UO Courses

Sources and uses of cash in the context of start-up and small firms. Emphasis on cash generated by operations and used for operations and growth. Secondary emphasis on external sources of cash.

Concepts and principles of financial accounting, including U.S. and international financial reporting standards; analysis of alternatives for income measurement and asset and liability valuation.

Concepts and principles of financial accounting, including U.S. and international financial reporting standards. Analysis of alternatives for income measurement and asset and liability valuation.

Concepts and principles of financial accounting, including U.S. and international financial reporting standards; analysis of alternatives for income measurement and asset and liability valuation.

Development and communication of cost information to assist in planning, motivating managers, controlling costs, and evaluating performance.

This course presents the ethical standards of the accounting profession with emphasis on contemporary issues confronting accountants and auditors including their social and ethical responsibilities.

Accounting Information Systems, systems architecture and design; business transaction cycles and process mapping, accounting systems governance and controls.

The audit environment, examinations of financial statements, and the audit process. Includes professional standards, audit sampling, and the audit profession; concepts underlying professional ethics for auditors.

Accounting for equity; financial accounting and reporting for corporate consolidation.

This course teaches differences in accounting and financial reporting for governmental and not-for-profit organizations and differences between private sector and public-sector accounting, standards-setting, meeting stakeholder needs.

Federal income tax law covering primarily the taxation of individuals with a focus on business invoice and property transactions. Introduction to tax planning.

Focuses on the increased use of data analytics within the accounting profession, including an understanding of data analytic thinking, terminology and application.

Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) includes moral precepts that guide interaction with the local ecosystem, skill and knowledge sets used for resource extraction and management, and expressive media used for knowledge transmission. This course integrates Indigenous and Western perspectives to examine TEK in global perspective.

Examines the political and economic origins and legacies of piracy through 500 years of history in the Americas, Europe, and Africa.

Examines how anthropology and speculative fiction have mutually constituted each other historically as each explores culture and society, and what makes us human.

Introduction to archaeology methods and interpretation.

Introduction to prehistoric societies and cultural change through the examination of archaeological case studies from around the world. Taught once or more per academic year.

A first look into the work of cultural anthropology and an introduction to the cultural diversity of the world.

Application of evolutionary thinking to the origins and function of literature.

Examines sexuality through the historical, cultural, economic, and political factors that contribute to the construction of sexual identities, relationships, and institutions.

Homo sapiens as a living organism; biological evolution and genetics; fossil hominids.

Evolutionary biology of the primates: the fossil record and ecology in the age of mammals, primate anatomy, locomotor feeding adaptations, taxonomic relations, primate ethology, primate conservation

Includes basic genetics, physiology, and behavior. Evolution of sex, of the sexes, and of the role of sex in mammal, primate, and human behavior.

Focuses on the application of evolutionary thinking to the study of human health and disease.

Introduction to human skeletal analysis and its application in a legal context, using biological and anthropological approaches to the recovery and identificationof human remains.

This course provides a comprehensive overview of business anthropology on a range of topics including entrepreneurship, finance capital, multinational corporations, and race/gender in business. Readings and discussions will focus on how to apply anthropological knowledge to solve real-world business problems.

Human nutrition from a biocultural anthropological perspective, including the relationship of food consumption patterns to evolution, contemporary issues relating to malnutrition, and diseases of nutrition.

Explores the evolution and function of motor play in humans as expressed in universal games and sports (e.g., tag, hide and seek, racing, dodgeball, wrestling, lacrosse, hockey).

Critically examines pseudoscientific examples of archaeology using case studies from around the world (e.g. the lost city of Atlantis, ancient aliens) and explores how proper scientific archaeological research is conducted.

Explores human relationships with domestic animals, examining the domestication process and the effects of animal domestication on human society.

Examines the biological aspects of the human species from comparative, ecological, and evolutionary perspectives. Explores theoretical and methodological issues in biological anthropology.

Explores contemporary and historical examples of human-animal interactions around the globe from a cross-cultural perspective. We analyze the influences of culture and biology on these interactions, explore perspectives, and engage in hypothesis testing.

Understanding past scientific attitudes on racial variation helps place modern concepts of human diversity and racial segregation in a broader anthropological and scientific context.

Introduces students to a wide range of issues related to economic, cultural, and ideological aspects of globalization.

Cross-cultural exploration of the expressive and artistic realm of women's lives. Topics include life-cycle rituals, religion, healing, verbal arts, crafts, and music.

Interpretive approach to accomplishments, diversity, and survival of precontact, postcontact, and present-day American Indian peoples. Impact of Euro-American stereotypes on politics and identity.

In addition to accounting for the rise of the United States as an object of anthropological inquiry, this course explores the culture and political-economy of life in the contemporary United States, with a focus on gender, race, class, faith, migration, and inequality.

Mexican farmworkers in the United States, their history and living and working conditions explored within the political culture of immigration. Introductory social science course recommended.

Survey of contemporary hunter-gatherer societies. Foraging, decision-making, exchange, prestige, marriage, gender roles, parenting, history, and demography in an ecological and evolutionary perspective.

Survey of contemporary South Asia's religious and cultural diversity, issues of ethnic identity, gender construction, social conflict, and politics of poverty.

Evolutionary theory, experimental and real-world data illuminate what we find attractive in others, variation in who we are attracted to, and why.

Methods modern archaeology uses to reconstruct the past, including background research, field methods, laboratory analyses, and interpreting data.

Biological, ecological, and social dimensions of plant-animal domestication and the environmental impact of agriculture in the Late Pleistocene-Holocene epochs.

The archaeology of ancient Egypt and the Near East.

Archaeology and prehistoric cultural development of Pacific island peoples from earliest settlement through early Western contact. Emphasizes Southeast Asian cultural foundations and ecological adaptations.

Native American cultural history of Oregon based on archaeological evidence. Environmental and ecological factors that condition human adaptations and contemporary cultural resource protection.

Explores the evolution of diverse cultures and ethnic identities in East Asia during prehistoric and early historical times.

Explores the evolution of the diverse cultures of Southeast Asia during the prehistoric and early historic periods.

Examines prehistoric and recent hunter-gatherer art to understand the role that art behavior played in ancestral human life.

This course examines the development of decolonizing practices within the field of archaeology, otherwise known as Indigenous archaeology, collaborative archaeology, community-engaged archaeology, and community-based participatory research. The course will provide a global perspective of Indigenous archaeology case studies and outline similarities and differences in practice in Indigenous archaeology(ies).

This course provides an introduction to the Native peoples of California from an archaeological and historical perspective.

Fossil evidence of human evolution; Homo sapiens' place among the primates; variability of populations of fossil hominids.

Genetic and biological structure of human populations; population dynamics and causes of diversity; analysis of genetically differentiated human populations and their geographic distribution.

Anthropological approach to the role of nutrients in human development (individual and group); cultural determinants and differences among populations; world food policy; applied nutritional anthropology.

Introduction to the human skeleton from the perspective of biological anthropology. This course uses anatomical, developmental, and evolutionary approaches to understand fundamental aspects of human biology in general, as well as the individuals represented by skeletal remains.

Examines key issues in human and nonhuman primate growth and development; addresses genetic, social and ecological determinants of variation in growth.

Global review of psychoactive substances in past human societies, including the paraphernalia, iconography, and residues of drugs found in the archaeological record.

Explores what genomic data can tell us about human variation and evolution, and discusses how genomics is currently used in our daily lives.

Cultural foundations of illness and healing. Attempts to analyze illness experiences, looks at therapies cross-culturally, and examines the nature of healing.

This course introduces students to the anthropological study of migration. Students will study both early and contemporary intellectual trends in the study of migration, including “globalization,” “transnationalism,” “diaspora,” “borderlands,” “transmigration,” and “imagined community,” through relevant ethnographic case studies from the U.S., with global comparisons.

Documents Latino history in the racial history of what is now Oregon since 1500 and teaches students to conduct oral history interviews. Multilisted with JCOM 427M. Sequence with ANTH 428M.

Continuation of Latino Roots I, designed for producing a short documentary using oral history as the story. Covers basic theory and practice of digital film-video documentary production. Multilisted with JCOM 428M. Sequence with ANTH 427M.

Contact period and contemporary ethnography of native peoples; ecological adaptation, socioeconomic organization, and culture change.

Examines intersecting systems of race, gender, ethnicity, and nationalism through 600 years of Latin American history, focusing on five countries in three regions.

Survey of various cultural frameworks: Durkheimian, Marxian, feminist, transnationalism, Orientalism.

This course examines the more than 12,000-year-old archaeological record of the Northwest Coast of North America. We begin by establishing the ecological and ethnographic background for the region and then study how these have shaped archaeologists' ideas about the past. Next, we study the contents of sites and consider the relationship between data, interpretation, and theory. Throughout the term, we discuss the dynamics of contact and colonialism.

Investigates interactions between human-plant populations in the past; laboratory training of analyzing plant fossils in archaeologial contexts.

Objectives, legal background, operational problems, ethical and scholarly considerations in the management of prehistoric and historic cultural resources.

The archaeology of humans in Africa with an emphasis on the past 15,000 years.

Reviews anthropological methods of the Americas including biological, genetic, archaeological, and paleoenvironmental evidence.

Explores current research in the field of evolutionary medicine.

The fossil record and theoretical implications of the Cenozoic primates with special reference to their various adaptations: locomotion, special senses, dentition.

Ecology and ethology of free-ranging primates. Classification, distribution, and ecological relationships of living primates; social structure and social organizations.

Relationship between ecology and comparative morphology as a basis for theories of hominid phylogeny; analysis of methods of paleoecological inference; current theories of hominid origins.

The important methods in biometry (biological statistics) and their inherent assumptions, limitations, interpretations, and common uses (and misuses) as relevant to biological anthropology.

Evaluates the conservation status of the order Primates. Explores biological-ecological issues and social-cultural influences on primate biodiversity, distribution, and abundance.

Teaches theory and analysis of human remains for medico-legal professionals, including estimating biological parameters from skeletons and outdoor crime scene processing and testimony.

This course covers the policies and regulations of human and non-human remains in biological anthropology and forensic sciences contexts. It explores the considerations important for establishing, building, maintaining and working with skeletal collections.

Application of taphonomic studies in the fields of paleontology, archaeology, and forensic-medicolegal anthropology.

Investigates how understanding of our evolutionary history is used to further understanding of the human mind.

Laboratory-based introduction to research methods in biological anthropology, with an emphasis on research among living human populations.

Naked-eye astronomy, development of astronomical concepts, and the solar system.

The structure and evolution of stars.

Galaxies and the universe.

This course is a survey of astrophysics regarding planets and exoplanets, including orbital dynamics and kinematics, atmospheric compositions, astronomical observations and techniques, and astrobiology. In addition to covering the theory behind these topics, we will focus on modern astronomical techniques used in this field.

Problem solving of the orbits, kinematics, and dynamics of astronomical systems, structure and evolution of stars and galaxies.

This course is a survey of astrophysics regarding galaxies and the universe, including galaxy formation and evolution, our Milky Way, and cosmology including dark matter/ dark energy and the Big Bang theory. In addition to the theory behind these topics, we will also focus on modern astronomical techniques behind used in this field.

Presents an integrated view of both established and entrepreneurial businesses by studying their common characteristics and processes in a global context. Introduces theory and develops basic skills in the areas of accounting, finance, management, and marketing, with an emphasis on social responsibility and ethical practices. Explores how businesses can create value for themselves and society by addressing environmental and social challenges.

Covers Microsoft Excel software skills necessary for evidence-based problem-solving, including workbook editing, formula creation, charting, and pivot tables. Emphasizes hands-on learning using Excel functions to perform data analysis to enhance decision-making. Previously taught as BA 240.

Imparts an understanding of the purpose of accounting, common financial statement items, and the principles of internal controls. Focuses on recording the impact of economic events on account balances using U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, and the creation and analysis of financial statements to aid in external decision making.

Builds an understanding of the role of managerial accounting in a business, focusing on the development and use of information to evaluate production costs and operational performance in support of short- and long-term organizational decision-making.

How the accounting model reflects business transactions or events. Interpretation and analysis of financial statements. Understanding cost and revenue information, organization, and decisions.

An interdisciplinary introduction to what it means to participate in a global economy, critically reflecting on globalization, the impacts of business activity, human rights, global finance, marketing, and management. Also explores concepts and skills in intercultural communication and working with others from around the world.

Personal leadership and communication skills. Focuses on self-awareness for leading, persuading, and working with others; effective business writing and speaking; and team development. Students may not receive credit both BA 308 and BA 308H. Sophomore standing required.

Personal leadership and communication skills. Focuses on self-awareness for leading, persuading, and working with others; effective business writing and speaking; and team development. Students may not receive credit both BA 308 and BA 308H. Open only to students in the LCB Honors Program.

Free enterprise capitalism and market competition. Economic value added, product cost, and product pricing. Organizational arrangements and the control of economic activity.

Management systems for planning, controlling, organizing, and leading; how they influence human behavior in organizations. Selecting, training, retaining, and motivating the human resource in organization.

Market analysis, target customer identification, and development of marketing-mix strategies to deliver superior customer value and contribute to the performance of the organization.

Financial statement analysis, pro forma statements and capital budgeting, time value of money, net present-value analysis, risk and cost of capital.

Survey of the ideas, tools, and skills used by businesses to address environmental and social challenges, including new business attitudes, models, ventures, and ecosystems.

BA 322H offers an intensive exploration of the ideas, tools, and skills used by businesses to address environmental and social challenges, including new business attitudes, models, ventures, and ecosystems. Students cannot receive credit for both BA 322 and BA 322H.

Legal and ethical environments of business, including U.S. legal concepts, social and environmental impacts of business, and ethical decision making.

