Satisfies Junior Year Writing requirement. Develops research and writing skills in mathematics through peer review and revision. Students write on mathematical subject areas, prominent mathematicians, and famous mathematical problems. Prerequisites: MATH 300 and completion of College Writing (CW) requirement.

The design and operation of modern computer operating systems. Review of capabilities of typical computer hardware. Topics include command language interpreter (the shell), processes, concurrency, inter-process communication, linking and loading, memory management, transactions, file systems, distributed systems, security, and protection. Programming projects in Java and C. Students taking this honors section will be required to do additional readings, a semester-long project, and write a conference-style paper to be submitted at the end of the semester.

Satisfies the Junior Year Writing requirement. The impact of computers on modern society.

Satisfies the Junior Year Writing requirement. The impact of computers on modern society.

This is the second semester of biomedical engineering capstone design sequence. The scope of biomedical engineering design and development encompasses a wide variety of scientific and engineering fields. This is a project based course utilizing fundamental concepts involved in biomaterials, biomechanics, bioinstrumentation to solve biomedical engineering problems. In this course students will build upon their capstone design project from Senior Design I with engineering analysis and design optimization of their selected design concept, prototyping, testing, reporting and oral presentations.

This course is an advanced workshop in 16mm single-camera filmmaking, emphasizing experimental formal approaches, hand-processing, eco-friendly film chemistry, printing, color film, tinting and toning techniques, sound technologies, telecine and digitalization techniques, and digital-analog hybrid processes, with the goal of presenting a final work in a curated screening at the end of the semester. A previous 16mm course or instructor permission are prerequisite.

This one-credit course gives students systematic practice in the range of public speaking challenges they face in their academic and professional careers. During each class meeting, the instructor presents material on an aspect of speech craft and delivery; each student then gives a presentation reflecting her mastery of that week’s material. The instructor films each student’s presentations and reviews them in individual conferences. During one class meeting, the students also review and analyze films of notable speeches. Classes are held for the first six weeks of the semester.

This course studies different urban experiences across the world. The course will introduce the process of urbanization and address the complex relationship between urbanization, globalization, and inequality. Throughout the course, we will explore a series of case studies to provide concrete examples of how different cities such as London, New York, Berlin, Shanghai, Stockholm and Istanbul responded to globalization by paying attention to different topics such as pandemics, migration, and urban movements.

This course introduces the fundamentals of rock climbing to the beginner. It emphasizes smooth climbing technique as well as familiarity with the equipment, various knots, belaying and rappelling. Basic top-rope anchor building is also covered. Safety issues are a strong emphasis in this course. The majority of class time is spent on the Ainsworth Gym climbing wall, but also include off-campus trips. Enrollment limited to 12.

Building on skills learned in Fencing I (Foil) épée and sabre and the differences between each style is taught. The class covers footwork, positions, offense, defense and tactics particular to each weapon. It incorporates dynamic stretching and plyometric training to improve students’ fitness with emphasis on partner drills and bouting, leading to in-class tournaments. Students also learn about the world of competitive fencing from local events to World Cups and the Olympics. Prerequisite: Fencing I or equivalent. Enrollment limited to 14.