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Introduction to Asian American Studies The aggregate experience of Asian Pacific Americans, from developments in the countries of origin to their contemporary issues. The histories of Asian Pacific American groups as well as culture, politics, the media, and stereotypes, viewed from an interdisciplinary perspective.


id: AAST322
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Immigration and Ethnicity in the US Formerly:AAST222, SOCY222. Explores historical and contemporary Asian immigration to the US in comparison to and in the context of other immigrant groups. From low-skilled laborers to highly-skilled professionals, Asian and other immigrants have been an integral part of the shifting US economy and society since its inception. The course includes theories on why immigration occurs, determinants of its continuation, the uses of migrant labor, and immigrant adaptation and settlement. The second part of the course focuses on theories of ethnicity and racial formation and how immigrants develop and challenge the definitions of race, ethnicity, the "other", and ultimately, who is American. Students will also have the opportunity to gain first-hand knowledge of the immigrant experience through a life history interview project.


id: AAST351
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Asian Americans and Media Formerly:AAST398M, AAST398N. From yellow peril invaders to model minority allies, Asian Americans have crafted their own dynamic cultural expressions in a number of media from film, television, and music to fashion, sports, and food that reveal and contest the contradictions of the U.S. nation-state. Asian American culture also uniquely sits at the nexus of immigration flows and digital technologies, providing a transnational lens to view the US place in the world. This advanced course, then, will introduce students to the study and practice of Asian American culture as multiple , hybrid, and heterogeneous. It will do so through three sections: section one will introduce students to classical, cultural, and media concepts as well as relevant keywords outlined by Asian American Studies scholars; section two will review the work of Asian American cultural theorists; section three will focus on analyses of particular Asian American cultural productions. In doing so, students will gain an understanding of the shifting and interlocking tensions among the local, the national, and the global that form the cultural geographies of Asian America.


id: AAST355
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Asian Americans in Film Formerly:398L. Explores how Asian Americans have historically been represented in the U.S. by Hollywood, and in turn, how independent and Hollywood Asian American filmmakers have represented themselves. It covers the history of racial, gendered, and sexualized representations of Asian Americans in Hollywood, as well as Asian American filmic responses within and outside Hollywood. It also introduces how four basic tools of film analysis mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing and sound work together to create meaning in moving images. It examines how these elements are put together in three different types of films by Asian American filmmakers: narrative, documentary, and experimental. How films function in society to circulate ideas that reproduce and challenge stereotypes about Asian Americans.


id: AAST363
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Filipino American History and Biography Formerly:AAST398D. Focus is placed on Filipino American experiences with an emphasis on identity, community building and organizing to influence public policy We will cover pertinent events from the US and Philippine history in order to understand the impact of colonialism, migration, immigration and assimilation on Filipino Americans.


id: AAST394
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Growing Up Asian American: The Asian Immigrant Family and the Second Generation Formerly:AAST398E. An interdisciplinary course examines the experiences of children of Asian immigrants in the U.S., focusing on intergenerational dynamics in the Asian immigrant family, their intersections with race, gender, class, sexuality, and religion, and how these shape second-generation Asian American life. Topics include identity and personhood, the model minority myth and education, work and leisure, language and communication, filiality and disownment, mental health and suicide.


id: AAST398I
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Selected Topics in Asian American Studies; Preserving Asian American Histories This course introduces students to historic preservation and the ways in which Asian Americans have been interpreted through narratives of archival research of the built environment and landmark designation. Students will gain a greater understanding of the role of Asian Americans in US historic preservation practice, the preservation of Asian Americans historic sites (people, places, historical moments) and how to conduct research on Asian American historic preservation. Though the class will concentrate on Asian Americans, issues related to Asian American represented in historic preservation (including historic sites) will be examined within the larger context of America's multicultural preservation landscape.Cross-listed with HISP319K. Credit only granted for HISP319K or AAST398I.


id: AAST422
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Asian American Women and Gender Formerly:AAST498G. Examines Asian/American cultural production along with theories of gender and sexuality in the field of Asian American Studies. We consider how Asian American femininities/masculinities are conceived and circulated, drawing from a diverse selection of twentieth-century and contemporary texts, films and images that connect Asian American bodies to ideas of absence, danger, inscrutability, hyper- or hypo-sexuality, and virulence. Beginning with early to mid-twentieth century representations, the course attends to theories that clarify the contested relationship between the East/West and Asia/U.S. Also examined are the methods through which bodies differentiated by sex, gender, and race are managed, surveilled, and rehabilitated, with close attention to the enduring legacies of American expansionism and conquest, anti-immigration policies in the U.S., and twentieth-century wars and occupations in Asia. The course engages Women of Color feminisms, queer theory, and disability studies.