BA 325H offers an intensive exploration of legal and ethical environments of business, including U.S. legal concepts, social and environmental impacts of business, and ethical decision making. Students cannot receive credit for both BA 325 and BA 325H.

Theoretical and practical approach to value dimensions across cultures and their impact on communication in business and professional contexts. Develops intercultural business communication skills.

Theory and practice of negotiating effectively across cultures. Research and analysis of culturally specific models for negotiating and experience using those models in cross-cultural simulations.

Critical legal concepts that managers, entrepreneurs, and professionals need to understand to succeed in their careers and contribute positively to society. The course will examine how legal and ethical considerations interact focusing on the legal system of the United States.

Capstone course focusing on strategy formulation and decisional processes. Includes writing a business plan that applies knowledge and develops course of action to accomplish organizational objectives. Students cannot receive credit for both BA 453 and BA 453H.

Study of body functions with emphasis on organs and systems. Cell function, genetics, nutrition, exercise; function of the gut, heart, vessels, glands, lungs, nerves, and muscles with practical applications. Lecture, laboratories.

Comparison of cancer cells with normal cells; causes of cancer, including viral and environmental factors; biological basis of therapy. Lectures, laboratories.

Is immortality possible? Aging increases the risk of maladies such as cancer, heart disease, and memory loss, and inevitably leads to death. However, some organisms escape aging altogether - that is, are theoretically immortal. In this course, we will examine the interesting biology that underlies aging, the evolutionary explanations for why different species age at different rates, and the approaches that have been shown to extend lifespan. Throughout, we will consider the ethical implications of experimenting on living things and of manipulating lifespan.

The concept of an ecosystem; organismal energetics; biogeochemical cycles; succession; population growth; species interactions, species diversity; implications for human ecosystems. Lectures, discussions.

Animal behavior, its evolutionary origins, and its neural mechanisms. Readings and films illustrate the adaptive nature of orientation, navigation, communication, and social behavior. Lectures, discussions.

Explores the biology behind important topical issues such as stem cells, cloning, and genetically modified organisms. How policy decisions affect research in these areas. Lectures, discussions.

This course is designed to give students an appreciation for the global ocean, the diversity of marine life, methods and techniques for studying the sea, and their own opportunities to contribute to sustainable and healthy marine ecosystems. Credits will be deducted for regression if BI 357 is taken first. Students cannot receive credit for both BI 150 and ERTH 307.

Examination of studies in neuroscience and positive psychology that explore the mental and behavioral actions leading to the self-reporting of a well-lived and fulfilling life. Exploration of the interaction of multiple psychological and neural circuit variables in development of a positive mental state.

Topics in Biochemistry: Amino Acid Chemistry, Protein Structure and Function, Hemoglobin, DNA Structure and Mutations; Topics in Genetics: Metabolic Pathways, Mutant Analysis, Complementation Tests, Regulation of Transcription, and the Lac Operon. Both lectures and laboratories. Sequence with BI 221Z, BI 222Z.

Explores fundamental biological concepts and theories about the cellular and molecular basis of life including cell structure and function, metabolism, genetic basis of inheritance and how information flows from DNA to proteins, with a focus on the iterative process of science. Intended for science majors.

Explores fundamental biological concepts and theories about the structure and function of diverse organisms (including plants and animals), evolution and development, transformation of energy and matter, and body systems at a multicellular organismal level. Intended for science majors.

Explores the unity and diversity of life through evolutionary mechanisms and relationships, and adaptation to the environment. Examines population, community, and ecosystem ecology. Intended for science majors.

Focuses on the cellular structures and chemical reactions that allow cells to grow, to transform energy, and to communicate. Lectures, laboratories. Sequence with BI 282H, BI 283H.

How living organisms store, replicate, and transmit their genetic information, and how this information directs the activities of the cell and organism. Lectures, laboratories. Sequence with BI 281H, BI 283H.

The genetic basis and ecological context of evolutionary change leading to an examination of the generation and major patterns of biodiversity. Lectures, laboratories, field trips. Sequence with BI 281H, BI 282H.

Structure and function of forested ecosystems emphasizing the Pacific Northwest. Interactions among trees, microorganisms, and animals; disturbance and recovery; forest management. Lectures, laboratories, field trips.

Molecular mechanisms regulating control of gene expression. Topics include chromosome structure, transcription and processing of RNA, control of transcription, translational control, and genetic rearrangement. Lectures, discussions.

Eukaryotic cell nuclear structure and exchange, protein trafficking, endocytosis, chaperones, cytoskeletal functions, intercellular junctions, extracellular materials, signaling, cell division mechanics and controls, aging and death. Lectures, discussions.

In this course we will explore the principles of immune system function as well as how microorganisms avoid the immune system to cause infectious disease. Topics include innate and adaptive immunity, cells of the immune system, vaccines, antibiotics, and immune-based therapies.

Topics include genetic regulation, nucleocytoplasmic interactions, organogenesis, morphogenesis, pattern formation, cell differentiation, and neoplasia. Lectures, laboratories.

Biology of bacteria: photosynthetic, heterotrophic, and others. Cell structure and function, metabolism including anaerobic and O2-producing photosynthesis, nitrogen fixation, species interactions, and role in major geochemical cycles. Lectures.

Microbial diversity through laboratory projects involving enrichments, culture isolations, and partial characterizations. Two scheduled laboratories and one scheduled lecture per week; additional unscheduled time required. Laboratories.

Introduction to physiology of the senses: cellular physiology of peripheral receptors through the computational mechanisms that are ultimately related to perception. Lectures, discussions.

Neurophysiology, endocrinology, muscle contraction, and homeostatic mechanisms of circulation, respiration, metabolism, ionic regulation, and excretion in mammals; comparison with those in other animals. Lectures, laboratories.

Explores the diversity, ecology, and evolution of marine organisms and the physical, chemical, and geological processes that shape ocean ecosystems. Topics include taxonomy, natural history, trophic interactions, and human impacts on ocean health. Course components include lectures, laboratory investigations, and an optional field trip to the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology. Credits will be deducted for regression if BI 458 or BI 474 are taken first.

Human physiology with research and clinical medicine applications. Nervous system, addiction medicine, endocrinology, immunology, cardiology, digestion, nutrition, reproduction, infertility, pediatrics, and ophthalmology. Lectures, discussions, primary literature research. Human anatomy and physiology background preferred.

A detailed introduction of the unique features of the biology of land plants, including ecology, physiology, developmental genetics, and evolutionary biology. Lectures, discussions.

Function of the nervous system from the single neuron to complex neural networks. Topics range from molecular and cellular neurobiological mechanisms to systems and behavioral analyses. Lectures, discussions.

Relationship of organisms to their environment in space and time. Factors controlling the distribution and abundance of organisms, introductions to community systems, and ecosystems. Lectures, asynchronous discussions.

Introductory lab course focusing on the scientific study of organisms’ interactions with abiotic and biotic components of the environment. General principles, contemporary applications, and methods used in studying ecological interactions. Required fieldwork. Laboratories, field trips.

Origin and maintenance of genetic variability. Historical and geographic patterns of variation. Application of population genetics to understanding evolutionary processes; modes of speciation. Lectures, discussions.

How and why animals behave, and how animal behavior is studied. Mechanisms of behavior, behavioral ecology, and sociobiology. Lectures, discussions.

Mechanisms used by protein toxins to kill other organisms and how they have been used as molecular scalpels to dissect pathways in cell and neurobiology. Lectures, discussions.

Advanced topics in genetics that relate to human development and disease. The human genome, sex determination, X chromosome inactivation, chromosomal abnormalities, trinucleotide repeat expansions, cancer. Lectures, discussions.

Structure and function of chromosomes with emphasis on unsolved genetic problems such as genomic imprinting, position effects, and gene silencing. Lectures, discussions.

Genetic regulation of cancer. Topics include oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes, signal transduction pathways, genetic animal models, and rationale treatment design. Lectures, discussions.

Genetic regulation of development, including investigations of molecular mechanisms and studies of developmental mutants. Topics include molecular biology of eukaryotic chromosomes, genetic mosaics, and models of gene regulation. Lectures, discussions.

This course will focus on developing basic tools and techniques from probability, statistics, and scientific computation that are useful in data analysis, applying these techniques to the analysis of neuroscience datasets.

Physiology, ecology, structure, and classification of fungi; emphasis on structural and physiological adaptations to saprophytic, parasitic, and symbiotic modes of existence. Lectures, laboratories.

Examines spectrum of interactions between bacteria and animals, from pathogenesis to symbiosis, focusing on the molecular and cellular bases of these interactions. Lectures, discussions.

Principles of plant classification with emphasis on flowering plants, introduction to taxonomic theory and methods of biosystematics, collection and identification procedures, recognition of common families in native flora. Lectures, laboratories, field trips.

Intensive study of the regional flora; ecology and native uses; sight recognition of prominent species; field characteristics of principal plant families; identification using dichotomous keys. Lectures, field trips. Offered summer session only.

Representative invertebrate groups with emphasis on marine forms; morphology, systematics, life history, and ecology. Lectures, laboratories, field trips. Offered at Oregon Institute of Marine Biology.

The biological and physical factors regulating abundance, distribution, production, and biodiversity within estuaries. Includes field trips to marshes, tidal flats and exploration of estuarine habitats. Offered at Oregon Institute of Marine Biology.

Principles of morphology, physiology, evolution, life history, and systematics as demonstrated through study of birds and mammals of the Oregon coast. Comparison of the fauna from the open sea to coastal waters. Lectures, laboratory, field trips. Offered at Oregon Institute of Marine Biology.

Examines patterns of biological productivity and controlling physical and chemical mechanisms in the various environments of the world's oceans. Lectures, laboratories, field trips. Offered at Oregon Institute of Marine Biology.

This course covers neurodevelopmental disorders with a focus on autism. You will learn about the symptoms, epidemiology, brain changes, genetics, molecular etiology, research strategies, intervention strategies and societal impacts of neurodevelopmental disorders.

Principles of organization of nervous systems with emphasis on vertebrate brain and spinal cord. Functional implications of synaptic organization and pattern of projections, and comparative aspects. Lectures, discussions.

Physiology of excitation, conduction, and synaptic transmission. Lectures, discussions.

Mechanisms underlying development of the nervous system. The genesis of nerve cells; differentiation of neurons; synaptogenesis and neuronal specificity; plasticity, regeneration, and degeneration of nervous tissue. Lectures, discussions.

Theoretical, experimental and applied aspects of growth, structure, and regulation of natural populations; population estimation; demographic analysis; life-history theory. Lectures, discussions.

Quantitative and conceptual approaches to the study of biological communities. Biodiversity measurement. Effect of climate and climate change on ecosystem structure and function. Lectures, discussions.

Factors that influence the distribution, abundance, and diversity of marine organisms. Field emphasis on local intertidal and shallow-water communities. Offered at Oregon Institute of Marine Biology.

General description of patterns of molecular variation within and between species, underlying mechanisms, and methods of analysis.

This course covers the non-statistical aspects of the data life cycle, including how to store, clean, visualize and communicate data. It is primarily a methods course and introduces students to the R programming language. Multilisted with ENVS 491M.

This course equips students with practical skills to collaboratively and reproducibly analyze, visualize, summarize, and test hypotheses using key data types related to the environment. Participants will engage with spatial data (raster and vector), temporal data (e.g., climate records), species occurrence data, and species-interaction datasets. Through hands-on exercises, students will develop coding expertise to handle these datasets effectively within reproducible workflows. Multilisted with DSCI 496M.

This course covers deterministic dynamical models in biology, i.e., models that describe the behavior of a biological system over time as a result of internal feedback loops and external forcings. The focus will be on differential equations, discrete-time models and related computational (programming) tools. Multilisted with MATH 497M.

This course covers stochastic dynamical models in biology, i.e., mathematical models that describe the behavior of non-deterministic biological systems as a result of internal feedback loops, external forcings and random processes. Topics include stochastic iterative maps, Markov chains, vector autoregression models, and time series analysis. Multilisted with MATH 499M.

This course introduces students to foundational principles in bioengineering. Topics include units, dimensional analysis, energy balances, conservation of mass, energy, and momentum, and introductory biomechanics.

This course introduces students to foundational principles in bioengineering. Topics include linear circuits, Fourier transforms, fluid pressure, the Bernoulli Equation, conservation principles in fluid control volumes, and laminar fluid flow.

This course introduces students to foundational principles in bioengineering. Students will learn basic concepts and experimental approaches across a variety of bioengineering topics and applications, including mass and energy balances, biomass conversion, fluid flow, spectrophotometry, and diffusion.

Illustrates how chemistry provides innovative materials, processes, and consumer products that support sustainable solutions related to energy utilization, global warming and pollution prevention.

Explores and applies principles and applications of introductory chemistry. Emphasis on an introduction to measurement, components of matter, quantitative relationships including introductory stoichiometry, and major classes of chemical reactions. This course is preparation for the General Chemistry series for students with little to no previous chemistry experience.

Explores and applies principles and applications of chemistry. Emphasis on measurement, components of matter, atomic and molecular structure, quantitative relationships including foundational stoichiometry, and major classes of chemical reactions. CH 221Z is a lecture course; CH 227Z is the laboratory component. Sequence with CH 222Z, CH 223Z.

Explores and applies principles presented in CH 221Z to the study of the solid, liquid, and gaseous states of matter. Principles of stoichiometry, thermochemistry, kinetics, and foundational equilibrium are explored and applied to the study of aqueous and gas-phase chemical reactions. CH 222Z is a lecture course; CH 228Z is the laboratory component. Sequence with CH 221Z, CH 223Z.

Builds upon the principles presented in CH 222Z, explores thermodynamics and chemical equilibrium, and applies them to the study of aqueous acid-base reactions, solubility, and electrochemistry. CH 223Z is a lecture course; CH 229Z is the laboratory component. Sequence with CH 221Z, CH 222Z.

