Egyptian Arabic III is offered in a special independent study format through the Five College Center for the Study of World Languages. The course develops speaking and listening skills in colloquial Egyptian Arabic. The independent study format includes small group conversation sessions with a native speaker and a final evaluation by an outside evaluator. In order to enroll in this course, students must have completed Egyptian Arabic II or the equivalent.

Introduction to general manufacturing methods for Micro Electromechanical Systems (MEMS) with emphasis on concepts, physics, and instruments of various micro/nano-fabrication techniques that have been widely used in industry and academia. Topics include: 1. MEMS fabrication: lithography technologies, physical and chemical deposition methods, and physical and chemical etching methods, process integration, etc. 2. MEMS physics: Scaling laws, material properties, forces, microfluidics, interfacial phenomenon, etc.; 3.

Exploration of theoretical foundations for understanding cultural diversity in health and illness beliefs and behaviors and selected practical implications of this understanding. Cultures within the United States and health problems of the global world are emphasized. (Gen. Ed. SI)

Explores modern origin of film experimentation in avant-garde modes such as Expressionism, Surrealism and contemporary results of this heritage. Trying to determine if film is the most resolutely modern of the media, we'll look at cinema as the result of two obsessive concerns: 1) the poetic, dreamlike and fantastic, 2) the factual, realistic and socially critical or anarchistic.

Explores modern origin of film experimentation in avant-garde modes such as Expressionism, Surrealism and contemporary results of this heritage. Trying to determine if film is the most resolutely modern of the media, we'll look at cinema as the result of two obsessive concerns: 1) the poetic, dreamlike and fantastic, 2) the factual, realistic and socially critical or anarchistic.

When a constitutional democracy is defined as a political regime in which the majority of citizens are able to select their governors, the United States' reliance on the electoral college denies this principle. If understood as constitutional norms of separation of power, the rule of law, civility, etc., the current political climate does not fare well either. Many citizens believe that this is a perilous time for the values and institutions that constitute the hallmarks of the American republic.