id: AAST440
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South Asian American Literature and Culture Formerly:AAST498W. Examines writing by South Asian American authors and authors writing about South Asian American issues. It explores major South Asian diaspora themes, considering how migration, war, the events of 9/11, global capitalism, and the changing socio-political and racial scene have affected South Asians in the United States. We will use a transnational approach to consider how writers and filmmakers explore gender, class, religious, caste, and other differences amongst South Asian Americans. We will also examine the place of South Asian Americans in relation to other Asian American populations. We will consider how South Asian American texts disrupt traditional literary classifications based on national identities by reflecting the complex global conditions, imperialistic and capitalistic expansion, and interconnectedness of peoples, nations, and cultures that have transformed American literature and conceptions of American identity.


id: AAST443
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Asian American Politics Formerly:AAST498T. Students will gain a greater understanding of 1) the role of Asian Americans in US politics, 2) the political attitudes and behaviors of Asian Americans and 3) how to conduct research on Asian American politics. Though the class will concentrate on Asian Americans, issues related to Asian American politics will be examined within the larger context of America's multicultural political landscape.


id: AAST498X
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Advanced Topics in Asian American Studies; Techno Orientalism This course introduces students to techno-Orientalism and the ways in which Asian Americans (and Asia more broadly) have been interpreted through narratives of technology and futurity. By exploring literature, film, and art, we will consider how race, gender, science, and labor impact how Asian Americans are perceived in the future or even as technologies themselves. Asian American creative responses to techno-Orientalism will also be studied.


id: ABRM330
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Introduction to Anti-Black Racism Additional information:This interdisciplinary course will consist of two-week modules from key faculty/scholars in College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, College of Arts and Humanities, School of Public Health, School of Public Policy, and College of Education to explore how anti-Black racism operates in society. This interdisciplinary course seeks to provide a broad overview of this rich and dynamic history. Built around the expertise of top UMD faculty in five colleges, this course will introduce students to the history and legacy of anti-Black racism from the perspective of multiple disciplines. In this course you will examine the development, spread, and articulations of anti-Black racism in the United States.


id: AGNR200
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AGNR 2+2 Program  Extended Orientation Seminar Additional information:It is strongly recommended that AGNR 2+2 students take AGNR 200 during the first semester at the University. One class meeting per week.  This courses is initiated by International Programs and will be coordinated in conjunction with the College of AGNR. Introduces AGNR 2+2 students to University and "American" life. Assists with their successful transition to the College and Agriculture and Natural Resources and the University of Maryland. Helps students to understand their place in AGNR at to learn about the resources available to them.


id: AGNR301
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Sustainability Formerly:PUAF301. Designed for students whose academic majors would be enhanced by the complementary study of a widely shared but hard-to-operationalize aspiration: that present choices should preserve or improve future options rather than foreclose or degrade them. How should we understand sustainability? How might we achieve it? How would we know if we had achieved it? And how could sustainability activists of a rising generation lead by example?


id: AGST130
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Did Yeast Create Civilization? Recommended:CHEM103, CHEM131, CHEM135, or CHEM146. Did yeast create civilization?  Fermented foods have played a major role in the transition from nomadic to settled agrarian societies, the establishment of social and religious customs, the expansion of empires, and modern economies. To what extent are our past and current attitudes towards fermented foods rooted in historical and cultural imprints? Explore the central role of fermentation in human history and culture, the basic microbiological processes underlying fermentation processes, and the processes used to produce and distribute fermented foods. Find out how the fruits, grains, and dairy products used to produce fermented foods are grown and selected. Students will learn about the development and modern use of fermented dairy products, pickles, bread, tea, chocolate, wine, beer, distilled liquors, and pharmaceutical/manufactured products.


id: AGST312
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Viticulture and Enology A scientific introduction to viticulture (grape-growing) and enology (wine-making). Topics include grape biology, species and cultivars, vineyard establishment and maintenance, fermentation and aging, wine classification, production, evaluation, storage and service, regulations, wine as food.


