Senior Honors Seminar
The senior departmental honors seminar is a workshop that supports the first half of senior thesis work in economics. Students learn research methods and engage with economic research via close reading, structured writing, empirical analysis, theoretical reasoning, and active participation in discussion. Students develop and refine their own research proposals, so that by the end of the semester each student’s proposal clearly states a research question, places that question into context, and outlines a feasible approach.
ST-Mech Eng Grad Sem Course
The goal of this seminar is to introduce the graduate students to different cutting edge research projects that are ongoing in the Department and at other Institutions and to promote interdisciplinary research collaboration by encouraging the students to attend the Departmental Seminars and PhD/MS defenses.
ST- Moroccan Arabic IV
Moroccan Arabic IV 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 Moroccan 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 Moroccan Arabic III or the equivalent.
TOP-EXPLOSIONS IN ASTROPHYSICS
Topics course.: Pending CAP approval. Explore the objects in our universe that go “bump in the night” including cataclysmic variable stars, supernovae, and black holes. Learn about the processes that cause some of the largest explosions in the universe as well as the extreme physical conditions where they occur, such as black hole and neutron star mergers detected by their gravitational waves. Prerequisites: PHY 117 or AST 111, and MTH 111 or equivalent.
Biotechnology
Biotechnology aims to improve the quality of;human life by selectively modifying biological;systems to meet a specific need. We will examine;topics in medicine, ecology, sustainable energy,;and food technology at the molecular level to;learn how biotechnology can be developed and;applied to overcome a variety of challenges.;Discussions will incorporate recent advances in;the fields of microbiology, metabolic;engineering, and synthetic biology through;evaluation of the primary literature.