This course explores the various manifestations of the voice??as performance??in protests, activism, and social justice movements in the United States. Topics covered in this course include political protest songs, theatre as a form of protest and activism, the language and theatricality of protest chants, and in recent years, how voice and speech trainers have contributed to the sustainability and health of activists and protestors. (Gen. Ed. AT)

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

In this class we will lay out and learn the foundations of energy markets. We focus on transition to clean, just and equitable access to energy. This class will cover some basic economics, foundations of electricity markets, some discussion of other energy markets, climate, equity and justice discussions. The class is designed to be highly discussion driven. We will use simulation and games for interactive learning.

Basic and advanced techniques for text-based information systems, including retrieval models, indexing and text representation, browsing and query formulation, data-intensive computing approaches, evaluation, and issues surrounding implementation. The course will include a substantial project such as implementation of major elements of search engines and applications.

This course is an introduction to the interdisciplinary feminist study of sexuality. Its primary goal is to provide a forum for students to consider the history of sexuality and race in the U.S. both in terms of theoretical frameworks within women's and gender studies, and in terms of a range of sites where those theoretical approaches become material, are negotiated, or are shifted. The course is a fully interdisciplinary innovation.

This course approaches adaptation in two different senses: media to media and culture to culture. In both cases, we will ask questions about the nature of transformation. What is gained and what is lost in the transition? As a case study, we will focus on cinematic adaptations of Jewish literature and the ways these films reflect and shape modern Jewish experience, including issues of identity, gender, religion, persecution, immigration, and culture. The texts and films are in original English or translated from Yiddish, Hebrew, Russian, and other languages. (Gen. Ed. AT, DG)

This course provides an overview of the important issues in information retrieval, and how those issues affect the design and implementation of search engines. The course emphasizes the technology used in Web search engines, and the information retrieval theories and concepts that underlie all search applications. Mathematical experience (as provided by COMPSCI 240) is required. You should also be able to program in Java (or some other closely related language).