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This course covers basic methods and concepts in order to explain how robots work. We will study how they sense things in the world, how you make a robot move, and how robots can make their own decisions. We will study mechanisms (kinematics and dynamics), actuators, sensors, (with a focus on machine vision), signal processing, feedback control theory, machine learning, and path planning.

This course introduces core political economy concepts from both classical and modern thinkers while engaging in contemporary debates about the relationship between states and markets. Students will read Smith, Marx, List, Polanyi, Keynes, Hayek, and others, as well as engage with questions such as: What is political economy? Why and how do capitalist systems differ? Why are some countries wealthier and more prosperous than others? What is the role of the state in the economy, market, and development?

This course introduces core political economy concepts from both classical and modern thinkers while engaging in contemporary debates about the relationship between states and markets. Students will read Smith, Marx, List, Polanyi, Keynes, Hayek, and others, as well as engage with questions such as: What is political economy? Why and how do capitalist systems differ? Why are some countries wealthier and more prosperous than others? What is the role of the state in the economy, market, and development?

This course introduces core political economy concepts from both classical and modern thinkers while engaging in contemporary debates about the relationship between states and markets. Students will read Smith, Marx, List, Polanyi, Keynes, Hayek, and others, as well as engage with questions such as: What is political economy? Why and how do capitalist systems differ? Why are some countries wealthier and more prosperous than others? What is the role of the state in the economy, market, and development?

This is the second semester of a 2-semester course commitment. This weekly seminar will be focused on increasing students' knowledge base about current psychological topics related to diversity in research and applied settings and fostering students' professional development (e.g., providing education about different career paths and graduate school) to prepare students for future careers in psychology with a strong foundation in diversity-related topics.

Transgender studies is a new and rapidly-growing interdisciplinary field today. This course will examine both long-standing and recent political debates, critiques, and practices of resistance in the field, among scholars, activists, and artists. Investigating these issues, we will consider the following questions.

This course will provide a panoramic survey of the literature produced in New York by Hispanic writers as well as literary representations of New York in the Hispanic imaginary in a variety of genres (poetry, novel, memoir, and travel writing). From the late nineteenth century to the present, we will focus on key moments in this diverse corpus of literature and explore topics such as crisis, immigration, community, tourism, exile, language and translation, and artistic relations among several national groups.

This course offers a comprehensive review of the pronunciation of Spanish. The sound system of Spanish is introduced in a simple and concise manner in order to better understand how Spanish sounds are produced, how they fall into patterns, and how they change in different environments. Major attention is devoted to practice with corrective exercises, introductory training in phonetic transcription and, to a lesser extent, the problems of teaching pronunciation.

This course examines the sociological history, content, and implications of how Asian Americans have been portrayed and represented in mainstream U.S. media and popular culture. Using readings, class discussions, small group activities, films & videos, and student-designed projects, this course will explore the visual dimensions and cultural dynamics of specific examples such as racial discrimination, anti-immigrant nativism, gender representations, and global influences like anime and K-Pop, etc.