This course provides beginning engineering students with an overview of the fields of electrical and computer engineering, mechanical and industrial engineering, civil and environmental engineering, and chemical engineering so they can confidently decide which engineering discipline to pursue as a profession. Throughout the semester, students will develop basic skills in problem-solving, computation, design, and communication that will help them in all future engineering courses.

Students choose a topic to research on their own under the guidance of a faculty advisor who will then grade the final written report.

This course examines current advances in environmental health science via critical reading and discussion of recently published peer-reviewed papers related to environmental health. Using the typical journal club format, the papers (and topics) discussed will change from week to week and will include topics such as pollution, exposure assessments, mechanistic toxicology, environmental epidemiology, and others.

Students choose a topic to research on their own under the guidance of a faculty advisor who will then grade the final written report.

Graduate students research and present one-hour seminar on a topic related to Environmental Health, and research a topic for a term paper.

Do diseases like cancer and diabetes begin in the womb? This course will introduce students to key concepts and emerging concerns in the field of developmental toxicology. Through a combination of lectures and discussions of historical examples and recent research papers, students will learn how the combination of teratogens and critical windows of exposure can result in a spectrum of outcomes ranging from birth defects to diseases that emerge at later life stages.

This seminar is designed for incoming doctoral students in social justice education. It examines different epistemological orientations and inquiry methods used in conducting research by scholars in the field. The course explores the boundaries between theory, research, policy and practice in social justice education; examine personal, practical, epistemological and political dilemmas in producing scholarly work, and review and apply inquiry methods and tools that support critical, systematic scholarship and evidence based practices in social justice education.

Contemporary issues facing administrators. Topics include special education finance, law, and policy.