This course covers fundamental ethical and regulatory issues that emerge in biomedical engineering. The scope of this subject covers engineering ethics as well as ethics in medical and clinical settings. Regulatory topics include current legal frameworks for engineering and medicine.

This course is designed for upper-level undergraduate, honors, and graduate students interested in development of the nervous system. It will provide the fundamentals of the discipline as well as investigate the guiding principles and research methods of Developmental Neurobiologists through lectures and discussions. It covers the field of developmental neurobiology from neural induction to the modification of neuronal connections in the adult nervous system.

This seminar explores the intersection of Biology and Art from an art-historical perspective, focusing on the ways modern and contemporary art of the 20th and 21st centuries relates to the history of biology as well as current social and ecological developments. It examines how works of art model biological structures and processes, and reimagine and respond to issues such as evolution, the human genome, environmental degradation, the AIDS crisis, GMOs, and global pandemics like COVID-19.

This seminar explores the intersection of Biology and Art from an art-historical perspective, focusing on the ways modern and contemporary art of the 20th and 21st centuries relates to the history of biology as well as current social and ecological developments. It examines how works of art model biological structures and processes, and reimagine and respond to issues such as evolution, the human genome, environmental degradation, the AIDS crisis, GMOs, and global pandemics like COVID-19.

This course begins with an examination of gendered, architectural spaces and how and why they were structured for women in the 19th century in both Britain and America. Looking at primary and secondary sources, students will gain insight into societal norms and how they conditioned architecture generally associated with women, such as houses, asylums, and early women's colleges. This study will serve as a platform from which to understand the pressures upon women and the pioneers who rejected such norms and pursued architecture as a profession.

This course begins with an examination of gendered, architectural spaces and how and why they were structured for women in the 19th century in both Britain and America. Looking at primary and secondary sources, students will gain insight into societal norms and how they conditioned architecture generally associated with women, such as houses, asylums, and early women's colleges. This study will serve as a platform from which to understand the pressures upon women and the pioneers who rejected such norms and pursued architecture as a profession.

This course, team-taught by professors in Art History and Italian Literature, explores the fascinating world of artists, sculptors, poets and philosophers who lived in Florence during the city's most celebrated centuries. Students will become acquainted with the major intellectual trends that shaped their thinking and with the works they produced. Notable figures to be studied include Dante, Giotto, Boccaccio, Petrarch, Donatello, Machiavelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, Botticelli and most of the Medici.

This course, team-taught by professors in Art History and Italian Literature, explores the fascinating world of artists, sculptors, poets and philosophers who lived in Florence during the city's most celebrated centuries. Students will become acquainted with the major intellectual trends that shaped their thinking and with the works they produced. Notable figures to be studied include Dante, Giotto, Boccaccio, Petrarch, Donatello, Machiavelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, Botticelli and most of the Medici. Course taught in English.

What do we know about Shi'i Islam? Who are the Shi'is and how are they different from other Islamic groups, and how did that come to be? What do we know about Shi'i societies in the past or present or about their beliefs and practices? Where are these societies located and how did they develop? From its inception to various steps of transformation and in its many manifestations in history and in the modern world, the many misrepresentations and misinformation have created a sense of mystery about this topic.

This course blends theory and practice in exploring public speaking. The theory of speech composition, presentation, and evaluation is discussed in relation to public discourse, civic engagement, and the ethics of persuasion. Students also practice and develop their own skills by giving several formal and impromptu speeches. Requirements include the ability to pre-record speeches.