This course offers a critical view of regional and social varieties of Spanish language spoken in Spain and Latin America, with specific emphasis on situations of language contact and multilingualism affecting Spanish in those areas. We will pay close attention to varieties that are not considered standard or prestigious among Spanish speakers, and how this consideration affects people's lives and self-esteem. (Gen. Ed. SB, DG)

In this course, we will focus on basic aspects of human perception and attention, and how they are relevant to areas of computer science, such as data visualization, human-computer interaction, and computer vision. We will also explore how applied research in these areas contributes to understanding the basic perceptual and cognitive mechanisms. Topics may include saliency models, memory, mental imagery, motion perception, eye-tracking, ensembling coding, and visual comparisons.

Introduction to contemporary public policy issues and debates. Various perspectives on public policy, including equality, justice, and efficiency. Emphasis on in-class discussion and debates. Applications may include environmental policy, affirmative action, immigration, welfare policy, education, health, and other public policies. (Gen. Ed. SB, DU)

Kinetics and Kinematics of particles and rigid bodies. Newton's laws, work-energy and impulse-momentum principles, laws of linear and angular momentum, conservation of momentum, planar motion of rigid bodies, and introduction to vibration of single-degree-of-freedom systems.

This course is designed for undergraduate students in the Department of Communication Disorders. The course content serves as an introduction to language structure, processing, and variation in the context of communication disorders. It serves as preparation for the study of language development and disorders throughout the lifespan. Through a series of case studies, students will learn to analyze and describe typical and impaired language abilities, with particular focus on the production of words, sentences, and conversational interactions.

Why do we study literature? What is its importance to your life (now and beyond college) and to the world we live in? This class is for students who answer these questions by drawing a connection between literature and social justice. It takes the view that literature contributes to social justice in the world in a variety of ways--which each individual defines differently.

In this course, you will study the lives and works of black people in Britain over three centuries. We will read modern prize-winning authors such as Sam Selvon, Andrea Levy, Bernardine Evaristo, S.I. Martin, and Zadie Smith, as well works by black eighteenth-century authors such as Ignatius Sancho. We will also view several feature films and documentaries about the black British experience over many years.