DESIGN CLINIC

This two-semester course leverages students' previous coursework to address an engineering design problem. Students collaborate in teams on real-world projects sponsored by industry and government. Regular team design meetings, weekly progress reports, interim and final reports, and multiple presentations are required. Prerequisites: EGR 220, 270, 290 and at least one 300-level engineering course, or permission of instructor. Corequisite EGR 410D.

CIRCUIT THEORY

Analog and digital circuits are the building blocks of computers, medical technologies and all things electrical. This course introduces both the fundamental principles necessary to understand how circuits work and mathematical tools that have widespread applications in areas throughout engineering and science. Topics include: Kirchhoff's laws, Thevenin and Norton equivalents, superposition, responses of first-order and second-order networks, time-domain and frequency-domain analyses, frequency-selective networks. Corequisites PHY 210. Required laboratory taken once a week.

CIRCUIT THEORY

Analog and digital circuits are the building blocks of computers, medical technologies and all things electrical. This course introduces both the fundamental principles necessary to understand how circuits work and mathematical tools that have widespread applications in areas throughout engineering and science. Topics include: Kirchhoff's laws, Thevenin and Norton equivalents, superposition, responses of first-order and second-order networks, time-domain and frequency-domain analyses, frequency-selective networks. Corequisites PHY 210. Required laboratory taken once a week.

AQUEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY

This project-based course examines the geochemical reactions between water and the natural system. Water and soil samples collected from a weekend field trip serve as the basis for understanding principles of pH, alkalinity, equilibrium thermodynamics, mineral solubility, soil chemistry, redox reactions, acid rain and acid mine drainage. The laboratory emphasizes wet-chemistry analytical techniques. Participants prepare regular reports based on laboratory analyses, building to a final analysis of the project study area. One weekend field trip.

EXTRAORD EVENT:EARTH, LIFE,CLM

A journey through the 4.6 billion-year history of global change, with a focus on extraordinary events that have shaped the evolution of Earth and life through time. These events include the earliest development of life, the buildup of oxygen in the atmosphere, the devastation of the living world by catastrophic mass extinctions, the tectonic rearrangement of continents, the alternation of ice ages and eras of extreme warmth, and the evolution of modern humans.

ADV CONVERSATION & COMPOSITION

This course focuses on developing skills in both spoken and written Portuguese and is designed for students who have already mastered the fundamentals of grammar. Topics for compositions, class discussions, and oral reports are based on short literary texts as well as articles from the media, music and film. Enrollment limited to 18. Prerequisite: POR 125 or POR 200 or permission of the instructor.

ELEMENT PORTUG SPANISH SPEAKER

A one-semester introduction to Brazilian Portuguese designed for speakers of Spanish, aimed at basic proficiency in all four language modalities: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Classes are in Portuguese and students' individual knowledge of Spanish will support the accelerated pace of the course, with contrastive approaches to pronunciation and grammar. The course also provides an introduction to aspects of the cultures of Brazil, Portugal and Portuguese-speaking Africa, with discussion of authentic audio-visual materials and short texts. Enrollment limited to 18.

SEM: ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY

Topics course. This seminar focuses on Plato's central metaphysical insights and their implications for his treatment of virtue, politics and thriving. Readings include the Gorgias, Symposium, Republic, Statesman and Laws. Recommended background: PHI 124 or the equivalent.
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