This course examines how the politics of gender, sexual identity and race play out in the arena of sports. Through readings, writing, documentary viewing and discussion, students will explore the ways in which sports either constructs or breaks down barriers among individuals and groups and how journalism is involved in the process.

This class will provide students with an understanding of the major processes and influences of forest ecosystems with a focus on northeast forest types. Subjects covered will include environmental influences, site quality and evaluation, tree growth and development, succession, the role of disturbance in influencing forests, and ecosystem scale considerations. In addition, this course will discuss the conservation ad management of forests for their ecosystem benefits, including wildlife, water, carbon sequestration and maintaining native plant species.

With lab. Physical, mechanical properties of wood, especially as critical to wood product technology. Basic techniques for physical measurement and mechanical testing. Introduction to scientific investigation, including design of experiments, data collection and analysis.

With lab. Physical, mechanical properties of wood, especially as critical to wood product technology. Basic techniques for physical measurement and mechanical testing. Introduction to scientific investigation, including design of experiments, data collection and analysis.

Reliability and fault tolerance techniques for commercial and special purpose computer systems. Failure models and statistics, testing, redundancy techniques, error correcting codes and self-checking circuits, reliability modeling, case studies. Prerequisites: E&C-ENG 314 and 568 or equivalent.

We investigate the state-of-the-art in reconfigurable computing both from a hardware and software perspective. Initially, we review in detail the basic building blocks of most reconfigurable computers, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). These physical limitations are then contrasted with computer-aided design issues such as the selection of circuit component locations in devices (the placement problem) and subsequent circuit interconnection between components (the routing problems).

Experimental investigation of the fundamental aspects of soil behavior including classification, index and engineering properties. Emphasizes experimental determination of the consolidation and stress-strain-strength characteristics of soils for design. Experiments include: classification and basic index tests, hydraulic conductivity, consolidation, triaxial tests and direct simple shear.

Experimental investigation of the fundamental aspects of soil behavior including classification, index and engineering properties. Emphasizes experimental determination of the consolidation and stress-strain-strength characteristics of soils for design. Experiments include: classification and basic index tests, hydraulic conductivity, consolidation, triaxial tests and direct simple shear.

Pre-practicum experience, one half day or one full day, in a public school classroom.

This course covers advanced data management systems, including high-performance database systems and recent big data systems. The course first covers the design and implementation of high-performance database systems including data warehouses, decision support systems, column stores, and parallel databases. It also covers advanced databases to support new data models, including temporal databases, sequence databases, and data stream systems.