In this course, we will apply several novel machine learning algorithms, including normalization methods, classification and regression analysis on cancer patient data sets to arrive at personalized cancer treatments. We will develop several supervised learning algorithms for analyzing gene expression data sets. We will review, develop, and evaluate deconvolution methods as applied to gene expression data of primary tumors to predict the percentage of various cell types in tumors. We will implement most of these methods in Python.

The OASIS Seminar for Transfers is designed for incoming transfers, to help them make a smooth transition, identify programs of interest, and be successful at UMass. Students will learn how to: navigate UMass requirements, opportunities, resources and procedures; clarify their choice of major; ensure timely progress toward graduation; and position themselves for careers and other post-graduate options.

The OASIS Seminar for Transfers is designed for incoming transfers, to help them make a smooth transition, identify programs of interest, and be successful at UMass. Students will learn how to: navigate UMass requirements, opportunities, resources and procedures; clarify their choice of major; ensure timely progress toward graduation; and position themselves for careers and other post-graduate options.

The OASIS Seminar for Transfers is designed for incoming transfers, to help them make a smooth transition, identify programs of interest, and be successful at UMass. Students will learn how to: navigate UMass requirements, opportunities, resources and procedures; clarify their choice of major; ensure timely progress toward graduation; and position themselves for careers and other post-graduate options.

The course offers an in-depth overview of how the world is governed by focusing on the global actors, the issues, the rules, the processes, the successes and the limitations of this system. The course also discusses the tensions and challenges in global governance, specifically how to balance freedom with responsibility in the absence of a global government. It addresses these issues by examining leading academic scholarship on global governance, documentaries, and feature films.

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to a historically informed comparative study of African politics. The course views Africa as a distinct region with a vital role in the international system, reviewing major theories designed to explain patterns of African politics and the variations between and within African states. The course is motivated by the need to understand the legacies of colonialism, the relative weakness of the African state, and the variation of political and economic development in the continent.

The word "screening" in this course's title invokes its double and opposite meanings: that of projecting, but also that of obscuring. What gets foregrounded when we talk about global Anglophone literature and what gets occluded? In other words, who gets to say what? And for whom? In this course we will question the concept of the canon and how the canon has changed as more prominent, multiethnic writers across the globe write in English.

Introduction to the assumptions, language, logic, and methods of qualitative inquiry in educational settings. Students are required to conduct a small-scale qualitative research project.