This advanced seminar course will introduce theories and empirical research aimed at understanding psychological processes in diverse groups, as well as explaining the causes and consequences of identity-related differences. Topics covered include disparities in health and mental health, social identity, power and marginalization, and developmental processes across social and cultural contexts. We will also explore the nature of and future directions for multicultural psychology and diversity science.

Relevant forms of Black cultural expressions contributing to the shape and character of contemporary Black culture; the application of these in traditional Black writers. Includes: West African cultural patterns and the Black past; the transition-slavery, the culture of survival; the cultural patterns through literature; and Black perceptions versus white perceptions. (Gen.Ed. AL, DU)

Relevant forms of Black cultural expressions contributing to the shape and character of contemporary Black culture; the application of these in traditional Black writers. Includes: West African cultural patterns and the Black past; the transition-slavery, the culture of survival; the cultural patterns through literature; and Black perceptions versus white perceptions. (Gen.Ed. AL, DU)

Students will learn about international policies surrounding human rights for people with disabilities. This course will be structured around the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). Students will learn about varying definitions of disability, education, employment, healthcare and family perspectives.

A reexamination of central concepts in the history of political thought - e.g. power, equality, freedom, capitalism, domination, responsibility, citizenship, empire, and revolution - from the perspective of African American political struggles. Particular focus will be given to how political thinkers have theorized the complex and contradictory relationship between race and modern democracy. We will also place emphasis on the international and imperial dimensions racial politics in the United States.

The terms "international" and "global" are sometimes catchalls that do more harm than good in revealing the origins behind existential assumptions and structural imbalances of a concept or scholarship. This course seeks to tackle what it means to accuse global politics and the sociology of International Relations (IR) as "Eurocentric" and re-orient how we perceive and interpret politics.

This course is an introduction to critical topics in design and planning as a medium for envisioning the social, cultural, and ecological life of regions, cities and landscapes through the thoughts and works of local, national and international academic and professional leaders. Themes articulate climate change resiliency, social equity, urban design, arts, landscape aesthetics and cultural heritage.
Course format is attending the Department's Zube Lecture Series and submission of reflective papers on presented topics.

The chemical reactions that take place as water moves through the terrestrial and oceanic subsurface act as fundamental controls on many aspects of the Earth system, including global elemental cycling (C,N,O,S), critical zone development and function, the formation and alteration of chemical paleoclimate proxies, and contaminant fate and transport.

This course examines applications of Data Science in the planning and operations of Electrical Power Networks. The course covers (i.) basic power systems concepts for centralized and distributed electricity generation and storage (ii.) an introduction to relevant methods in geospatial data analysis and machine learning, and (iii.) trends affecting the electricity sector.

Principles of modern microelectronic silicon device processing. Theory of basic processing technology including photo-lithography, oxidation, diffusion, thin film deposition, ion implantation, packaging, yield, and process integration. Virtual state-of-the-art fab tour and processing simulation techniques.