This is an introduction to film studies and to the analysis of film. The course explores the complex nature and cultural function of cinema by focusing on time travel as both a central theme of a wide range of films and as a way of understanding how cinema works as a time-based medium. By studying films from various points in the global history of cinema - including films from nine countries and five continents - this course performs a transcultural introduction to the formal and stylistic aspects of cinematic storytelling.

The course serves as a dynamic sampling of the multiple disciplines necessary to create or modify the Built Environment. Lectures presented by various educators, researchers, and practitioners; experts in their fields will provide students with a broadened perspective, which will help foster critical thinking and provide a more expansive view of the Built Environment.

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This studio course explores the creative possibilities of code-based art, from art games to interactivity. Students explore interactive narratives and games using both analog and digital processes. This course examines rules, structuring interactive narratives and digital play in general. Skills learned in this class can be applied to a variety of programming languages and softwares. Lectures, discussions, and demonstrations provide a conceptual, aesthetic and technical foundation in code-based art as a creative practice.

Application of financial models in the business environment. The use of computer-based spreadsheet and simulation packages in business analysis.

This seminar will survey the origins and development of ideas and practices that are the basis of contemporary landscape architecture. The instructor will lead introductory discussions on a series of topics, investigating landscape theory and technology and the evolution of professional practice. Students will then lead seminar discussion of case studies of modern and contemporary projects and practitioners.

Laboratory experiments to demonstrate behavior in tension and bending for simple metal and concrete structures.