First-year university chemistry for students with excellent backgrounds in high school chemistry, physics, and mathematics. Chemical structure, reactions, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, and an introduction to quantum chemistry. Students cannot receive credit for both CH 221Z and CH 224H. Sequence with CH 225H, CH 226H.

First-year university chemistry for students with excellent backgrounds in high school chemistry, physics, and mathematics. Chemical bonding, states of matter, solutions, kinetics, and nuclear chemistry. Students cannot receive credit for both CH 222Z and CH 225H. Sequence with CH 224H, CH 226H.

First-year university chemistry for students with excellent backgrounds in high school chemistry, physics, and mathematics. Chemical equilibrium, acid-base chemistry, thermodynamics, and electrochemistry. Students cannot receive credit for both CH 223Z and CH 226H. Sequence with CH 224H, CH 225H.

Experiments correspond to the topics covered in CH 221Z including the fundamentals of chemical measurements, quantitative relationships in chemical analysis, and understanding atomic and molecular structure. CH 227Z is the laboratory component; CH 221Z is the lecture course.

Experiments correspond to the topics covered in CH 222Z including the fundamentals of intermolecular interactions, stoichiometric relationships, chemical equilibria and their application to the synthesis, identification, and analysis of chemical compounds. CH 228Z is the laboratory component; CH 222Z is the lecture course.

Experiments correspond to the topics covered in CH 223Z including the principles of chemical equilibria and their application to chemical analysis using volumetric and electrochemical methods. CH 229Z is the laboratory component; CH 223Z is the lecture course. Students cannot receive credit for both CH 229Z and CH 329.

This course provides a comprehensive foundation in the skills required to successfully navigate the data-driven landscape of modern science. Students will develop skills needed for success in chemistry and related sciences. Topics include data and error analysis, library and database searching, scientific writing, computer skills, the use of AI tools, and scientific ethics.

This course will provide an overview of foundational concepts of organic chemistry. Organic chemistry of major biomolecules will be covered. This course is intended for students who plan on taking only one term of organic chemistry.

Research lab immersion focused on developing basic concepts and practices of formulating and answering research questions based on data collected. Focus on applying concepts learned in general chemistry lecture classes to understand, collect and analyze research data. Students cannot receive credit for both CH 329 and CH 229Z.

Structure, properties, and bonding of organic molecules.

Reactions and mechanisms of organic chemistry.

Organic chemistry of biomolecules with a focus on chemical aspects.

Principles and techniques of laboratory practice in organic chemistry. Students cannot receive credit for both CH 347 and CH 337.

Principles and techniques of laboratory practice in organic chemistry.

Structure, properties, and bonding of organic molecules. Provides a rigorous foundation appropriate for chemistry and biochemistry majors as they become chemical practitioners. Sequence with CH 342, CH 343.

Focuses on mechanisms and reactions of common organic functional groups. Sequence with CH 341, CH 343.

Incorporates topics from the recent chemistry literature. Sequence with CH 341, CH 342.

Organic chemistry laboratory techniques, theory and practice. Students cannot receive credit for both CH 347 and CH 337. Sequence with CH 348, CH 349.

Problem solving in the organic chemistry laboratory. Sequence with CH 337, CH 349.

Organic chemistry laboratory projects. Two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance techniques. Sequence with CH 337, CH 348.

For preprofessional health science students. Topics include protein structure and function, enzyme mechanisms, central metabolism and bioenergetics, integration and regulation of metabolism by hormone action. Students cannot receive credit for both CH 360 and CH 462.

Methods of physics applied to chemical problems, including inorganic, organic, and biochemistry. Introduction to chemical thermodynamics.

Methods of physics applied to chemical problems, including inorganic, organic, and biochemistry. Introduction to statistical mechanics and rate processes.

Methods of physics applied to chemical problems, including inorganic, organic, and biochemistry. Introduction to quantum chemistry.

Experiments in thermodynamics, modern electronic measurements, computer modeling, and data reduction.

Experiments in statistical mechanics, chemical kinetics, plasma chemistry, and mass spectrometry.

Experiments molecular spectroscopy, quantum chemistry, and laser-excited chemical and physical processes to illustrate theoretical principles.

Modern physical organic chemistry including chemical bonding, acid-base chemistry, thermochemistry, noncovalent interactions, and introduction to computational chemistry. Sequence with CH 421.

Modern physical organic chemistry including tools to study reaction mechanisms, kinetic analysis, isotope effects, and qualitative molecular orbital theory. Sequence with CH 420.

Use of instrumental methods for quantitative determinations of unknown chemical samples.

Introduction to group theory for molecular symmetry; syntheses, structures, reactions, and reaction mechanisms of coordination complexes and organometallic complexes.

Bioinorganic chemistry: metals in biological systems; coordination chemistry, reactions, spectroscopy, metalloclusters, and synthetic modeling.

Solid-state inorganic chemistry: solid-state structure and its determination; the electrical, magnetic, and mechanical properties of materials and their physical description.

This course explores the defining features of materials as distinguished from molecules and infinite solid lattices, with particular importance placed on surfaces, interfaces, and low dimensionality.

The principles of time-independent quantum mechanics and their application to model atomic and molecular systems.

Molecular structure theory, perturbation theory, time-dependent quantum mechanics, theory of spectra, selection rules.

Experimental spectra of atomic and molecular systems and surfaces.

Molecular basis of thermodynamics. Applications to the calculation of the properties of noninteracting and weakly interacting systems.

Introduction to modern computational methods used to understand the properties of molecules.

Principles of organic-inorganic reaction dynamics; kinetics and mechanisms, linear free-energy relationships, isotope effects, substitution reactions, dynamic behavior of reactive intermediates, electron transfer chemistry.

Principles and applications of stereochemistry; reagents and reactions, with mechanisms, used in contemporary organic synthesis; examples taken from the current literature.

Advanced topics in electrochemistry including fundamental concepts (thermodynamics, kinetics, transport) and applications (analytical techniques, electrolysis, batteries).

Structure and function of macromolecules.

Metabolism and metabolic control processes. Energy and sensory transduction mechanisms.

Mechanisms and regulation of nucleic acid and protein biosynthesis. Other current topics in biochemical genetics.

Introduction to the diverse field of RNA biochemistry.

Physical chemical properties of biological macromolecules; forces and interactions to establish and maintain macromolecular conformations; physical bases of spectroscopic, hydrodynamic, and rapid-reaction investigative techniques.

Protein and nucleic acid structures and energetics. Structure determination by x-ray crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance. Computational methods for structural analysis.

Methods of modern molecular biology and protein purification.

This course surveys scientific discovery at the interface between cell biology and biochemistry. Emphasis will be placed on understanding how scientists visualize, quantify, and interpret how biochemical reactions are orchestrated in complex biological systems. Relationships between protein structure, function, and emergent properties will be defined.

This course introduces students to software development with AI by using AI tools to support learning, understanding, and applying programming concepts.

This course introduces students to contemporary software engineering practices shaped by AI-assisted development.

Examines reliability, evaluation, security, and ethical considerations in AI-enabled software systems.

This course introduces fundamental concepts, terminologies, principles, methods, and scenarios of computer and information security.

Students in any major will learn how modern artificial intelligence (AI) systems works and how they can be employed responsibly and effectively. No programming or advanced mathematics is required.

CS 110 is an introduction to computing with AI. The course teaches fundamentals about the landscape of computing and how to leverage this landscape to solve problems by using AI-based coding. Students develop computational thinking skills—approaches to problem-solving that draw on concepts fundamental to computing. The course is designed for students from all majors and backgrounds, and will foster skills to apply computational thinking in their own fields of study.

Project-based approach to learning computer programming by building interactive web pages using JavaScript and HTML. Programming concepts including structured and object-oriented program design. CS 110 recommended preparation.

Computational problem solving, algorithm design, data structures, and programming using a multi-paradigm programming language. Introduces techniques for program design, testing, and debugging.

Basic concepts and practices of computer science. Topics include algorithmic problem solving, levels of abstraction, object-oriented design and programming, software organization, analysis of algorithm and data structures. Sequence with CS 211, CS 212.

Basic concepts and practices of computer science. Topics include algorithmic problem solving, levels of abstraction, object-oriented design and programming, software organization, analysis of algorithm and data structures. Sequence with CS 210, CS 212.

Basic concepts and practices of computer science. Topics include algorithmic problem solving, levels of abstraction, object-oriented design and programming, software organization, analysis of algorithm and data structures. Sequence with CS 210, CS 211.

Design and analysis of data structures as means of engineering efficient software; attention to data abstraction and encapsulation. Lists, trees, heaps, stacks, queues, dictionaries, priority queues.

Introduction to computer organization and instruction-set architecture -- digital logic design, binary arithmetic, design of central processing unit and memory, machine-level programming.

Algorithm design, worst-case and average-behavior analysis, correctness, computational complexity.

A project-intensive introduction to software engineering intended to build skills, knowledge, and habits of mind that prepare students for 400-level computer science courses, internships, and other software.

Practical software design and programming activities in a C/C++ and Unix environment, with emphasis on the details of C/C++ and good programming style and practices.

This lab course is designed to help students develop hands-on skills in system and security administration, based on the following relevant Cyber Defense knowledge units defined by the National Security Agency (NSA) National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C): Operating System Administration (OSA), which provides students with skill to perform basic operations involved in system administration of operating systems; and Operating Systems Hardening (OSH), which provides students with the ability to apply methods such as managing applications, services, and network ports to improve the security and robustness of operating systems.

This course provides a systematic study of cryptography and its application. It covers cryptographic algorithms, including symmetric-key cryptography, public-key cryptography, cryptanalysis, cryptographic hash functions, and their usage toward message authentication codes, digital signatures, key management and distribution, and user authentication protocols.

Introduction to Machine Learning, with an emphasis on topics relevant for data science. Multilisted with DSCI 372M.

Complex structures, storage management, sorting and searching, hashing, storage of texts, and information compression.

Principles of operating system design. Process and memory management, concurrency, scheduling, input-output and file systems, security.

Provides a mathematical basis for computability and complexity. Models of computation, formal languages, Turing machines, solvability. Nondeterminism and complexity classes.

Technical and nontechnical aspects of software development, including specification, planning, design, development, management and maintenance of software projects. Student teams complete projects.

Application of concepts and methodologies covered in CS 422. Student teams complete a large system design and programming project. Final system specification, test plan, user documentation, and system walk throughs.

Syntax and semantics. Scope rules, environments, stores, denoted and expressed values, procedures, and parameters. Definitional interpreters. Types, overloading, parametric polymorphism, and inheritance. Varieties of abstraction.

RISC (reduced instruction-set computer) and CISC (complex instruction-set computer) design, storage hierarchies, high-performance processor design, pipelining, vector processing, networks, performance analysis.

Parallel architecture, theory, algorithms, and programming with emphasis on parallel programming, focusing on models, languages, libraries, and runtime systems.

Principles of computer network design. Link technologies, packet switching, routing, inter-networking, reliability. Internet protocols. Programming assignments focus on protocol design.

Security for various aspects of computers and networks. Elementary cryptography, program security, trusted operating systems, network security, privacy, and legal and ethical issues.

This course covers security threats and solutions for distributed systems and networks, particularly the Internet, the Internet of Things, and distributed systems based on them.

This course establishes a foundation for applying security principles to the lifecycle of software development in order to minimize software vulnerabilities and counter cyber threats.

Introduction to the hardware, geometrical transforms, interaction techniques, and shape representation schemes that are important in interactive computer graphics. Programming assignments using contemporary graphics hardware and software systems.

Introduction to user interface software engineering. Emphasis on theory of interface design, understanding the behavior of the user, and implementing programs on advanced systems.

Theoretical foundations and practical problems for the modeling and computer simulation of discrete and continuous systems. Simulation languages, empirical validation, applications in computer science.

Fundamental concepts of DBMS. Data modeling, relational models and normal forms. File organization and index structures. SQL, embedded SQL, and concurrency control. Students cannot receive credit for both CS 451 and DSCI 431.

Databases, machine learning, artificial intelligence, statistics, and data visualization. Examines data warehouses, data preprocessing, association and classification rule mining, and cluster analysis. Students cannot receive credit for both CS 453 and DSCI 435.

Lexical analysis, parsing, attribution, code generation.

Basic themes, issues, and techniques of artificial intelligence, including agent architecture, knowledge representation and reasoning, problem solving and planning, game playing, and learning.

A broad introduction to machine learning and its established algorithms. Topics include concept learning, decision trees, neural network.

Fundamental techniques for representing problems as probability distributions, performing inference, and learning from data. Topics include Bayesian and Markov networks, variable elimination, loopy belief propagation, and parameter.

Introduction to theory topics related to game programming, including linear algebra, 3D graphics, lighting, audio, physics, and artificial intelligence. This course provides an opportunity to build games using a commercial game engine, reinforced by best practices in terms of implementation and project management.

This course utilizes a quantitative approach to explore fundamental concepts in data science. Students will develop key skills in programming and statistical inference as they interact with real-world data sets across a variety of domains. Ethical and privacy concerns are explored. Sequence with DSCI 102.

This course expands upon critical concepts and skills introduced in DSCI 101. Topics include the normal distribution, confidence intervals, regression, classification, and data and statistical ethics. Sequence with DSCI 101.

Intermediate and advanced techniques in data science. Topics include managing data using software programs, data cleaning, handling text, dimensionality, principle component analysis, regression, classification and inference.

Introduction to probability and statistics, with an emphasis upon topics relevant for data science. Students cannot get credit for both MATH 343 and DSCI/ MATH 345M. Multilisted with MATH 345M.

This course provides students with theoretical and practical experience in collecting, processing, archiving, and publishing humanities data (images, video, sound, text, maps, etc.) gathered from galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAMs). Multilisted with LIB 350M.

