Fundamentals of quantum information systems, including quantum computation and quantum cryptography. Topics include: quantum circuit model, qubits, unitary operators, measurement, entanglement, quantum algorithms for factoring and search, quantum key distribution, error-correction and fault-tolerance, complexity of quantum computation. This course counts as a CS Elective for the CS Major (BA or BS).

This course is designed to give students a deep understanding of electoral politics in the United States. We will do this from both an academic and practical perspective. Students will learn about how modern campaigns work, how voters decide, and will learn about the factors that drive American electoral politics.

This course relates the normal physiology of the animal to the consequences of abnormal physiology, and discusses what effects this will have on organs and tissues in the body. Topics that will be explored include mechanisms of tissue destruction and repair, abnormal growth processes and neoplasia, circulatory disturbances, principles of epidemiology and public health and the immunology of inflammation, autoimmunity and infectious disease.

This is an intermediate-level course in American Sign Language. The course expands students' skills to communicate in a wider array of situations, to further develop their language fluency and to advance their level of comprehension of ASL in culturally appropriate ways.

This is an intermediate-level course in American Sign Language. The course expands students' skills to communicate in a wider array of situations, to further develop their language fluency and to advance their level of comprehension of ASL in culturally appropriate ways.

The purpose of this course is to focus on the application of current theories and research related to the practice of the school psychologist as a consultant in the school setting.

Time is nature's way of making sure everything doesn't happen at once, or so the saying goes. Why can you wake up at about the same time without an alarm clock? Why do you feel so bad when you are jet-lagged? This seminar will use current research literature to explore the mechanisms by which our brains (and bodies) tell time, and what happens when they don' work correctly, from weight gain, to altered immune responses, to cognitive and behavioral problems.

The course introduces students to behavioral economics as a method of analysis that incorporates insights from several disciplines, including psychology and sociology, into the basic economic model of decision-making. Behavioral economics broadens the scope of analysis of how people make decisions to take into account, for example, social norms, the role of trust and the prevalence of biases. By unpacking the varied and complex motivations behind decision-making, behavioral economics enriches the standard economic model.

Our lives have been greatly impacted by COVID-19, the novel coronavirus. You?re probably familiar with other viruses like the flu or common cold. But not all viruses cause health problems. Some,like bacteriophages, can even be used to treat infections. In this discussion-based seminar we?ll explore a variety of viruses, how they replicate, how our immune systemresponds, and how vaccines work.

This course will cover the importance of environmental, societal, and political forcesthat influences health of a population. Given the current pandemic of the coronavirus, how and why these factors are important have come to light for all. Students will be actively engaged in learning about these influences from a local, national and global perspective as well as those within our UMass campus.