Offered as NSC 130 and PSY 130. Introduction to brain-behavior relations in humans and other species. An overview of anatomical, neural, hormonal and neurochemical bases of behavior in both normal and clinical cases. Major topics include the biological basis of sexual behavior, sleep, emotions, depression, schizophrenia, autism, ADHD and neurological disorders. The course focuses on clinical cases in human neuroscience. Open to entering students.

This course focuses on developing skills in both spoken and written Portuguese and is designed for students who have already learned the fundamentals of grammar. Topics for compositions, class discussions and oral reports are based on short literary texts as well as journalistic articles, music and film. Prerequisite: POR 100Y, POR 110, POR 125 or POR 200. Enrollment limited to 20.

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 supports 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.

An advanced laboratory course for juniors and seniors in which students learn and make use of  advanced signal recovery methods to design and perform laboratory experiments drawn from a wide range of topics in modern and contemporary physics. Students considering special studies / honors work in experimental physics as seniors are encouraged to take PHY 350 during their junior year. May be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 8 credits. Prerequisites: PHY 215 and PHY 240 or equivalent. Enrollment limited to 8.

An advanced laboratory course for juniors and seniors in which students learn and make use of  advanced signal recovery methods to design and perform laboratory experiments drawn from a wide range of topics in modern and contemporary physics. Students considering special studies / honors work in experimental physics as seniors are encouraged to take PHY 350 during their junior year. May be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 8 credits. Prerequisites: PHY 215 and PHY 240 or equivalent. Enrollment limited to 8.

Electrostatic and magnetostatic fields in vacuum and in matter, electrodynamics and electromagnetic waves. Prerequisite: PHY 215 or equivalent.

A course emphasizing the pedagogy in physics based on Physics Education Research (PER). Readings and discussion emphasize the research literature and strategies for implementing successful and effective methods of teaching physics at the introductory level in the classroom. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisites: PHY 117 or PHY 118 or PHY 119. Instructor permission required.

This course will give you a practical introduction to experimental atomic physics by having you do real, publishable research. While this course-based-research program is focused on high precision spectroscopy, you will gain skills that can be generally applied to investigational science in experimental design, experimental iteration/systematic error analysis, data analysis, and writing scientific papers for publication.