id: AGST333
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Crafty Beverage Crops Recommended:PLSC110 or PLSC112; or 1 course in BSCI, BCHM, BIOL. From soda to wine, a scientific introduction to "crafty beverage crops". Students will expand their horticulture knowledge and gain an appreciation for craft beverages and the plants that made them. Topics include history, biology, production and management techniques, harvest, storage and market potential for crafty beverage crops.


id: AGST630
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Adult and Community Development Education Formerly:AGNR630. Analyze and learn to apply teaching/learning theory and techniques in adult continuing and community development education with a focus on nonformal contexts. This course will examine the curriculum development process as well as in-person, virtual, and remote instructional techniques and methodologies tailored to adults' learning preferences. Scenarios and examples will involve participatory approaches to solving community development problems.


id: AMSC460
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Computational Methods Basic computational methods for interpolation, least squares, approximation, numerical quadrature, numerical solution of polynomial and transcendental equations, systems of linear equations and initial value problems for ordinary differential equations. Emphasis on methods and their computational properties rather than their analytic aspects. Intended primarily for students in the physical and engineering sciences.


id: AMSC466
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Introduction to Numerical Analysis I Floating point computations, direct methods for linear systems, interpolation, solution of nonlinear equations.


id: AMSC660
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Scientific Computing I Fundamental techniques in scientific computation with an introduction to theory and software for each topic. Computer numbers and sources of errors, numerical linear algebra, optimization, and Monte Carlo methods.


id: AMSC673
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Partial Differential Equations I Analysis of boundary value problems for Laplace's equation, initial value problems for the heat and wave equations. Fundamental solutions, maximum principles, energy methods. First order nonlinear PDE, conservation laws. Characteristics, shock formation, weak solutions. Distributions, Fourier transform.


id: AMSC715
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Numerical Methods for Evolution Partial Differential Equations Formerly:AMSC612.Additional information:This course continues AMSC 714, but can be taken independently, and is a complement to the graduate courses MATH 673 and MATH 674 in PDEs, AMSC 666 in numerical analysis, and AMSC 660 and AMSC 661 in scientific computing. Topics include: Heat and wave equations: maximum principle, energy methods and Sobolev spaces, finite difference and finite element methods, von Neumann analysis, stability and error estimates;Linear first order PDEs: upwinding and monotone schemes, finite difference, finite volume, and discontinuous Galerkin methods; Nonlinear conservation laws: weak solutions and entropy conditions,monotone methods.


id: AMSC760
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Applied Statistics Practicum A semester long applied applied statistical project (a minimum 10 hours per week or 120 hours in total), in an internship of collaborative research-laboratory setting working on a substantive applied quantitative project with significant statistical content.


id: AMSC762
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Data Analysis Project This course cannot be used to meet any of the Applied Statistics Area's seminar requirements. Offered yearly, required of and limited to MS non-thesis and doctoral students in Applied Statistics Area, for whom the resulting projects serve as a Qualifying Exam component. After 5-6 lectures or presentations on components of successful data analyses and write-ups, 3-4 sessions will discuss previous student project submissions. The culminating project, to be completed in a two week period between semesters, is an analysis and written report of one of three project choices made available each year to represent a spectrum of realistic applied statistical problems.


id: AMSC763
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Advanced Linear Numerical Analysis Formerly:AMSC600 and CMSC760. Advanced topics in numerical linear algebra, such as dense eigenvalue problems, sparse elimination, iterative methods, and other topics.


id: AMST101
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Introduction American Studies Formerly:AMST201. Introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of American Studies by examining concepts such as culture, identity, cultural practices, and globalization, as well as theories underlying these concepts. Engages key themes, especially constructions of difference and identity, cultures of everyday life, and America and the world.


id: AMST203
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Popular Culture in America An introduction to American popular culture, its historical development, and its role as a reflection of and influence on our culture and society.


id: AMST204
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Film and American Culture Studies Exploration of the American film from a historical perspective, illustrating the motion picture's role as an institutional phenomenon, as a form of communication, and as a source of cross-cultural study.


id: AMST205
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American Material Culture: The Study of People, Places, and Things Historical survey of American material culture. Ways of describing and interpreting accumulated material evidence (e.g., buildings, town plans) introduced by stressing relationship between artifact and culture.


id: AMST260
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American Culture in the Information Age Formerly:AMST298I. Examines the ways in which content and form of public information interact with the culture, families & individuals.