Introduction to Machine Learning, with an emphasis on topics relevant for data science. Multilisted with CS 372M.

Data management using structured and unstructured databases. Students learn to interface with common database systems. Working with structured databases, students learn the fundamentals of relational data and query languages. Students also learn to work with unstructured databases. Students cannot receive credit for both DSCI 431 and CS 451.

Effective data summarization and description. This course will teach students how to efficiently develop intuition for a dataset. Best practices in data manipulation, including key concepts in data cleaning and tidying will be covered. Students will learn how to summarize data with summary statistics and ordination techniques, as well as visualize data using a range of transformations and plotting approaches. Students cannot receive credit for both DSCI 435 and CS 453.

This course equips students with practical skills to collaboratively and reproducibly analyze, visualize, summarize, and test hypotheses using key data types related to the environment. Participants will engage with spatial data (raster and vector), temporal data (e.g., climate records), species occurrence data, and species-interaction datasets. Through hands-on exercises, students will develop coding expertise to handle these datasets effectively within reproducible workflows. Multilisted with BI 496M.

Examines contemporary public policy using economic principles. Topics may include balanced budgets and tax reform, unemployment, health care, poverty and income redistribution, environmental policy, and international trade policy.

Examines how consumers and firms make choices when facing scarce resources, and how those choices are related to government policy and market outcomes, such as prices and output.

Examines the aggregate activity of a market economy, economic growth, inflation, unemployment, and the use of fiscal and monetary policy to address macroeconomic problems.

Consumer and firm behavior, market structures. General equilibrium theory, welfare economics, collective choice, rules for evaluating economic policy. Students cannot receive credit for both EC 311 and FIN 311.

Determination of aggregate income, employment, and unemployment; evaluation of macroeconomic policies.

Application of classical statistical techniques of estimation, hypothesis testing, and regression to economic models. Includes laboratory section.

Introductory course in game theory. Develops game-theoretic methods of rational decision making and equilibriums, using many in-class active games.

This is an introductory course on behavioral economics, which brings together economics and psychology to understand human decision making in a wide range of real life applications.

Topics may include urban and metropolitan growth, land use, race and poverty, education systems, slums and urban renewal, transportation, crime, and pollution and environmental quality.

Economic analysis of replenishable and nonreplenishable natural resources; environmental issues and policies.

Topics may include the changing structure of employment, the minimum wage, the dual labor market hypothesis, collective bargaining, discrimination, and health and safety regulation.

Operations of commercial banks, the Federal Reserve System, and the Treasury that affect the United States monetary system.

Exchange across international boundaries, theory of comparative advantage, balance of payments and adjustments, international financial movements, exchange rates and international financial institutions, trade restrictions and policy.

Topics may include the role of central planning, capital formation, population growth, agriculture, health and education, interaction between economic and cultural change, and the "North-South debate."

Advanced theory of consumer and firm behavior, market structures.

Advanced theoretical foundations of economic policy design and analysis.

Advanced theory about the determination of aggregate income, employment, unemployment; evaluation of macroeconomic policies.

Analysis of departures from classical regression assumptions, corrections, and other related topics. Includes laboratory section.

Basic techniques of economic forecasting that are typically used in a business environment.

Introductory topics in probability theory and statistical inference; regression problems of autocorrelation, heteroskedasticity, multicollinearity, and lagged dependent variables; special single-equation estimating techniques; the identification problem in a simultaneous equation setting; development of simultaneous equation estimating procedures.

Introductory topics in probability theory and statistical inference; regression problems of autocorrelation, heteroskedasticity, multicollinearity, and lagged dependent variables; special single-equation estimating techniques; the identification problem in a simultaneous equation setting; development of simultaneous equation estimating procedures.

Introductory topics in probability theory and statistical inference; regression problems of autocorrelation, heteroskedasticity, multicollinearity, and lagged dependent variables; special single-equation estimating techniques; the identification problem in a simultaneous equation setting; development of simultaneous equation estimating procedures.

Game-theoretic methods of decision-making. Topics may include extensive-form games, noncredible threats, subgame perfect equilibrium, strategic-form games, undominated strategies, Nash equilibrium, coalitional games, and the core.

Investigates the "rational choice" model and behavioral alternatives, using laboratory experiments. Topics may include altruism, auctions, bargaining, behavioral finance, hyperbolic discounting, and decision-making under uncertainty.

Location theory; urbanization and metropolitan growth; regional analysis; intraurban rent, location and land use, size distribution of urban areas; welfare economics, political economy, and urban problems.

Introduction to the field that includes theoretical environmental policy, issues in environmental regulation, and empirical techniques used by practitioners.

Applications of economic theory and empirical methods to natural resources problems: ecosystems and renewable resources (land, water, fisheries, forests); exhaustible resources (energy, minerals).

Theory of public goods and their optimal provision. Collective choice versus private choice and implications for resource allocation and efficiency.

Includes moral hazard and adverse selection; incentives faced by health care providers through reimbursement, managed care, and malpractice; rationale for government intervention in the health care sector.

Covers the economic problems that arise when the government is a self-interested actor in the economy. We study political agency, voting, the economic origins of political institutions and the size and number of nations.

This course provides an introduction to modern computational economics. Computational economics allows us to tackle problems that would be impossible or too time-consuming to solve by hand.

Supply and demand for labor, wage determination under various market structures, minimum wage and worker exploitation, human capital investments, labor market signaling and sorting, discrimination, uncertainty, and job matching.

Theories, quantitative measures, and institutional descriptions of the structure, conduct, and results that characterize American industry. Emphasis is on the determinants and consequences of market power.

Money creation, deficit finance, and taxation in monetary economies. Topics may include the government budget constraint, causes and consequences of inflation, Richardian equivalence, and seigniorage.

Foreign exchange markets, interaction between spot and forward markets, speculation and interest arbitrage, balance-of-payments accounting, measures of deficits and surpluses, "open-economy" macroeconomic issues.

Theories of international trade, direction of trade flows, determination of prices and volumes in international trade, tariffs, quotas, customs unions, free versus restricted trade.

Applications of economic theories and empirical methods to globalization issues: market integration of goods and factors, international labor and environmental standards, economic growth and income inequality, financial stability, global governance.

Economist's perspective of multinational corporations. Explores the policies governments use to influence corporate behavior and patterns of investment; taxation as a tool for implementing public policy.

Experience of developed countries and theories of development. Analysis of specific development programs, role of agriculture, sources of investment, techniques and strategies of investment planning.

Aims to improve students' ability to become more attentive and thoughtful readers by emphasizing the cognitive benefits of reading literature and by introducing them to books that reward careful reading -- and have the possibility to be life changing.

The study of fiction invites us to enter imaginative narratives and confront the challenges of being human. English 104Z provides opportunities for the appreciation of fiction, including deeper awareness of craft and insight into how reading fiction can lead to self-enrichment. Students read a variety of types of fiction, from diverse perspectives and eras, and develop their skills in discussion, literary analysis, and critical thinking.

The study of plays exposes us to texts with the power to shock, inspire, enlighten, and delight; this course in drama can be an empowering and transformative journey toward keener engagement with the world, local community, and your intended path. English 105Z provides opportunities for the appreciation of drama, including deeper awareness of craft and insight into how reading plays can lead to self-enrichment. Students read a variety of types of drama, from diverse perspectives and eras, and develop their skills in discussion, literary analysis, and critical thinking.

The study of poetry invites us to delve into the biggest questions about life and culture alongside the seemingly smallest issues of words and sounds. English 106Z provides opportunities for the appreciation of poetry, including deeper awareness of craft and insight into how reading poetry can lead to self-enrichment. Students read a variety of types of poetry and poetic forms, from diverse perspectives and eras, and develop their skills in discussion, literary analysis, and critical thinking.

Reading and analysis of selected works in a global survey of ancient literatures, 2500 BCE–1500 CE.

Reading and analysis of selected works in a global survey of literature from the Early Modern period to the Industrial Revolution, 1500 CE–1789 CE.

Introduction to film and media studies and various methods of critical analysis. Multilisted with CINE 110M.

Focuses on young adult (YA) literature. The course examines how authors develop common themes or use particular genres to depict the lives of younger characters.

Analyzes classic and contemporary science fiction and/or fantasy literature and media and considers the origins and nature of the genres and their conventions.

Study and practice of public speaking as grounded in the five rhetorical canons of invention, arrangement, style, delivery, and memory.

The major plays in chronological order with emphasis on the early and middle plays through "Hamlet."

The major plays in chronological order with emphasis on the later plays beginning with "Twelfth Night."

Study of basic sentence mechanics, grammatical terminology, and the conventions of punctuation. Includes some historical background on the development of English grammar. Students cannot receive credit for both ENG 209 and LING 494.

Introduction to the literature of the Middle Ages set against the backdrop of medieval culture.

Introduction to literature that examines the human place in the natural world. Consideration of how writers understand environmental crises and scientific ideas of their generation.

Introduces students to central concepts and essential texts in disability studies and applies them to literary and cultural texts, with a focus on racial diversity and learning directly from writers and scholars who experience a wide spectrum of bodymind variabilities.

African American literature and culture in relevant intellectual, social, and historical contexts.

Asian American literature and culture in relevant intellectual, social, and historical contexts.

Chicano and Latino literature and culture in relevant intellectual, social, and historical contexts.

Native American literature and culture in relevant intellectual, social, and historical contexts.

This course will focus on the intersection of digital culture and literary studies. Students will learn how to use digital tools to study literature. Simultnaeously, they will use literary analysis approaches to study contemporary digital culture.

Introduction to the art of comics and the methodologies of comics studies.

Chronological study of literary and media works in English, beginnings to the present, emphasizing analytic reading and writing skills. Offered in fall terms.

Chronological study of literary and media works in English, from beginnings to the present, emphasizing their cultural and historical contexts. Offered every other winter term, alternating with ENG 305.

Chronological study of literary and media works in English, beginnings to the present, emphasizing analytic reading and writing skills. Offered every other winter term, alternating with ENG 304.

Various techniques and approaches to literary criticism (e.g., historical, feminist, formalist, deconstructionist, Freudian, Marxist, semiotic) and their applications.

Books for young readers, their social implications and historical context, from the 19th century to the present.

Covers the early development of the English novel from the 18th to the early 19th century.

Rise of the novel from Scott to Hardy.

The novel in British Literature from Conrad to the present.

Survey of significant Pacific Northwest literature as set against the principles of literary regionalism.

In-depth study of the habits of research, reasoning, selection, and presentation necessary for ethical and effective oral advocacy on contested topics. Not open to freshmen.

Analysis and use of patterns of reasoning derived from the disciplines of rhetoric, informal logic, cognitive science, and the theory of argumentation.

Forms and varieties of fiction, poetry, and drama by Jewish writers from the 19th century to the present.

Examines the origins and development of African American literature and culture in relevant intellectual, social, and historical contexts.

Examines the origins and development of Native American literature and culture in relevant intellectual, social, and historical contexts. Course will be taught once or more per academic year.

Examines the origins and development of Chicano and Latino literature and culture in relevant intellectual, social, and historical contexts.

Examination of non-U.S. and non-British authors writing in English in relation to the historical, cultural, and intellectual contexts of their native countries.

Study of the history of institutions and industries that shape production and reception of film and media.

Study of film and media as aesthetic objects that engage with communities identified by class, gender, race, ethnicity, and sexuality. Multilisted with CINE 381M.

Survey of 20th- and 21st- century graphic novels in the context of cultural theory. Sophomore standing required.

Examines questions and representations of bodily identity in comics through the lenses of disability studies and gender theory.

Development of the American novel from its beginnings to 1900.

Development of the American novel from 1900 to present.

Modern literature from American, British, and European cultures, 1890 to 1945. Significant works of poetry, fiction, drama, and nonfiction in relation to intellectual and historical developments.

Modern literature from American, British, and European cultures, 1945 to present. Significant works of poetry, fiction, drama, and nonfiction in relation to intellectual and historical developments.

Developments in critical thinking after the New Criticism.

Analysis of English grammar and style in literary and academic contexts.

A reading of Anglo-Saxon literature and culture as the intersection of Germanic, Celtic, and Christian traditions. Readings include Irish epic, Welsh romance, Norse mythology, and Icelandic saga.

Study of selected romances in the context of European intellectual and social history. May include elementary linguistic introduction to Middle English.

Close textual study of selected Canterbury Tales in Middle English; instruction in the grammar and pronunciation of Chaucer's language.

Introduction to Old English language. Sequence with ENG 429, ENG 430.

Detailed study of selected plays, poetry, or both.

Johnson and his circle; classic to romantic; relations between England and the Enlightenment in France.

Romantic thought and expression. The second generation including Byron, Keats, Mary and Percy Shelley. Junior standing required.

Readings in American poetry, nonfiction prose, drama, and fiction.

20th-century British and American poetry with emphasis on the modernist period, 1910–45. Representative authors include Yeats, Stein, Pound, Eliot, H. D., Williams, and Stevens.

Examination of the path of the American comic book superhero and an exploration of the ways in which that journey reflects large processes of social change.

Investigation of historical and contemporary theories of ethical rhetoric in both written and oral arguments.

History of rhetoric as related to the theory and practice of writing, relations between rhetoric and poetics, and rhetorical criticism through the 19th century.

Theoretical topics addressed by 20th-century rhetorical critics. Varieties of rhetorical interpretation, from neo-Aristotelian to reader-response, postmodernist views of metaphor.

Application of advanced study in argumentation theory, particularly procedural standards of rationality developed in recent argumentation studies, to selected public policy controversies.

Contributions of the social sciences to analysis of environmental problems. Topics include human population, the relationship between social institutions and environmental problems, and appropriate political, policy, and economic processes.

