Inspired by the Maker movement, this course provides a hands-on introduction to physical computing: sensing and responding to the physical world using computers. Specific topics include: basic electronics and circuit design, microcontroller programming using Arduinos, sensing and responding to the physical world, rapid prototyping (3D printing and laser cutting etc.), soft circuits and wearable electronics. The course will encourage and empower students to invent, design, and build practical hardware projects that interact with the physical world.

Inspired by the Maker movement, this course provides a hands-on introduction to physical computing: sensing and responding to the physical world using computers. Specific topics include: basic electronics and circuit design, microcontroller programming using Arduinos, sensing and responding to the physical world, rapid prototyping (3D printing and laser cutting etc.), soft circuits and wearable electronics. The course will encourage and empower students to invent, design, and build practical hardware projects that interact with the physical world.

Introduction to research design in sociology. How social science data are obtained and analyzed. How data are used to describe and draw conclusions about social phenomena. Surveys, sampling, interviews, observation, and field methods.

Prerequisites: One course in STATISTC.

Introduction to research design in sociology. How social science data are obtained and analyzed. How data are used to describe and draw conclusions about social phenomena. Surveys, sampling, interviews, observation, and field methods.

Prerequisites: One course in STATISTC.

This course explores the history and social meaning of medicine, medical practice, health care, and disease in the United States from 1600 to the present.

This course explores the history and social meaning of medicine, medical practice, health care, and disease in the United States from 1600 to the present.

This course will provide students with an introduction to the principles and practice of argumentation, deliberation and dialogue with the larger goal of practicing advocacy as humane and humanizing communication. Students will learn how arguments are constructed and employed, as well as methods for engaging ethically with differing constructions of fact and reason. The course approaches concepts and tools from cultural and critical perspectives, with an eye toward inclusion of alternative points of view.

The word Collagraph (sometimes spelled collagraphy) is made up of from a union of the words "collage" and "graphic"? A collagraph plate is made the same way a collage is made, and it's then printed as an Intaglio or Relief print. A collagraph print is made from a collage of various materials glued together to a rigid substrate such as a board, creating multiple tactile surfaces that can extend to three-dimensional relief.

This course explores the creative possibilities of digital image creation and manipulation. Through demonstrations, creative technical assignments, students explore the digital workflow in independent projects involving sustained inquiry into self selected theme.