id: AMST298Q
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U.S. Latinx Literature and Culture Examines the poetry, prose, and theater of Latinx communities in the United States from their origins in the Spanish colonization of North America to their ongoing development in the 21st century. Considers how authors use literary form to gain insight into human experience, including mortality, religious belief, gender and sexuality, war and peace, family, language use, scientific inquiry, cultural tradition, ecology, and labor. Also studies how Latinx literary traditions have shaped and been shaped by broader currents in American literature, as well as what connections exist between Latinx literature and social and artistic developments in other parts of the world, particularly Latin America and the Caribbean. Authors may include Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Eulalia Perez, Juan Nepomuceno Seguin, Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton, Jose Marti, Arthur A. Schomburg, Jesus Colon, Julia de Burgos, Cesar Chavez, Ariel Dorfman, Gloria Anzaldua, Junot Diaz, and Cristina Garcia.


id: AMST315
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Religion in American Culture Recommended:AMST101.Formerly:AMST328R. Introduces students to the world's major religious traditions and examines how American culture informs, and is informed by, the variety of religious beliefs and practices in the U.S.  This course is primarily concerned with religion as a system of meaning.  The focus of the course is not on the history of religion or on analysis of religious texts, but rather on the meaning of a religion to its believers.


id: AMST320
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(Dis)ability in American Film Formerly:AMST328X. Explores the connection between film and disability through an analysis of independent and mainstream American films in various film genres. Specifically, we will consider how these film representations reflect and/or challenge the shifting social perspectives of disability over the 20th and 21st centuries.  Beginning with the presentation of disability as theatrical spectacle in the traveling sideshow and early cinema, we will work our way through film history to develop an understanding of our society's complicated relationship with disability.


id: AMST328Q
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Indigenous Feminisms Formerly:WGSS379I Special Topics in WGSS Indigenous Feminisms. Students will engage with scholarship concerning Indigenous conceptions of gender, sexuality, family, and governance. In each unit, participants will study traditional practices, conceptions, and expressions of Indigenous feminisms; identify the disruptive tactics of settler colonialism, centering the resilience and resurgence of Indigenous communities. In a collaborative "pod" framework, students will engage in discussions and projects throughout the term. By the end of the course, students will craft a creative project reflecting their insights and intended contribution to Indigenous feminist movements. Key focal points include the deep dive into traditional conceptions of gender, the impact of colonial interventions, the complexities of Indigenous sexualities, familial adaptations under colonial strain, Indigenous governance, and Indigenous-led resistance and reclamation such as pipeline protests, protection of sacred Mauna Kea, and the MMIW movement.


id: AMST328Y
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Perspectives on Identity and Culture; A Hundred Silent Springs: Environmental Justice History in the Americas, 1862-1962 Cross listed with HIST338L. Credit only granted for AMST328Y or HIST338L.Through a focus on the history of agrochemicals-fertilizers and pesticides-this course traces the development of industrial agriculture and its impact from 1863 to 1962. Through influential case studies in "pest control" such as, arsenic and cotton, fumigants and fruit trees, and locusts epidemics, this course combines histories of race, abolition, plants, technology, and empire.


id: AMST340
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Introduction to History, Theories and Methods in American Studies Introduction to the process of interdisciplinary research, including research literatures, questions, first-hand sources and library and analytic methods in American Studies. Each student will craft a prospectus for original research.


id: AMST412
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Inventing (and Reinventing) Whiteness: The Origins, Transformations, and Future of Race in the US Recommended:AAAS202 or AAAS100.Formerly:AASP412. This course will study the historical origins of whiteness, its transformations over time, and the role it has played (and continues to play) as an organizing force of political, economic, cultural, and domestic life within America. Further, this course will draw on critical intellectual traditions within African American and Africana Studies in order to imagine the future(s) of race, including abolitionist futures where democratic modes of social organization challenge, displace, and undo racialized hierarchies.


id: AMST498C
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Special Topics in American Studies; Central Americans and the United States: Culture, Politics, and Community Cross-listed with USLT450. Credit only granted for AMST498C or USLT450.With attention to history, memory, politics, and culture, this course examines the relationships, conflicts, and exchanges of people and powerbetween the United States and the Central American isthmus. We will investigate the role of the US government and military, as well as US corporate interests and US-backed dictatorships, in the culture, politics, and economy of nations including El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Honduras. Through literature, feature films, documentary films, theatre,poetry, and other mediums, the class will analyze responses to this history in Central American cultural productions originating both from the isthmus and from Central Americans living in the United States.In addition to US interventions in the Americas, the course will examinemigration from Central America to North America and will concludeby exploring thelives and activities of Central Americans living in the USA.