Contributions of the natural sciences to analysis of environmental problems. Topics include biological processes, ecological principles, chemical cycling, ecosystem characteristics, and natural system vulnerability and recovery.

Contributions of the humanities and arts to understandings of the environment. Emphasis on diverse ways of thinking, writing, creating, and engaging in environmental discourse.

An exploration of the field of "food studies" and examination of the role of food in historical and contemporary life in the US and around the world.

Considerations for the design of environmental and natural resources policies and regulations: balancing society's preferences and the costs of environmental protection and resource conservation.

Key concepts and various moral views surveyed; includes anthropocentrism, individualism, ecocentrism, deep ecology, and ecofeminism. Exploration includes case studies and theory.

Learning theories, environmental literacy, and the planning, implementation, and evaluation of environmental education programs. Development of teaching materials in collaboration with a community partner for group project.

Theory, design, and practice of monitoring sampling mapping, field techniques, data collection, management, analysis and presentation methods, local case studies.

This environmental humanities course examines the various ways that nature is represented in U.S. popular culture. What can advertisements, films, television, and video games teach us about the ways we imagine nature, the environment, and environmentalism?

Environmental justice and its impact on current decisions. Focus on civil rights law, perception of risk, and relation of sustainability and equity.

Examines how social relations and economic, social, and cultural control of natural resources shape human interactions with the environment. Theory and case studies.

Examines the evolution of the concept of sustainability and its complex and sometimes problematic uses among scholars, policymakers, environmentalists, and businesses.

Water, Public Health, and the Environment examines the provision of water and sanitation services around the world with a particular focus on its impacts for public health and the environment in low- and middle-income communities.

Examines management, law, and policies related to wetlands in an ecological framework; includes wetland type definitions, classification, distribution, formation and development, and restoration.

Examines sustainability issues in agricultural production and current food systems. Focuses on environmental aspects of seed, water, soil, energy, and pest management.

Chemical and physical characteristics and classification of soils, field soil identification, soil degradation.

This course covers the non-statistical aspects of the data life cycle, including how to store, clean, visualize and communicate data. It is primarily a methods course and introduces students to the R programming language. Multilisted with BI 491M.

Conceptual and quantitative investigations of passive solar heating design and performance, including precedents, solar resource evaluation, glazing selection and orientation, thermal mass materials and positioning, movable insulation, and control scheduling, supported by solar site surveys and modeling in EnergyPlus. Multilisted with ARCH 494M.

Plate tectonics, mantle flow, and magmatism. Volcanoes, earthquakes, mountain building, generation of Earth's crust; rocks and minerals; Earth's internal structure. Comparison with other planets. Laboratory, lecture.

Landforms, surface processes, and interactions between humans and the environment. Weathering, erosion, sedimentation, ground water, streams, glaciers, deserts, oceans, and coastlines; geologic hazards. Laboratory, lecture. Roering.

History of the Earth. Geologic time, sedimentary environments; oceans, mountains, and climate through time; stratigraphic history of North America; evolution of plants and animals; interactions between humans, science, and the environment.

Survey of the geological processes that create mountain ranges around the world, and the glaciers that both adorn and erode them; an introduction to these select topics in geological science.

Processes that cause earthquakes, volcanism, mountain building, and plate tectonics. Includes Earth's origin and internal structure, rocks and minerals, gravity and magnetics. Weekly lectures, two-hour laboratory.

Earth materials, the rock record, human interactions with surface environment. Sedimentary rocks and environments, chemical and physical weathering, hydrogeology, ground-water contamination, surface processes, human impacts. Weekly lectures, two-hour laboratory.

Origin, history, and physical evolution of the Earth; geologic time scales, development of the global stratigraphic section. Weekly lectures, two-hour laboratory.

ERTH 210 uses disaster movies to learn about geologic processes and natural hazards, followed by application of that geologic knowledge to evaluate the accuracy of the movie depiction. Topics include: volcanoes, earthquakes, climate change, tornadoes, and asteroid impacts.

Examines selected geologic features in United States national parks/monuments and the processes that form them within a historical approach to the development of the North American continent. Focuses on parks and monuments throughout the conterminous 48 states.

This course will cover the history of life on Earth through time as found in the fossil record, as well as how scientists go about studying the fossil record. The curriculum also includes the processes of speciation and the disciplines of functional morphology and paleoecology.

This course covers the evolution, occurrence, and variety of animals classified within the Dinosauria and the changing climate and vegetation during their time. Students will discuss dinosaur video depiction in popular culture and will assess the accuracy of those representations.

Mechanisms that cause earthquakes and volcanoes, relation to plate tectonics, associated hazards, examples in Oregon and the western United States.

Characteristics and physical, chemical, and biological processes of the world's oceans. Includes sections on origin of the oceans, plate tectonics, and human use and misuse of oceans. Students cannot receive credit for both BI 150 and ERTH 307.

The region's geologic and tectonic history and the plate tectonic processes responsible for its evolution.

Geology of energy, mineral, and water resources and environmental issues related to their use. Topics include fossil fuels, metals, nuclear waste disposal, and water pollution.

Chemical and mineralogical composition of rocks, sediment, and soil. Properties of common minerals; origin of rocks; microscopic study of rock textures; environmental issues.

Physics of basic Earth processes; application of physics to plate tectonics and lithospheric deformation. Topics include forces, deformation, gravity, and seismology. Taught once or more per academic year.

Examines the role of water in geologic and environmental processes. Topics include the water cycle, groundwater flow, and contaminant transport.

Introduction to geologic mapping and related field skills, rock descriptions, cross sections, and structures. Lectures, laboratories, mandatory field trips.

Introduction to Oregon geology in the field with emphasis on processes and materials that shape the Earth’s surface. Students use field data and maps to investigate volcanic activity, erosion, landslides, tectonic faults, and/or geologic hazards.

Crystal chemistry, systematic study of rock-forming silicate, and selected other minerals, mineral optics, and x-ray diffraction. Lab work with hand samples and petrographic microscopes.

Origin and classification of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks. Microscopic study of rocks in thin section.

Sedimentary processes; characteristic properties of sedimentary rocks and their use in interpreting depositional environments; principles of lithostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy.

Description, analysis, and origin of geologic structures including faults, folds, and tectonites. Focus on kinematic and dynamic analysis of deformation of earth materials.

Exercises in solving structural geology problems using orthographic and stereographic projection techniques. Problems emphasize calculating stress and strain from structural markers.

Collection and interpretation of field and map data for structural analysis. Includes field trips, map and cross-section generation, and some computer-based exercises.

A hands-on study of natural hazards, their physical processes and geography, and their impact on societies worldwide including recent occurrences of natural disasters. This course is accessible and to individuals interested in Geosciences, Geography, and Environmental Science.

Introduction to computational tools vital to the work of Earth scientists, including data management and analysis, algorithms, basic programming, computational environments, and visualization.

Tools-based instruction in data analysis for earth and environmental scientists. Topics include descriptive statistics, visualization, uncertainty analysis, hypothesis testing, regression, time series, and directional data.

Scientific writing and presentations for the geological sciences. Focus on writing scientific papers and proposals, preparing oral and visual presentations.

Course explores the interaction of the solar wind with the Earth's magnetosphere using fundamental plasma physics supported and motivated by spacecraft observations. Students will gain an understanding of the physics governing the interaction building from single particle plasma motion to specific observation supported examples.

Evolution of vertebrates, including ourselves, based on fossil evidence. Physical and other evolutionary constraints are addressed, and lab exercises provide practical experience.

Ecological methods for the study of fossil organisms, both terrestrial and marine. Covers a range of methods from those that reconstruct the ecology of individual species to those that deal with whole communities and ecosystems. Laboratory offers practical and analytical experience in the methods.

Hillslope processes and landforms; includes hillslope hydrology, overland flow erosion, weathering and soil formation, soil creep, landslides and related hazards, glacial and periglacial processes, effects of land-use practices and fire, and landscape evolution.

Study of the origin, motion, and physical and chemical properties of ground water. Emphasizes quantitative analysis of flow and interaction with geologic materials.

Introduction to the continuum theory of fluid dynamics, focusing on the Navier-Stokes equations of motion including common simplified limits and extensions. Applications are drawn from Earth and Planetary Science, Biology, and Physics.

Introduction to continuum mechanics. Includes stress and strain, friction, elasticity, viscous fluids, constitutive laws, equations of motion, and deformation of the Earth.

A theoretical and hands-on introduction to signal processing techniques that are widely used in geophysical, geological, and related fields.

Introduction to observational, theoretical, and computational seismology. Includes review of earth structure, source representation, ray theory, and seismic wave phenomena.

Introduction to geologic application of classical chemical thermodynamics. Gibbs free energy and its temperature, pressure, and composition derivatives; fugacity, activity, and chemical potential. Solutions, ideal and nonideal.

Introduction to nuclear physics and isotope systematics; techniques of isotope analysis; applications of stable and radioactive isotopes in geochronology and as tracers of geological processes.

Understanding the flow and cycling of chemicals in soils is vital for addressing many pressing societal issues, including mitigating climate change, growing abundant and safe food, and protecting water quality. This class will describe fundamental soil chemical principles and consider their broader applications.

Products and processes of volcanism, transport of magma in the conduit and into the atmosphere, eruptive mechanisms, volcanic hazards.

Basics of buying, selling, and leasing real estate. Overview of real estate law, commercial and residential brokerage, real estate financing, and real estate administration.

Overview of lifetime personal financial strategies. Topics include financial goals and building net worth, major purchasing decisions, credit use, tax planning, retirement, and estate planning.

Investments and the stock market, securities and approaches to security selection, portfolio composition and structure.

Analysis of market competition and its relation to product cost and pricing decisions by the firm. Students may receive credit for only one of EC 311, FIN 311, or FIN 311H.

Analyzes the competitive structure of markets and industries. Focuses on the relationships among cost, pricing strategy and economic profit in competitive environments. Students may receive credit for only one of EC 311, FIN 311, or FIN 311H.

Corporate financial planning, selection among alternative investment opportunities, analysis of risk, funds acquisition, and long-term financing. Students cannot receive credit for both FIN 316 and FIN 316H.

Covers the fundamental tools and concepts of finance, including the evaluation of investment opportunities and the relation between risk and return Students cannot receive credit for both FIN 316 and FIN 316H.

Financial markets and security investment decisions, analysis of risk and return, portfolio policies for individual and institutional investors, financial instruments.

This course covers the concepts, principles, and techniques used in the field of real estate finance. We will go over mortgages in depth, and students will learn how to use financial math to do various calculations involving mortgages. In addition, we will go through the entire mortgage life cycle from origination to termination, with a focus on topics including mortgage choice, prepayment, default, and the secondary market.

Valuation of financial derivatives, methodologies for identifying firms' risk exposures, the role of risk management and financial derivatives in corporate strategy, and analysis of financial institutions.

Analysis of currency exchange rates, balance of payments; management of foreign exchange risk; risk and return in international investment.

Operation and pricing policies of a commercial bank, concentrating on management of institutions that take deposits and make loans and investments through the use of computer-simulated banking operations.

Topics include working capital management, advanced capital budgeting, dividend policy, financing policy, business valuation, and corporate acquisitions.

The earth's physical landscapes, vegetation patterns, weather, and climate; emphasis on the dynamic interactions among climate, landforms, vegetation, and soils.

The spatial organization of humans and their activities on Earth’s surface. Cultural, political, and economic influences shaping places and their interconnections.

Explores the emergence and use of the geospatial technologies that are shaping contemporary society and are pervasive in our everyday lives.

Introduction to the world's cultural regions. Study of the cultural and environmental factors that make different parts of the world distinct.

Physical and cultural processes that have shaped the rural and urban landscapes of Europe.

Physical and cultural processes that have shaped the rural and urban landscapes of the Middle East and North Africa.

Introduces cultural geography by tracing the emergence and contemporary significance of outdoor adventure sports. Their global development since the late 1800s coincides with changing ideas about nature, wilderness, and the utility of play, and reflects modern social disparities and environmental challenges.

Explores technical foundations and social and economic applications of big data along the “5V” dimensions of volume, variety, velocity, veracity, and visualization.

Energy and moisture in the atmosphere, atmospheric circulation, controls of regional and microclimates, applied climatology, climatic variations, past and future climates.

Landforming processes with emphasis on mass movements, rivers, eolian, glacial, and coastal processes. Special fee.

The spatial patterns of biological diversity, and its causes, both in the present and in the past, and its relevance during a time of increasing human impact and climate change.

Patterns of population growth over history and place, current policies and programs, and impacts and trends in United States and international contexts. Includes method and theory.

Historical and geographical dimensions of globalization; emphasizes economic and social factors. Topics include multinationals, trade agreements, sustainability, global inequalities, and racial and gender divisions of labor.

Examines ways in which geographical context reflects and shapes cultural and social processes. Importance of place and territory in human affairs.

Physical and biological processes of watersheds; problems of land use, water quality, riparian zones, aquatic ecology; scientific basis of watershed management and policy. Special fee.

Natural and human-induced changes in the Earth System and their impact on different environmental systems. Not available to those who have taken GEOG 143.

Understanding scientific inquiry, the scientific method and learning to critique social science research. Readings and discussion focus on the questions, methods, conclusions and outcomes of research.

Introduction to concepts of cartography through representing, organizing, analyzing, and visually presenting geospatial information and data on maps. In this course we will explore different types of map design, how to represent different data types on maps, and how data impacts visual display. Sequence with GEOG 481, GEOG 492, GEOG 493.

Emphasis on surface water including precipitation, evapotranspiration, surface runoff, and stream flow. Understanding and analysis of processes. Management for water supply and quality. Special fee.

Hydraulics and hydrology of stream channels; channel morphology and processes; drainage network development; fluvial deposits and landforms; field and analytical methods. Required field trips. Special fee.

Evolution of the physical landscape during the Quaternary period. Elements of paleoclimatology, paleoecology, and geomorphology. Required field trips. Special fee.

Wildfire and other landscape disturbance processes, historical and current patterns of fire, use and management of fire.

Spatial perspectives on global political patterns and processes. Relationship of political territories to resources, ethnic patterns, and ideological communities. Impact of political arrangements on identity, conflict, and peace.

Urbanization throughout the world, the structure of urban settlements; cities as regional centers, physical places, and homes for people; geographic problems in major urban environments.

Patterns of culture as a force in human affairs. Dynamics of identity, place, and power. The creation of culture at different scales.

Relationship of ethnic groups and nationality to landscapes, perception, and cultural geographic phenomena. Distribution of ethnic and national groups. Junior standing required.

Tourism-related concepts and practices associated with tourism planning, development, marketing, and impacts in different geographic contexts.

Critical analysis of development concepts. Economic activity and environmental impacts. Sustainable development. Development projects and landscapes in the industrializing world.

Explores contemporary food systems at local, national, and global scales. Emphasis on the political economy and sociocultural dynamics linking agriculture, food industries, and consumption.

Introduction to geographic information science, geographic information systems (GIS), the current population survey (CPS), remote sensing, and cartography. Sequence with GEOG 482, GEOG 491.

Spatial data collection, spatial data models, database design, data editing, geographic information system (GIS) project management, and advanced topics in geographic information science. Sequence with GEOG 481, GEOG 491, GEOG 493.

Introduction to remote sensing science including its physical basis, instruments, platforms, data, processing methods, and applications. Sequence with GEOG 486.

The use of digital electromagnetic data for classification, mapping, and monitoring biologic, hydrologic, atmospheric, geologic, and human processes and environmental change. Sequence with GEOG 485.

This course introduces students to the understanding and applying the technologies, theories, and skills needed to acquire drone photography and convert this into maps useful in many professions. Applications include such subjects as resource management, physical environments, topographic mapping, vegetation, and urban characterization.

Automated processing of geospatial data using Python scripting language. Programming for spatial analysis such as 3-D and network modeling; processing of big data (satellite imagery, climate data, demographic information). Sequence with GEOG 481, GEOG 482.

The web is full of maps, from providing context to local and international news to sharing research. We’ll explore interactive web mapping, including theories and principles of web mapping, fundamentals of cartography, and user interaction. Students will gather spatial data, develop a story or theme from their data, and produce interactive maps using front-end development.

This course explores advanced concepts in cartography, map design, geovisualization, and data visualization. Students will develop skills in GIS software and graphic design softwares to create a tailored final map design project with real-world data. Sequence with GEOG 393.

Introduction to a variety of spatial analysis techniques that can be used for understanding and modeling geographic phenomena.

Analysis and display of geographical data by traditional data-analytical methods and by scientific-visualization approaches.

Explores conceptual and practical dimensions of qualitative research. Includes linking theory and method; research question formulation; project design; ethics; data gathering, analysis, and presentation.

Explores the fundamentals of nutrition and its application to culture, lifestyle, and health as they relate to humans across the lifespan. Course will be taught once or more per academic year.

Explore and develop skills in language and terminology specific to the medical sciences with an emphasis on derivation, meaning, and pronunciation.

Explores the process of conducting and communicating scientific research, and how data and statistics help us build and understand scientific knowledge about physiology and medicine.

Introduction to the human body and histology; nerves; central, autonomic, and peripheral nervous systems; cranial nerves; regional anatomy of the head; special senses. Includes cadaver laboratory. Students cannot receive credit for both HPHY 321 and NEUR 331.

Neuro- and muscular physiology: action potentials; synapses and receptors; skeletal muscle; central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems; special senses. Includes human-based laboratory. Sequence with HPHY 321, HPHY 323, HPHY 324, HPHY 325.

Heart, lungs, and vasculature in addition to regional exploration of the musculosketetal system. Includes cadaver laboratory. Sequence with HPHY 321, HPHY 322, HPHY 324, HPHY 325.

Cardiovascular system; respiratory system; immunology. Includes human-based laboratory. Sequence with HPHY 321, HPHY 322, HPHY 323, HPHY 325.

Anatomy and physiology of the digestive, reproductive, and renal systems; endocrinology. Includes combination of cadaver laboratory and human-based laboratory. Sequence with HPHY 321, HPHY 322, HPHY 323, HPHY 324.

Introduction to the processes of control and coordination in the performance of motor skills. Neurophysiological, mechanical, and cognitive bases of motor skill acquisition.

Exploration of the physiology of injury and trauma. Emphasis on inflammation and healing of connective tissue injury, tissue biomechanics, mechanisms of injury, and clinical orthopedic evaluation techniques.

Physiology of exercise, physical conditioning, and training; mechanisms and significance of these effects for health and performance.

Overview of pathophysiology, diagnostic testing, exercise prescription and rehabilitation of cardiovascular diseases. Incorporated throughout the course, students will learn the fundamentals of electrocardiography and how this tool is applied in both the diagnostic and rehabilitative settings.

Exploration of cellular, tissue, and whole body integrated metabolic processes as the basis of physiologic function. Integrating the metabolism of macronutrients at the cellular, tissue, and whole body systems level in the context of human growth, function, and disease.

Fundamental principles of physics applied to the analysis of human movement. Emphasis on developing abilities to analyze human movement quantitatively.

Fundamental principles of sleep and how physiology is affected by sleep.

Physiologic basis for skeletal muscle adaptation to increased and decreased use and injury. Emphasizes how structure dictates function relevant to rehabilitation.

Metabolic basis for skeletal muscle adaptation to increased and decreased use, and injury models. Emphasizes interorgan communication; uses clinical models.

Dissection of one region of a preserved donated human cadaver and preparation of the specimen for the human anatomy laboratory experience. Students are accepted by application, which are due early February.

Explores potential causes of the obesity epidemic, cellular mechanisms linking obesity to insulin resistance and metabolic diseases, and interventions in treatment of metabolic disease and obesity.

Examines changes that occur to cells and organs in old age and the causes of age-related disease and dysfunction (cardiovascular disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s); interventions to increase longevity.

Exploration of development of the cells in the nervous system. We will discuss the importance of “critical periods” in development and how interventions or dysfunction during critical periods can lead to neurodevelopmental disorders using the respiratory system as a model system.

Discusses the clinical manifestations and underlying physiological mechanisms of selected movement disorders. Emphasizes the role of scientific experiment in diagnosis and treatment.

This course covers neurological diseases and disorders from a neuroscience perspective. The focus will be on applying basic neuroscience principles to better understand clinical practices including patient diagnosis and treatments.

Clinical application of therapeutic techniques including modalities and rehabilitation for soft-tissue orthopedic injuries.

Examination of physiological adaptations to acute and chronic exposure to extreme heat, cold, and high altitude.

Explores major physiologic responses to high altitude (hypoxia), both adaptive and maladaptive, from systems to molecular level, as well as pathophysiologic conditions at high altitude.

Immersive professional development experience related to human spaceflight physiology. Students collaborate as physiologists, tackling challenges related to a human mission to Mars.

Critical elements of pre-college algebra, topics including equation solving; rational, radical, and polynomial expression evaluation and simplification; lines, linear equations, and quadratic equations. Focus on mathematical modeling and preparation for additional college level mathematics.

An exploration of present-day applications of mathematics focused on developing numeracy. Major topics include quantitative reasoning and problem-solving strategies, probability and statistics, and financial mathematics; these topics are to be weighted approximately equally. This course emphasizes mathematical literacy and communication, relevant everyday applications, and the appropriate use of current technology. Previously MATH 105.

Topics include mathematics of finance, applied geometry, exponential growth and decay, and a nontechnical introduction to the concepts of calculus.

Topics chosen from modular arithmetic and coding, tilings and symmetry, voting methods, apportionment, fair division, introductory graph theory, or scheduling.

A course primarily designed for students preparing for trigonometry or calculus. This course focuses on functions and their properties, including polynomial, rational, exponential, logarithmic, piecewise-defined, and inverse functions. These topics will be explored symbolically, numerically, and graphically in real-life applications and interpreted in context. This course emphasizes skill building, problem solving, modeling, reasoning, communication, connections with other disciplines, and the appropriate use of present-day technology. Previously MATH 111.

A course primarily designed for students preparing for calculus and related disciplines. This course explores trigonometric functions and their applications as well as the language and measurement of angles, triangles, circles, and vectors. These topics will be explored symbolically, numerically, and graphically in real-life applications and interpreted in context. This course emphasizes skill building, problem solving, modeling, reasoning, communication, connections with other disciplines, and the appropriate use of present-day technology. Previously MATH 112.

Exploratory course in mathematics. Course focuses on techniques of mathematical exploration and discovery, the language of mathematics, and foundational issues. Topics from algebra.

Exploratory course in mathematics. Course focuses on techniques of mathematical exploration and discovery, the language of mathematics, and foundational issues. Topics from geometry.

Exploratory course in mathematics. Course focuses on techniques of mathematical exploration and discovery, the language of mathematics, and foundational issues. Topics from analysis and the theory of numbers.

Exploratory course in mathematics. Course focuses on techniques of mathematical exploration and discovery, the language of mathematics, and foundational issues. Topics from probability and statistics.

Exploratory course in mathematics. Course focuses on techniques of mathematical exploration and discovery, the language of mathematics, and foundational issues. Topics from the foundations of mathematics.

Exploratory course in mathematics. Course focuses on techniques of mathematical exploration and discovery, the language of mathematics, and foundational issues. Topics from combinatorics.

Structure of the number system, logical thinking, topics in geometry, simple functions, and basic statistics and probability. Calculators, concrete materials, and problem solving are used when appropriate. Covers the mathematics needed to teach grades K–8.

Structure of the number system, logical thinking, topics in geometry, simple functions, and basic statistics and probability. Calculators, concrete materials, and problem solving are used when appropriate. Covers the mathematics needed to teach grades K–8.

Structure of the number system, logical thinking, topics in geometry, simple functions, and basic statistics and probability. Calculators, concrete materials, and problem solving are used when appropriate. Covers the mathematics needed to teach grades K–8.

Sets, mathematical logic, induction, sequences, and functions.

Relations, theory of graphs and trees with applications, permutations and combinations.

Introduction to topics in differential and integral calculus including some aspects of the calculus of several variables.

Introduction to topics in differential and integral calculus including some aspects of the calculus of several variables. Students cannot receive credit for more than one of MATH 242, MATH 247, MATH 252Z. Sequence with MATH 241.

For students in biological science and related fields. Emphasizes modeling and applications to biology. Differential calculus and applications.

For students in biological science and related fields. Emphasizes modeling and applications to biology. Integral calculus and applications. Students cannot receive credit for more than one of MATH 242, MATH 247, MATH 252Z. Sequence with MATH 246.

This course explores limits, continuity, derivatives, and their applications for real-valued functions of a single variable. These topics will be explored graphically, numerically, and symbolically in real-life applications. This course emphasizes abstraction, problem-solving, modeling, reasoning, communication, connections with other disciplines, and the appropriate use of technology. Students cannot receive credit for more than one of MATH 241, MATH 246, MATH 251Z. Sequence with MATH 252Z, MATH 253Z.

This course explores Riemann sums, definite integrals, and indefinite integrals for real-valued functions of a single variable. These topics will be explored graphically, numerically, and symbolically in real-life applications. This course emphasizes abstraction, problem-solving, modeling, reasoning, communication, connections with other disciplines, and the appropriate use of technology. Students cannot receive credit for more than one of MATH 242, 247, 252Z. Sequence with MATH 251Z, MATH 253Z.

This course explores real-valued sequences and series, including power and Taylor series. Topics include convergence and divergence tests and applications. These topics will be explored graphically, numerically, and symbolically. This course emphasizes abstraction, problem-solving, reasoning, communication, connections with other disciplines, and the appropriate use of technology.

Introduction to differential equations and applications. Linear algebra is introduced as needed.

Introduction to calculus of functions of several variables including partial differentiation; gradient, divergence, and curl; line and surface integrals; Green's and Stokes's theorems. Linear algebra introduced as needed.

Introduction to calculus of functions of several variables including partial differentiation; gradient, divergence, and curl; line and surface integrals; Green's and Stokes's theorems. Linear algebra introduced as needed.

Proof is how mathematics establishes truth and communicates ideas. Introduces students to proof in the context of interesting mathematical problems.

Rigorous treatment of topics introduced in calculus such as limits, sequences, series, the Cauchy condition, and continuity. Development of mathematical proof in these contexts. Sequence with MATH 317.

Rigorous treatment of topics introduced in calculus such as continuity, uniform convergence, power series, differentiation, and integration. Development of mathematical proof in these contexts. Sequence with MATH 316.

Vector and matrix algebra; n-dimensional vector spaces; systems of linear equations; linear independence and dimension; linear transformations; rank and nullity; determinants; eigenvalues; inner product spaces; theory of a single linear transformation.

Vector and matrix algebra; n-dimensional vector spaces; systems of linear equations; linear independence and dimension; linear transformations; rank and nullity; determinants; eigenvalues; inner product spaces; theory of a single linear transformation.

Review of theory and applications of mathematical statistics including estimation and hypothesis testing. Students cannot get credit for both MATH 343 and DSCI 345M / MATH 345M.

Introduction to probability and statistics, with an emphasis upon topics relevant for data science. Multilisted with DSCI 345M. Students cannot get credit for both MATH 343 and DSCI/ MATH 345M.

A study of congruences, the Chinese remainder theorem, the theory of prime numbers and divisors, Diophantine equations, and quadratic reciprocity. Development of mathematical proof in these contexts. Sequence with MATH 348.

