tags | ||
| 1-2CR0001 | 1-2CR: One and two credit undergraduate courses |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 16 | Enrollment: 1 | Available: 15 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| To be determined. |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |