Therml Envrmntl Engn

Senior design course on energy use in buildings. Psychometrics, comfort conditions, heating and cooling loads for buildings. Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment design and selection. Energy recovery and conservation methods.

Intro Stats/Soc Sci

Designed for students in the social science and business related fields of study. Introduction to basic statistical methods used to collect, summarize, and analyze numerical data. Emphasis on application to decision making; examples from the social sciences and business. Topics include: common statistical notation, elementary probability theory, sampling, descriptive statistics, statistical estimation and hypothesis testing. Basic algebra and familiarity with computer and internet necessary. (Gen.Ed. R1, R2)

Advanced Microbial Physiology

The main aspects of bacterial growth, including energy metabolism, biosynthesis of macromolecular precursor materials and their assembly into macromolecules, and the integration of these processes by various regulatory mechanisms. Emphasis on the isolation of mutant bacteria blocked in key cellular functions and on global control systems governing the adaptation of bacteria to different environmental conditions. Prerequisite: general background in microbiology and biochemistry.

ST-Law & Society in Africa

This course explores legal issues in Sub-Saharan Africa in relation to the prevailing cultures, the historical and ongoing tensions between imported norms and standards, and home-grown normative systems and values. We will look at contemporary socio-legal issues including informal justice systems; democratic governance; economic development, production and regulation; as well as legal development in the face of cultural practices relating to initiation, marriage and inheritance that are perceived to be harmful or in violation of human rights (especially women's rights).

ST-Law in Film & TV

This class examines popular television and film?s depictions of the law and the legal profession. We take a rigorously critical approach to film and television as examples of cultural production. Therefore, we study these media for what they say about social identity, representation and deployment of law and power in U.S. society.
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