This course explores strategic concepts in mobile app design and best practices in building apps that meet user needs. Students will design a successful user interface, choose user-friendly app features, retrieve usage analytics, and test security amongst other important design factors. Mobile apps will be developed using Swift, a programming language created by Apple that can be used to develop programs for the Mac, Apple Watch, tvOS, and more. No prior knowledge is needed as Swift is ideal for beginners and anyone who is interested in mobile app development.

Satisfies Junior Year Writing requirement for Biology majors. Students write and revise short papers on subjects likely to be encountered by biologists. Class discussion of papers. Prerequisites: 3 biological science courses, for declared Biology majors only.

In this collaborative course, students through readings, assignments and discussions explore both the concept and practical application of multidisciplinarity in today's world. Students work in teams to explore specific real-world issues, such as the cost of higher education, diversity and inclusion in education, and the mental health of college students. Through participating in guided research traversing multiple disciplines, students investigate complex problems and their causes.

The world is rich in data and our ability to process, manipulate, analyze, and visualize that data is growing in power. This course discusses how to understand and solve real-world problems using modern programming techniques.

The world is rich in data and our ability to process, manipulate, analyze, and visualize that data is growing in power. This course discusses how to understand and solve real-world problems using modern programming techniques.

The social context of U.S. schools and the myriad issues that underlie the call to "leave no child behind" are examined. Reform efforts, instructional approaches, curriculum materials, school structures, and educational practices and their influences on students' education and learning are explored.

In this class, students will become explorers, arbiters and communicators of culture. That includes a wide variety of journalistic beats, such as music, food, film, television, art, travel and fashion. By developing cultural journalism skills, students will learn how to assess and diagnose what art is worth consuming and what is not, what audiences need to know and what they do not and how best to communicate all of the above. And they will learn how to cover culture in a variety of ways, including reporting, criticism and first-person essay writing.

This course examines the complex relationships between the process of economic development and gender inequality. Students will be introduced to the theoretical frameworks and debates that have shaped the analysis of gender and economic development. This will be followed by an exploration of the interactions between economic development policy and gender relations in the global South.

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