The struggle to establish the State of Israel, focusing on the forces which have shaped contemporary Israeli society and culture. Emphasis on the ideological foundations of Zionism, its religious and intellectual roots, and its relationship to the rise of modern antisemitism. Topics include: Zionist ideologies; Kibbutz movement; British and U.S. policies in the modern Near East; Arab-Israeli conflict; religion and politics in modern Israel.

This course examines value in the US healthcare delivery system. By introducing value as a concept we take on the issue of how to improve outcomes and the cost of healthcare delivery. We will think about how to measure value and understand the various stakeholder perspectives of value. We will examine ways to improve the value of healthcare delivery from the perspective of health systems, providers and policy makers. The notions of improvement, innovation and reliability to improve value will be core concepts discussed.

What was the world like at the time of the Rise of Islam and how did the new religion change the Global World Order? The Historical circumstance of the rise of Islam is often misunderstood and shrouded in mystery, or obfuscated by partisan bickering.

This seminar will focus on recent research into equitable and transparent algorithms and systems. We will review cutting-edge research that supports the properties of fairness, accountability, and transparency across various research areas, in particular fair machine learning, explainable artificial intelligence, and their interdisciplinary underpinnings. The seminar will offer introductory lectures describing the origins of relevant research problems, highlighting major threads and approaches in this vivid research space, and describing the relations between them.

This course combines reading and discussion with application of theoretically informed methods in the study of everyday social interaction. We will: 1) Read and discuss representative studies of social interaction and communicative behavior in cultural context. 2) Do graduated classroom and field exercises to assemble methodological tools and accumulate data for your final paper. The final paper will be based on accumulated data - especially recordings and transcripts - from your field site. Satisfies the Integrative Experience requirement for BA-Comm majors.

The primary goal of this course is for students to be comfortable with exploring educational datasets and analyzing them, finding patterns in educational data, creating models that summarize and describe data, and creating predictive models, using a variety of techniques that span machine learning, data mining, and statistics. We will work with datasets that come from educational learning technologies, tutoring and assessment software, as well as other datasets that students might be interested in (e.g.

Survey of the history of the French art song from the perspective of the vocalist and the collaborative pianist. Extensive study of vocal accompanying techniques with the practical experience of performing with vocal majors.

The course will cover nanomaterial science and sensor science and technology with an emphasis on nano-enabled sensors and biosensors.

This course is a peer support group for seniors in their last semester. Meeting every other week, the course is intended to help students enter a career field or obtain their first job directly after graduation. It is also suitable for students applying for fellowships, internships, and graduate or professional schools. Supervised by a History Department faculty member with the assistance of the HFA Career Development Services Team, meetings will also feature alumni guests who will share their career experiences and offer advice.

Development is a concept at the foreground of how we think about others. This course provides a critical introduction to theories and strategies of development as they have been applied in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Taking a cultural and historical perspective, we examine not only the economic dimension of development programs, but also the worldview embedded in these programs and how this shapes international relations and how we see ?the other.?