Development of American constitutional law and a study of the Supreme Court as a policy-making institution. Emphasis on landmark cases and the substantive impact of the Supreme Court in the American polity during different political eras.

This is a hands-on course taught by a leading scholar and scientist who makes accessible and clear the highly sophisticated field of text mining and analytics for a) detecting and revealing hard-to-see patterns in unstructured textual data, such as social media conversations and online brand content, b) uncovering powerful market insights concerning customer sentiments/emotion, trends, segments and other aspects related to customer contexts, and c) identifying and monitoring online brand-communication strategies.

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Topics course. Aristotle thought that happiness is the goal and meaning of life. Hence it was crucial to answer the question, what constitutes happiness? He argued that the answer is: a life of the moral and intellectual virtues. For Christian thinkers in the Middle Ages (Augustine, Aquinas) this answer is at best incomplete, since it leaves out Heaven. We will examine their alternative, as well as three criticisms of it by Eckhart, Luther and Kant.

Fellows work on sustainability initiatives around campus and are sponsored by a faculty member.

This course applies principles of continuum mechanics to a broad range of biomechanical phenomena. The topics include: introduction to cell biology, fundamentals of solid mechanics, mechanosensitive machineries in cells, mechanotransduction, cell mechanics, developmental biomechanics, etc. Experimental methods for measuring molecular mechanics, cell adhesion, migration and contraction, and tissue biomechanics will also be discussed. Most recent literature will be used as discussion materials to connect theories with research.

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Introduction to marketing; survey of topics relevant to comprehensive study of marketing. Emphasis on describing the marketing process and on stressing the implications of these activities for society.

Introduction to marketing; survey of topics relevant to comprehensive study of marketing. Emphasis on describing the marketing process and on stressing the implications of these activities for society.

This seminar is a required course for Commonwealth Honors College students where students participate in a topical seminar-style course designed by its instructor. While the subject matter of each section is different, advanced knowledge of the topic is not required. While the subject matter of each section is different, the requirements for each section are the same.