Offered in independent study format, Afrikaans IV includes small group conversation sessions and an evaluation by an external evaluator. Students develop speaking and listening skills at the elementary level.

Offered in independent study format, Afrikaans III includes small group conversation sessions and an evaluation by an external evaluator. Students develop speaking and listening skills at the elementary level.

Georgian III is the third part of a four-part elementary course sequence in Georgian. The independent study format includes small group conversation sessions and an evaluation by an outside evaluator. Students studying Georgian develop speaking and listening skills needed for study abroad in Georgia and to support course work in Eurasian Studies.

A project-based seminar, where students implement and evaluate ideas from recent programming languages research papers.

Review of fundamentals of fluid mechanics and structures (discrete and distributed), General concepts in FSI, Flow around a cylinder, Vortex shedding, Vortex induced vibrations (VIV), VIV suppression, Galloping, Flutter, Body oscillators, Fluid oscillators, Axial FSI (pipes and cylinders), FSI stability problems, Applications in wind turbine blades, Fundamentals of fish swimming mechanisms.

These workshops will cover topics that will help students succeed and make the most of their time in college. Specific workshops will address time management, career preparation, establishing yearly benchmarks and networking, writing final papers, and navigating college as a first-generation student.

This course will trace early Buddhism on the Indian subcontinent and its evolution through Central Asia along the Silk Road. We will consider the emergence of the Mahayana (Great Vehicle) and Vajrayana (Diamond Vehicle) Buddhist traditions and their development as they moved into Central and East Asian territories. We will examine Buddhism among the Chinese Northern Wei, Tang and Yuan dynasties, among the Turkic Uighurs and the ethnic Tibetan Tanguts, and finally the eastern and western Mongols and subgroups who practiced Buddhism within the Russian Empire. (E)

A yearlong course that introduces the basics of Modern Standard Arabic, this course concentrates on all four skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing. Beginning with the study of Arabic script and sound, students complete the Georgetown text Alif Baa and finish Chapter 15 in Al-Kitaab, Book by the end of the academic year. Students acquire vocabulary and usage for everyday interactions as well as skills that allow them to read and analyze a range of texts.