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The application of chemical principles to modern materials discovery, design, and characterization will be discussed. Topics covered will include inorganic solids, nanoscale materials, polymers, inorganic-organic hybrid materials, and biological materials, with specific focus on how the atomic-level chemistries dictate material properties across various length scales. Aspects of materials chemistry with regard to scalability and sustainability will also be covered.

This course takes a critical look at issues of race, gender, and sexuality both in translated texts and in the translation profession. Readings will include: translation studies scholarship addressing race, gender, and sexuality; example translations dealing with these issues; and scholarship from critical race and ethnic studies and gender and sexuality studies.

In 2017, almost 2000 Massachusetts residents died from opioid-related overdose. Not since the AIDS epidemic in the 80's and 90's has Massachusetts seen such a sharp increase in a single category of deaths. This seminar will examine the opioid crisis through a public health lens. We will look at the origins of the crisis, etiology of addiction, stigma, disparities in access to care, harm reduction, intersection with the criminal justice system and more.

In the BDIC Freshman Seminar, you will learn about the majors available at UMass and gain an understanding of how to combine them to create an ideal major, either through BDIC (Bachelor's Degree with Individual Concentration) or a different combination of majors or minors.

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How does government really work at the city, state, and federal level? How do politicians, advocacy groups, and citizens make change to law and policy? How did top leaders in government, nonprofit, and the private sector get where they are now? These are some of the questions we'll explore with the Beacon Hill Seminar as SPP offers 3 full-day Friday trips to Boston during the fall 2018 semester.