Study of nonlinear Diophantine equations, sums of squares, the theory of partitions, geometric number theory, and the distribution of prime numbers. Development of mathematical proof in these contexts. Sequence with MATH 347.

Basic techniques of numerical analysis and their use on computers. Topics include root approximation, linear systems, interpolation, integration, and differential equations.

Basic techniques of numerical analysis and their use on computers. Topics include root approximation, linear systems, interpolation, integration, and differential equations.

Introduction to algebraic structures including groups, rings, fields, and polynomial rings.

Introduction to algebraic structures including groups, rings, fields, and polynomial rings.

Topics in Euclidean geometry in two and three dimensions including constructions. Emphasizes investigations, proofs, and challenging problems. For prospective secondary and middle school teachers.

Analysis of problems in Euclidean geometry using coordinates, vectors, and the synthetic approach. Transformations in the plane and space and their groups. Introduction to non-Euclidean geometries. For prospective secondary teachers.

Complex numbers, linear fractional transformations, Cauchy-Riemann equations, Cauchy's theorem and applications, power series, residue theorem, harmonic functions, contour integration, conformal mapping, infinite products.

Differentiation and integration on the real line and in a dimensional Euclidean space; normed linear spaces and metric spaces; vector field theory and differential forms.

Differentiation and integration on the real line and in a dimensional Euclidean space; normed linear spaces and metric spaces; vector field theory and differential forms.

Differentiation and integration on the real line and in a dimensional Euclidean space; normed linear spaces and metric spaces; vector field theory and differential forms.

Introduction to PDEs with a view towards applications in physics. Wave and heat equations, classical Fourier series on the circle, Bessel and Legendre series. Multilisted with PHYS 421M.

Statistical methods for upper-division and graduate students anticipating research in nonmathematical disciplines. Presentation of data, sampling distributions, tests of significance, confidence intervals, linear regression, analysis of variance, correlation, statistical software.

Elementary point-set topology with an introduction to combinatorial topology and homotopy. Sequence with MATH 432, MATH 434.

Introduction to differential topology and de Rham cohomology. Sequence with MATH 431, MATH 434.

Plane and space curves, Frenet-Serret formula surfaces. Local differential geometry, Gauss-Bonnet formula, introduction to manifolds.

Theory of vector spaces over arbitrary fields, theory of a single linear transformation, minimal polynomials, Jordan and rational canonical forms, quadratic forms, quotient spaces.

Theory of groups, rings, and fields. Polynomial rings, unique factorization, and Galois theory.

Theory of groups, rings, and fields. Polynomial rings, unique factorization, and Galois theory.

Theory of groups, rings, and fields. Polynomial rings, unique factorization, and Galois theory.

Mathematical theory of public key cryptography. Finite field arithmetic, RSA and Diffie-Hellman algorithms, elliptic curves, generation of primes, factorization techniques.

Discrete and continuous probability models; useful distributions; applications of moment-generating functions; sample theory with applications to tests of hypotheses, point and confidence interval estimates.

Discrete and continuous probability models; useful distributions; applications of moment-generating functions; sample theory with applications to tests of hypotheses, point and confidence interval estimates.

Multinomial distribution and chi-square tests of fit, simple and multiple linear regression, analysis of variance and covariance, methods of model selection and evaluation, use of statistical software.

Basics of stochastic processes including Markov chains, martingales, Poisson processes, Brownian motion and their applications.

This course covers deterministic dynamical models in biology, i.e., models that describe the behavior of a biological system over time as a result of internal feedback loops and external forcings. The focus will be on differential equations, discrete-time models and related computational (programming) tools. Multilisted with BI 497M.

This course covers stochastic dynamical models in biology, i.e., mathematical models that describe the behavior of non-deterministic biological systems as a result of internal feedback loops, external forcings and random processes. Topics include stochastic iterative maps, Markov chains, vector autoregression models, and time series analysis. Multilisted with BI 499M.

Understanding of the historical and socio-economic context of entrepreneurship and how entrepreneurial ecosystems function and grow; fundamentals of entrepreneurship and business model development.

Students learn the theories, empirical evidence, and best practices for managing people at work. Students cannot receive credit for both MGMT 311 and MGMT 311H.

Students learn the theories, empirical evidence, and best practices for managing people at work. Students cannot receive credit for both MGMT 311 and MGMT 311H. Sophomore standing required.

Skills, behaviors, and knowledge necessary for creating and growing new ventures. Evaluating opportunities, developing growth strategies, obtaining venture financing, intellectual property, and building a management team.

Management of employee relations by an organization. Hiring and developing a productive work force in the context of the legal and competitive environment.

Organizational leaders face an accelerating pace of change in information technology, markets, and consumers. Focuses on how leaders create and sustain these organizational changes.

Introduction to negotiation theory, distributive and integrative bargaining techniques, and alternative dispute resolution. Uses workshop format for in-class negotiation simulations.

Economic, political and cultural challenges facing international managers. Topics include developing competitive global strategies and organizations, international negotiations, building strategic alliances, cross-cultural teams, and international staffing.

Focus on strategic choice and implementation of initiatives to promote sustainability in business organizations. Exposure to approaches for both established companies and new ventures.

Build foundations in technical sustainability analysis serving business strategy and operations. Learn tools and skills for firm- and product-level analysis.

Fundamentals of entrepreneurship are applied to solve actual problems for real companies. Students will gain a thorough understanding of project management processes (agile, lean six sigma, sprints, etc.) and learn how to effectively execute a project from inception to final deliverable.

The overall goal of the Lean Launchpad Entrepreneurship class is to support students as they learn a methodology for scalable startups in two main areas: customer discovery and customer validation. This means learning not only how to discover and build out your original idea, but also to discover that this initial idea is only a small part of what makes a company successful. This “lean entrepreneurship” methodology will be valuable for the rest of your careers.

The Business of Food provides a critical examination of the food industry, with a focus on how consolidation, power, innovation, sustainability, supply chain issues, and consumer/social trends play a role in what ends up on our plates.

Product, price, promotion, and distribution decisions in consumer and industrial markets. Market segmentation, product positioning for goods and services. Marketing strategy and management. Product life cycles. Students cannot receive credit for both MKTG 311 and MKTG 311H.

Explores marketing strategy and tactics for profit and nonprofit organizations including start-ups and global firms. Uses cases and projects; requires intense student participation. Students cannot receive credit for both MKTG 311 and MKTG 311H.

Design, implementation, analysis, interpretation, and reporting of research for marketing decisions. Hands-on experience with techniques for data collection, statistical data analysis, and communication of results.

Covers three pillars of analytics—descriptive, predictive, prescriptive—within the marketing context. Linear and logistic regression, clustering, customer choice, conjoint, natural language processing, and machine learning methods to drive marketing decisions.

Advertising, sales promotions, public relations, and personal selling. Emerging communication media. Legal regulations and ethical considerations in mass media advertising. Media planning and promotional budgets.

Applications of social science concepts to the understanding of consumers and to the optimal delivery of products and services.

Techniques for analyzing and developing new markets. Pricing, communicating, and distributing new products or services with limited resources. Developing marketing plans for new ventures.

This course provides a theoretical and practical understanding of digital marketing. Students will learn various digital marketing practices such as managing and executing search engine optimization campaigns, building an effective website, email marketing, social media strategies, online advertising, and converting clicks into purchases through an experiential learning approach.

This course focuses on sustainable marketing, broadly defined. We will define sustainability as any Environmental, Societal, or Governance (ESG) issue that affects the long-term outcomes of consumers, employees, the planet, and/or society. Students in this course will learn to develop sustainable marketing strategies in the process of evaluating firm behavior and predicting consumer and company behaviors that may serve as barrier to sustainable consumption.

Analysis and development of marketing strategy and tactics for multinational and global markets.

Capstone marketing course. Primary focus on developing and implementing marketing strategies and determining their impact on customer satisfaction and profitability.

Fundamental principles necessary to understand structure-property relations in materials. Key concepts from physics, general chemistry, and mathematics are covered to instill core materials science subject matter and introduce knowledge of challenges in technology requiring innovation in modern materials. Included are thermodynamic concepts of structure from bonding to microstructure, and how to apply these interrelationships between structure and properties in technology relevant materials, diffusion processes, and gain competency in modern programming languages for data analysis. Sequence with MSTC 232.

Continuation of fundamental principles necessary to understand structure-property relations in materials. In this second course (of the two-course sequence), the student will develop a fundamental understanding of defects in solids and how those, along with structure and bonding, govern, mechanical, thermal, electrical, optical, magnetic, and chemical properties of materials used in key technological applications such as computing, energy, and communications, and those used in structural and mechanical engineering. Sequence with MSTC 231.

This course is the first one in a two-course sequence that teaches and applies a foundational understanding of thermodynamics, kinetics, and transport to understand how materials are formed and what governs the time evolution of materials processes. This course focuses on the thermodynamic properties of materials, i.e. how concepts of energy minimization determine the equilibrium phases and properties.

This course is the second of a two-course sequence that teaches and applies a foundational understanding of thermodynamics, kinetics, and transport to understand how materials are formed and what governs the time evolution of materials processes. Begins with concepts of thermodynamically reversible and irreversible process and how those relate to entropy and entropy production. Transport by diffusion, rates of chemical reactions, and materials processes nucleation and growth and morphological evolution in solids are covered. Sequence with MSTC 431.

In the first part of this two-course sequence, the student will study the significant role played by geometry and chemical composition in determining general material properties and explore how this structure conspires with quantum physics to govern the mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties of condensed matter, including the emergence of semiconducting behavior and superconductivity. Sequence with MSTC 442M. Multilisted with PHYS 441M.

In this course, the second part of a sequence, the student will extend their knowledge to magnetic, dielectric, and optical properties, and apply this knowledge to understand semiconductor devices (transistors, photovoltaics, diode lasers, etc.), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), spin-based quantum bits, and nanomaterials. Sequence with MSTC 441M. Multilisted with PHYS 442M.

Explores standard protocols for describing and modeling business information and processes; techniques for designing management information systems; criteria for analyzing firms' implementations of information technology. Students cannot receive credit for both OBA 311 and OBA 311H. Sophomore standing required.

Computer-aided business applications of hypothesis testing, simple linear regression. Introduction to multiple regression and nonparametric techniques. Blocked and completely randomized one- and two-factor experimental designs. Students cannot receive credit for both OBA 312 and OBA 312H. Sophomore standing required.

Computer-aided business applications of hypothesis testing, simple linear regression. Introduction to multiple regression and nonparametric techniques. Blocked and completely randomized one- and two-factor experimental designs. Students cannot receive credit for both OBA 312 and OBA 312H.

Concepts and applications of operations management. Use of information technology in operations. Topics include forecasting, quality, supply chain management, information systems in operations management, and planning and scheduling. Students cannot receive credit for both OBA 335 and OBA 335H. Sophomore standing required.

Techniques for structuring and storing business data; primary focus on relational database theory, with applied skills for business users, including data warehouses, reporting, and normalization.

Introduction to basics of programming and fundamentals of predictive modeling.

The course is intended for students interested in general management, operations, marketing or consulting in sports. The course leverages students’ core-course data management skills relating to spreadsheets and databases. Students will work on integrating those data management skills with statistics-based sports data-analytics methods, and thus be able to make rigorous data-driven decisions, as well as effectively communicate the rationale supporting those decisions.

Frameworks and solutions for managing complex projects and operations; implementing optimal strategies for producing profitable new products and services in the competitive global business environment.

This course provides an applied introduction to data analytics and machine learning, while using the Python programming language to also introduce essential programming and machine learning concepts and skills. Through a blend of conceptual instruction and extensive hands‑on practice, students learn to prepare data, analyze data, build models, improve prediction performance, and extract insights that support managerial decision‑making.

Strategic and tactical issues pertaining to the distribution and delivery of products and services. Methodologies and systems for designing, tracking, and managing complex global operations.

Fundamental physical principles. Mechanics.

Introduction to the wave nature of sound; hearing; musical instruments and scales; auditorium acoustics; and the transmission, storage, and reproduction of sound.

Light and color, their nature, how they are produced, and how they are perceived and interpreted.

How discoveries in 20th-century physics mesh to drive modern telecommunications. Topics include electron mobility in matter, the development of transistors and semiconductors, lasers, and optical fibers.

Practical study of energy generation and environmental impact, including energy fundamentals, fossil fuel use, global warming, nuclear energy, and energy conservation.

Topics include photovoltaic cells, solar thermal power, passive solar heating, energy storage, geothermal energy, and wind energy.

Explores how physical laws guide the structure, function, and behavior of living organisms, and examines the physical properties of biological materials. Topics span microscropic and macroscopic scales.

Introduction to quantum mechanics, a set of sometimes counterintuitive scientific principals describing atoms and light, along with the modern technologies it makes possible.

Introductory series. Mechanics and fluids.

Introductory series. Thermodynamics, waves, optics.

Introductory series. Electricity, magnetism, modern physics.

Practical exploration of the principles studied in general-physics lecture. Measurement and analysis methods applied to experiments in mechanics, waves, sound, thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, optics, and modern physics.

Practical exploration of the principles studied in general-physics lecture. Measurement and analysis methods applied to experiments in mechanics, waves, sound, thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, optics, and modern physics.

Practical exploration of the principles studied in general-physics lecture. Measurement and analysis methods applied to experiments in mechanics, waves, sound, thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, optics, and modern physics.

Newtonian mechanics; units and vectors; one-dimensional motion; Newton’s laws; work and energy; momentum and collisions.

Vibrations and waves; oscillations; wave mechanics; dispersion; modes; introductory optics.

Electricity and magnetism; charge and electric field; electric potential; circuits; magnetic field; inductance.

PHYS 251, PHYS 252 or PHYS 253.

Introduction to relativity and quantum physics with applications to atomic, solid-state, nuclear, and astro-particle systems

Thermodynamic systems; first and second laws; kinetic theory of gases; entropy.

