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This seminar will cover topics in quantum information science, including both classical ones such as quantum key distribution and Grover?s algorithm, and the emerging area of quantum machine learning.

This is a discussion based course that examines cultural practices from around the world in relation to issues of identity and self-definition. Students engage with ways of reading the contemporary world through cultural metaphors and theoretical critical angles. Students explore a wide range of visual, virtual, performative and written texts in order to refine their critical cultural analysis. Students curate their own content by selecting areas of research and choices of materials for further investigation.

Hindi I is the first part of a four-part elementary course sequence in Hindi. The course is offered through the Five College Mentored Language Program. The course format includes small group conversation sessions and individual tutorials. Students studying Hindi develop speaking, listening, reading, writing, and cultural etiquette skills needed for study abroad in India and to support course work in South Asian Studies.

This course is an introduction to the labor movement in the United States. It begins by exploring the recent history of labor and the rapidly changing circumstances that unions now find themselves in. We then move on to explore the current issues and debates in the emerging practices of labor in the U. S. The course has a dual focus, both analyzing the practice of unions, as well as providing a survey of the literature about the labor movement.

This six-week course teaches students to extend and refine their academic capacities to become autonomous learners. Course content includes research on motivation, learning styles, memory and retrieval, as well as application of goal setting, time management and study skills. Students who take this course are better prepared to handle coursework, commit to a major, and take responsibility for their own learning. Priority is given to students referred by their dean or adviser. Since it is a six-week course, no one is admitted after the first week. Enrollment limited to 15. Grading S/U.

This course surveys the current state of the electricity infrastructure in developing countries as well as the challenges and technology trends that are shaping the evolution of these systems. Concepts include infrastructure components, electricity access initiatives, measurement of electricity reliability and power quality, and the relationship between electricity and international development. Students will gain insight into contemporary engineering challenges in improving the scope and quality of electricity service in developing contexts.