In the digital age, the ability to analyze and interpret marketing data has become essential for success. This course is designed to equip students with the skills needed to harness the power of data in making strategic marketing decisions. Through a blend of theoretical concepts and hands-on practice, students will learn how to clean, analyze, and visualize marketing data from real world datasets. Students will acquire knowledge about the methods and software that are used to understand issues such as market segmentation, sales forecasting, and conjoint analysis.

Advanced topics in international relations. Possible topics: historical and philosophical foundations of the state-system, post-1945 changes in the state-system, alternative levels of political analysis, recurring sources of conflict, instruments of national power, the role of international regimes and other institutions. POLISCI 121, 255 recommended.

Americans have tried throughout US history to reform and perfect our political system. But despite some notable achievements, dissatisfaction with the federal and state governments especially is widespread. Have our expectations simply shifted upward over the centuries, or are there serious structural flaws in the US political system? What would you propose in order to improve American politics?

This course will provide an introduction to U.S. housing law and policy with a focus on low- and moderate-income tenants and homeowners, exploring the central issues of housing affordability and residential racial segregation.

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles, fabrication technologies, modeling, and analysis of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS). Core topics include microfabrication processes, MEMS materials, microscale sensing and actuation mechanisms, and analytical and numerical modeling techniques relevant to small-scale systems. The course further introduces microrobotics, which studies robotic systems at the micron scale capable of interacting with and manipulating microscale objects.

Detailed examination of selected topics: consumer behavior, production, capital, income distribution, market structure, general equilibrium, game theory and coalition formation. Not available for Ph.D. credit.

Game Theory is the study of strategic interactions, that is, situations in which there is interdependence among the parties to the interaction. Hence, you need to anticipate your opponent's next moves and, accordingly, decide on how to act, while also knowing that s/he is trying to do the same thing. Game Theory is an analytical tool used to explain and predict such interactions, for example between humans, animals, nations, firms, with applications in a wide range of fields such as economics, political science, sociology, business, law, biology, computer science.

Have you ever had, or heard of, an experience that defied rational explanation? Premonitions, apparitions, spirits, divine intervention, reincarnation/mysterious phenomena of all kinds animate films across cinematic traditions around the world. How do we understand the allure of the supernatural, not only in the popular genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, but also in "serious" genres such as experimental film, art film, or social realist cinemas? How do different cultural contexts inflect the ways the supernatural signifies in film?

Honors Thesis expectations are high. The intended end-product is a traditional research manuscript with accompanying artifact(s), all theses: - are 6 credits or more of sustained research on a single topic, typically conducted over two semesters. - begin with creative inquiry and systematic research. - include documentation of substantive scholarly endeavor. - culminate in an oral defense or other form of public presentation.

Wood is an amazing building material: It is beautiful and warm to the touch. It is easy to machine and abundantly available. It is light, yet strong and stiff. And best of all: It comes from a renewable source. To build with wood, however, requires understanding its peculiarities: the variability of its properties, its interaction with water and the possibility of biodeterioration. This course introduces students to the anatomy and properties of wood as applies to construction and architecture. It provides an overview of wood-based products and exposes students to structural systems in wood.