This service learning course surveys social science research, literary texts and film media on Cuban, Dominican, and Puerto Rican communities in the United States. Historic and contemporary causes and contexts of (im)migration, settlement patterns, labor market experiences, demographic profiles, identity formations, and cultural expressions will be considered. Special attention will be paid to both inter- and intra-group diversity, particularly along the lines of race, gender, sexuality and class.

Topics Course This course addresses diverse modes of representing nature and the environment in Brazil, from the pre-colonial period to the present. Drawing upon visual arts, film, poetry, fiction and non-fiction, we will consider mytho-poetic accounts of the creation of the land, colonial accounts of flora, fauna, and plantation agriculture, 19th-century scientific expeditions, Romantic and Modernist associations of nature and national identity, rural social movements and ideas of rural authenticity, and global orientations of contemporary ?earth art? and ?eco-poetry.?

Introduction to statistical mechanics and thermodynamics. Prerequisites: 210, 315 or permission of the instructor.

Topics course. The seminar will consider contemporary work on the relationship between language and thought, including the recent rise in "Neo-Whorfianism " or cross-cultural work on whether the language we speak influences the way that we think, also the relationship of concepts and linguistic labels, and on the potential role of syntax on conceptions of events. Prerequisites: at least one of PSY 120, PSY 160, PSY/PHI 209, PSY/PHI 213 , PHI 236, , PHI 262, or permission of instructor.

Topics course. This course is entirely devoted to reading the two volumes of the first modern novel, Don Quijote de la Mancha (1605-1615), as well as commentaries on it by a wide variety of world writers, critics and filmmakers. This insanely humorous novel poses fundamental questions about the nature of life and fiction that millions of writers and readers across the world find essential to this day. Any writer or lover of literature needs to read Don Quixote. Any person who wants a superb friend for life cannot pass the opportunity to get duly acquainted with it.

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: EGR220, 270, 290 and at least one 300-level engineering course, or permission of instructor. Co-requisite: EGR410D. (E)

How do stories about moral dilemmas frame the question of what is right and what is wrong? What do these stories say about the values that are at stake? Do they provide answers and, if so, which ones? By investigating how stories revolving around moral conflicts reproduce social, cultural and political contradictions, as well as ethical ones, this course will allow students to reflect on some of the major issues that have shaped the moral debate in post-revolutionary France. Readings by Balzac, Hugo, Zola, Gide, Camus, Sartre and Benameur. Prerequisite: one course above FRN 230.

This course engages the class in a semester-long design and/or analysis project. Students will work in ad hoc teams using a variety of skills and knowledge to address a current issue or question related to environmental sustainability for our local community. The specific projects will vary from year to year. Students will gain direct experience with the range and complexity of activities required to address a real-world environmental project. Student work will be assessed via progress reports (written and oral), reflective essays, and a final report.

Same as ENV 150. A geographic information system (GIS) manages location-based (spatial) information and provides the tools to display and analyze it. GIS provides the capabilities to link databases and maps and to overlay, query, and visualize those databases in order to analyze and solve problems in many diverse fields.

Same as GEO 150. A geographic information system (GIS) manages location-based (spatial) information and provides the tools to display and analyze it. GIS provides the capabilities to link databases and maps and to overlay, query, and visualize those databases in order to analyze and solve problems in many diverse fields.