Thermal radiation; Maxell-Boltzmann statistics; Fermi and Bose gases; phase transitions.

Essential mathematical background for 400-level physics courses in classical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, and quantum mechanics. The emphasis is on the conceptual basis of the following topics and their connections, with an emphasis on physical applications, vector algebra and calculus. Dirac delta function, partial differential equations, linear algebra of function spaces, orthonormal bases, Dirac notation, special functions, standard and general Fourier analysis, matrices, eigenvalue equations, Fourier transforms.

Practical aspects of physics experimentation, including data acquisition, statistical analysis, and introduction to scientific programming, and use of Fourier methods for data analysis.

Fundamental principles of Newtonian mechanics, conservation laws, small oscillations, planetary motion, systems of particles. Electromagnetic phenomena. Only nonmajors may earn graduate credit.

Fundamental principles of Newtonian mechanics, conservation laws, small oscillations, planetary motion, systems of particles. Electromagnetic phenomena.

Fundamental principles of Newtonian mechanics, conservation laws, small oscillations, planetary motion, systems of particles. Electromagnetic phenomena.

Planck's and de Broglie's postulates, the uncertainty principle, Bohr's model of the atom, the Schroedinger equation in one dimension, the harmonic oscillator, the hydrogen atom, molecules and solids, nuclei and elementary particles.

Planck's and de Broglie's postulates, the uncertainty principle, Bohr's model of the atom, the Schroedinger equation in one dimension, the harmonic oscillator, the hydrogen atom, molecules and solids, nuclei and elementary particles.

Introduction to PDEs with a view towards applications in physics. Wave and heat equations, classical Fourier series on the circle, Bessel and Legendre series. Multilisted with MATH 421M.

Study of electromagnetic waves. Topics include Maxwell's equations, wave equation, plane waves, guided waves, antennas, and other related phenomena.

Course explores the interaction of the solar wind with the Earth's magnetosphere using fundamental plasma physics supported and motivated by spacecraft observations. Students will gain an understanding of the physics governing the interaction building from single particle plasma motion to specific observation supported examples.

Geometrical optics, polarization, interference, Frauenhofer and Fresnel diffraction.

Passive and active discrete components and circuits. General circuit concepts and theorems. Equivalent circuits and black box models. Integrated circuit operational amplifiers.

Digital electronics including digital logic, measurement, signal processing and control. Introduction to computer interfacing.

This course provides a hands-on introduction to radio-frequency technology, essential in communications, physics labs, and quantum computing. Students will learn radio-frequency device design, test equipment, and quantum measurement techniques through lectures and structured labs. In the second half, they will set up and program advanced radio-frequency test instruments used in quantum research, performing real-world measurements.

In the first part of this two-course sequence, the student will study the significant role played by geometry and chemical composition in determining general material properties and explore how this structure conspires with quantum physics to govern the mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties of condensed matter, including the emergence of semiconducting behavior and superconductivity. Sequence with PHYS 442M. Multilisted with MSTC 441M.

In this course, the second part of a sequence, the student will extend their knowledge to magnetic, dielectric, and optical properties, and apply this knowledge to understand semiconductor devices (transistors, photovoltaics, diode lasers, etc.), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), spin-based quantum bits, and nanomaterials. Sequence with PHYS 441M. Multilisted with MSTC 442M.

The application of physical principles to the study of the living world, especially at molecular and cellular scales. Topics include the mechanical properties of biomaterials, the sensory abilities of cells and organisms, and the dynamical properties of information processing networks.

The goal of this course is to build a strong foundation in computational physics. With a particular emphasis on topics in modeling and data analysis for drawing physical insights from data in physics and astronomy, we will cover tools and techniques useful for conducting computationally demanding science.

Applies statistics to practical data analysis, data-based decision making, model building, and the design of experiments. Emphasizes factorial designs.

This course will serve as an introduction to the concept of gravity as geometry. The course begins by motivating the need for General Relativity and culminate in the presentation of the Einstein equation, presenting some of the simplest solutions to the Einstein equation.

Quantum computing is a new way of computing based on the rules of Quantum mechanics. We study what sort of computations can be performed by atoms, ions, and superconducting electric circuits.

This course introduces students to the design and fabrication of micro- and nanoscale devices. The course will cover fundamental fabrication principles, including optical and electron-beam lithography, thin-film deposition, etching, and characterization. This framework will aid in understanding the processes used in manufacturing chip-based devices in semiconductor electronics, photonics, micro/nano-electromechanical systems, microwave electronics, microfluidics, and superconducting quantum circuits. In the hands-on lab component of this course, students will learn build, optimize and better understand these systems and fabrication processes through the statistical design and analysis of experiments (i.e. Design of Experiments, DOE).

Introduction to the science and application of psychology. Emphasis will be placed on psychological concepts, theories, and principles related to: Research Methods, Behavioral Neuroscience, Consciousness, Sensation/Perception, Learning, Memory, Thinking and Intelligence, and related topics.

Introduction to the science and application of psychology. Emphasis will be placed on psychological concepts, theories, and principles related to: Personality, Social Psychology, Health and Well-Being, Motivation and Emotion, Disorders, Therapies, Lifespan Development, and related topics

Fundamentals in the empirical study of human behavior, including hypothesis formation, experiment design, behavioral data basics, and critical evaluation of scientific claims. Sequence with PSY 302, PSY 303. Students may not register for PSY 301 after completing PSY 303.

Probability and statistics applied in psychological research. Topics include descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, correlation, regression, and design of experiments. With laboratory. Sequence with PSY 301, PSY 303.

Practical experience formulating a research question, conducting literature review, analyzing data, and communicating original research about human behavior. Sequence with PSY 301, PSY 302.

Relationships between brain and endocrine activity and behavior. Topics include sensation, perception, sexual behavior, drug effects, eating, drinking, sleeping, dreaming, and learning.

Major topics addressed in this class include perception, attention, memory, language, reasoning, and decision-making.

Processes underlying social perception and social interaction. Topics include aggression, the self-concept, stereotyping and prejudice, conformity, persuasion, attraction, and helping.

Theory and methods for studying human traits, including personality tests and measures. Current research in personality. Studies of age, gender, culture, and relation to emotion and motivation.

Survey of cognitive, social-emotional, and personality development in infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood.

Major descriptive and theoretical approaches to etiological, developmental, and social factors in emotion and personality disorders. Includes assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and special topics.

Explores the neural correlates of our perception of tonality, harmony, melody, and rhythm and how these relate to neurobiology, brain damage, and cognitive neuroscience.

Role of culture in the definition and maintenance of mental health and the definition and treatment of mental illness.

Critical analysis of evidence for sex differences, gender roles, and the effect of gender on traditional issues in psychology. Topics include parenthood, violence, and sexual orientation.

Physiological and behavioral effects of psychoactive drugs such as alcohol, opiates, barbiturates, and excitants. The psychology of use and overuse; therapies for correcting drug problems.

Intermediate-level practical data analysis and interpretation. Topics include experimental design, analysis of variance, multiple regression, exploratory data analysis. Extensive computer use. Honors only.

Introduction to topics of concern to both psychology and the law. Includes eyewitness identification, legal decision-making, criminal defenses, profiling, polygraphy, and mental-health law.

This class focuses on the involvement of clinical psychologists with the legal system. The class will discuss the approaches, ethics, considerations, and measures utilized when clinical psychologists examine psycho-legal issues such as risk, custody, therapist-client confidentiality, and competency.

Processes underlying learning and memory, including evolution. Topics range from simple forms of behavior change to the acquisition, retention, forgetting, and retrieval of symbolic information.

Organization and interpretation of sensory information. Neural basis of perceptual processes such as vision, audition, and touch, and the influence of cognitive processes such as memory and attention.

Evolutionary Psychology is the application of evolutionary theory to human cognition. Topics include: survival, mating, parenting, cooperation, aggression, status, and comparative cognition. We ground theory and criticism using empirical data from many levels of analysis.

Organization of the mammalian brain. Structure and function of the neuronal systems underlying vision, perception, motivation, coordinated movement, sleep-wakefulness, learning and memory, and affective disorders.

Integrative neural mechanisms of normal and abnormal processes in systems (e.g., selective attention, language, memory, object recognition, and emotion).

Relationships among the brain, endocrine systems, and behavior. Developmental effects of hormones on the brain, puberty, sexuality, aggression, stress.

Topics in small-group dynamics, including decision-making, conflict, and changes over time in group structure and behavior.

Psychological processes involved in judgment and decision-making. Normative theories of ideal behavior contrasted with descriptive analysis of actual behavior.

Examines interdependence between mind and culture in substantive domains such as social cognition, motivation, emotion, and psychopathology. Cultural pluralism, collective identities, tolerance, and diversity considered.

This course examines contemporary issues in stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination, both from the perceiver's and the target's perspective. We will cover the phenomena and processes associated with one's beliefs about members of social groups (stereotypes), attitudes and evaluative responses toward group members (prejudice), and behaviors toward members of a social group based on their group membership (discrimination).

Environmental Psychology examines the bidirectional relationship between humans and the natural environment. Topics include place attachment, preparation and response to natural disasters, therapeutic landscapes, climate anxiety and interventions to increase pro-environmental behaviors.

Adaptive human behavior; considers biological processes involved in emotions, how emotions interact with cognition, and social influences.

Cognitive, neuropsychological, developmental, social, and clinical approaches to understanding trauma. Includes analysis of childhood trauma, sexual assault, domestic violence, terrorism, combat, and natural disasters.

Adult intimacy and love relationships. Clinical-counseling approaches: assessment, couple and family therapies, and evaluation. Models of relationship functioning and the empirical study of interpersonal relationships.

Intellectual development in children from infancy to adolescence with a focus on early childhood. Topics covered include perception, attention, memory, reasoning, conceptual structure, social cognition.

Theoretical issues and empirical studies of social-emotional development. Topics may include attachment, temperament, moral development, family interaction, self-image, aggression, and sex-role development.

Mechanisms and processes that underlie and promote rapid changes in physical, cognitive, and linguistic capabilities, from birth to 24 months. Covers innovative methodologies and cultural attitudes toward infants.

Biological and environmental factors that shape normal and abnormal development. Analysis of how family functioning affects psychopathology and resilience in children and adolescents.

Reading and conference.

Reading and conference.

Reading and conference.

Introduces the central concepts, theories, and methods that define the sociological approach to investigating the social forces that shape our lives. Topics may include social structure, culture, socialization, race, class, gender, sexuality, and inequality.

Overview of social inequality, cross-culturally and within the United States. Examines relationship of social inequality based on social class, race, and gender to social change, social institutions, and self-identity.

This course is designed to give you a broad introduction to criminology as a discipline, including measurements and definitions of crime, the myriad societal & personal factors that explain crime, and criminal justice system processes and responses. We’ll also consider how criminology is woven into a range of careers in research, education, government, law, and non-profit organizations.

Selected aspects of American culture and institutions and the ways in which they are changing.

Interrelationship of social and environmental factors in human communities, processes of community change, impact of environmental change on human communities.

Analysis of the major writers and ideas that have shaped contemporary sociology. Focus on recurrent concepts and issues that continue to challenge sociological inquiry.

The development of social research; the nature of scientific inquiry and basic methods and techniques; examination of representative sociological studies from the standpoint of methodology.

Construction and interpretation of tables and graphs, descriptive statistics, measures of association and contingency relationships, basic ideas of probability, and elementary statistical inference applied to nonexperimental research.

Contemporary social issues viewed in relation to the social structure of American society. Social movements and ideologies related to these issues.

Analysis of media events: advertisements, news broadcasts, documentaries, popular music, and television. Perspectives include content analysis, semiotics, functionalist and structuralist paradigms, and power system analysis.

How the thought, feeling, and behavior of individuals influence and are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others.

Introduction to and historical perspective of the family as a social institution and small-group association.

Examines the major racial and ethnic groups in the United States with special attention to social interactions and inequalities.

Characteristics of work and occupational careers in modern societies; relationships of those to family, the economy, bureaucracy, technology, and alienation.

Position of women in contemporary society; women and work, politics, families, the economy; intersection of gender, race, and class; women's movements.

Examines the growth of cities; urban inequalities, politics, and social movements; built environment, ecology, and sustainability of cities and identity; global cities and immigration.

Introduces the sociological concept of deviance, its relationship to the creation and violation of rules, laws, and other forms of social order with special attention to crime and the criminal justice system.

This course is designed as an introduction to the broad field of medical sociology and the sociology of health and illness.

Introduction to the field of social epidemiology emphasizing the social determinants of health and health inequalities.

Descriptive and inferential statistics, including multiple regression.

Advanced statistical techniques focusing on generalized linear models.

The interrelations among class, race, and sex. Historical origins and development of class and class systems including slavery.

Examines major sociological theories that elucidate the position of women and gender as part of the configuration of social relations of power in contemporary societies.

Examines alternative sociological perspectives on sexual behavior, the social construction and regulation of sexuality, contemporary social and political issues pertaining to sexuality.

Analysis of political theory and behavior, social bases of power and policy determination, institutional interrelationships, intellectuals and ideologies, political trends and change, political participation and membership.

Applies the sociological perspective to basic economic phenomena such as markets, exchange, prices, money and rationality.

Basic concepts, theory, and social analysis in the works of Marx and Engels. Topics include dialectical and historical materialism, class, historical development, political economy, and imperialism.

A first course in statistics focusing on the interpretation and communication of statistical concepts. Introduces exploratory data analysis, descriptive statistics, sampling methods and distributions, point and interval estimates, hypothesis tests for means and proportions, and elements of probability and correlation. Technology will be used when appropriate. Previously MATH 243. Students cannot receive credit for both STAT 243Z and MATH 425.