Topics course. Topology is a kind of geometry in which important properties of a figure are preserved under continuous motions (homeomorphisms). This course gives students an introduction to some of the classical topics in the area: the basic notions of point set topology (including connectedness and compactness) and the definition and use of the fundamental group. The course could be taken concurrently with Real Analysis.) Prerequisites: MTH 280 or 281 or permission of the instructor.

The course begins with the basic structure of graphs including connectivity, paths, cycles and planarity. We proceed to study independence, stability, matchings and colorings. Directed graphs and networks are considered. In particular, some optimization problems including maximum flow are covered. The material includes theory and mathematical proofs as well as algorithms and applications. Prerequisites: MTH 153 and MTH 211 or permission of the instructor.

Same as MTH 220. (Formerly MTH 245). An application-oriented introduction to modern statistical inference: study design, descriptive statistics; random variables; probability and sampling distributions; point and interval estimates; hypothesis tests, resampling procedures and multiple regression. A wide variety of applications from the natural and social sciences are used. Classes meet for lecture/discussion and for a required laboratory that emphasizes analysis of real data.

Vector spaces, matrices, linear transformations, systems of linear equations. Applications to be selected from differential equations, foundations of physics, geometry and other topics. Students may not receive credit for both MTH 211 and MTH 210. Prerequisite: MTH 112 or the equivalent, or MTH 111 and MTH 153; MTH 153 is suggested. Enrollment limit of 25 students.

Environmental designers are in the unique and challenging position of bridging the science of ecology and the art of place-making. This landscape design studio emphasizes the dual necessity for solutions to ecological problems that are artfully designed and artistic expressions that reveal ecological processes. Beginning with readings, precedent studies and in-depth site analysis, students design a series of projects that explore the potential for melding art and ecology. Enrollment limited to 14.

Topics course. This colloquium introduces students to the history and debates over Latin American economic development from the early independence period to the present, with an emphasis on the late 19th century to the late 20th century. We trace macroeconomic change, its impact on and roots in micro histories, regional commonalities and differences, and the fierce debates that emerged in the region over Latin America's place in the world economy at key moments, especially the mid-20th century.

Israel from the pre-state origins of Zionism in the late 19th century to the present. Historical perspectives on ongoing challenges, such as the place of religion in civil life and Israel's relation to world Jewry. The tension-real or imaginary-in the state's definition as both Jewish and democratic. Special attention to contested identities, highlighting differing visions of a Jewish homeland, traditions of dissent and critical self-reflection. Sources include documents, fiction and films.

The history of the Final Solution, from the role of European anti-Semitism and the origins of Nazi ideology to the implementation of a systematic program to annihilate European Jewry. How did Hitler establish a genocidal regime? How did Jews physically, culturally and theologically respond to this persecution?

Why did Yiddish, the language of Eastern European Jews and millions of immigrants to America, so often find itself at the bloody crossroads of art and politics? Explores the Yiddish novel as a forum for political engagement and creative expression in the differing contexts of tsarist and revolutionary Russia, interwar Poland, Weimar Berlin and immigrant America. How have post-Holocaust writers memorialized not only a lost civilization but also a murdered language? All texts in translation. Enrollment limited to 18. No prerequisites

Western cultures have long been fascinated and puzzled by the East, and by China in particular. As critics such as Edward Said have long made clear, from the late medieval period until the 19th century the encounter between the West and China has also been predominantly one-sided. One of the earliest encounters was through the well-documented travels of the Venetian merchant Marco Polo. Seven centuries later, Italian film directors seem to have continued that tradition and have been among the first Westerners to make full-length films in the People's Republic of China.