id: AMST498D
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Special Topics in American Studies; Black Women in Twentieth Century America Cross-listed with HIST319X, WGSS379J, and AASP398J. Credit only granted for HIST319X, WGSS379J, AMST498D, or AASP398J.Traces twentieth-century United States history from the perspective of Black women. We will center their diverse voices and experiences as we explore themes including family, work, activism, and cultural expression.


id: AMST498K
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Special Topics in American Studies; Senior Seminar Tenderness in Black Expressive Culture Using a Black cultural studies approach to affect theory, a field of scholarship dedicated to the humanistic study of feeling, students will engage art that prioritizes a lesser known definition of tenderness, e.g. the sensitivity from a prior wound. Throughout the semester, we will read fiction, legal documents, lyrics, poetry, prose, and theory; listen to Black music, podcasts, and interviews; and watch documentary, film, and music videos. Questions to explore include, what is tenderness? What is affect theory s relationship to gender, race, and sexuality? What qualities of Black/queer life come into focus when artists subvert assumptions of their (in)capacity? What do they risk when uncommon forms of tenderness resist racial/gender norms and deviate from what is deemed respectable?


id: AMST498Q
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Special Topics in American Studies; Revolutionary Struggles: History, Theory, Strategy This course is a gathering place and thought laboratory for people passionate about activism, community organizing, movement building, social transformation, and struggles for liberation. We will read movement manifestoes, theories and histories of revolutionary struggles,mission statements of social justice organizations, and (auto)biographies of leaders. We will also watch and listen to protest footage and protest music. The curriculum spans Abolitionism, Civil Rights, Second-Wave Feminism, Black Power, Indigenous Sovereignty, Gay Liberation, Anti-Colonialism, Anti-Fascism, Reproductive Justice, Environmental Justice, Anti-Apartheid, Occupy, Arab Spring, Black Lives Matter, Palestine Solidarity, and more--emphasizing the roles of young people and students. Throughout, wewill chart the histories of these movements; theorize their characteristics; assess their strengths and shortcomings; and hone our own strategies forcollective resistance and liberation.


id: AMST601
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Introductory Theories and History in American Studies Explores the formative literature, theories, research approaches, and history of American Studies.


id: AMST628R
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Seminar in American Studies; The Black Radical Tradition The Black radical tradition is a revolutionary impulse, a refusal of the status quo, a struggle against domination, a drive to dream and make new worlds, and a will to liberation. It emerges from Black life-often amid and against antiblackness. Propelled by this will to liberation, Black people have cultivated radical worldviews, theologies, social movements, political praxes, aesthetic principles, artforms, and ways of life. In this course, we will explore acts and articulations of this centuries-long tradition in life-writing, movement manifestoes, historical accounts, speeches, philosophy, critical theory, fiction, cinema, music, and the Black quotidian. We will study the tradition in its abolitionist, antiracist, pan-Africanist, feminist, anticolonial, anarchist, socialist, queer, futurist, pessimist, and other iterations. Among the questions we will ponder: How might the Black radical tradition provide tools and insights for confronting our current sociopolitical crises? How might we activate and participate in this tradition here and now?


id: AMST655
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Introduction to Museum Scholarship Provides students a basic understanding of museums as cultural and intellectual institutions. Topics include the historical development of museums, museums as resources for scholarly study, and the museum exhibition as medium for presentation of scholarship.


id: AMST857
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Museum Scholarship Practicum Students devise and carry out a research program using the collections at the Smithsonian Institution or some other cooperating museum, working under joint supervision of a museum professional and a university faculty member.


id: ANSC101
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Principles of Animal Science A comprehensive overview of the application of biology in the care and use of animals that live in close association with humans including food animals, companion animals, lab animals, zoo animals, etc. The role of science in modern food production using animals will be emphasized.


id: ANSC103
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Principles of Animal Science Laboratory Laboratory focusing on the application of biology in the care and use of animals that live in close association with humans including livestock and companion animals. Labs will include live animals.


id: ANSC105
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Horse Care Practicum Formerly:ANSC108. This practicum course provides the opportunity for students to be involved in the routine care of the horses housed at the Campus Farm including grooming, feeding, turnout, first aid, record-keeping, and cleaning.  Practical skills are supplemented with online learning.


id: ANSC201
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Anatomy and Physiology of Domestic Animals The anatomy and physiology of domesticated animals with emphasis on functions related to homeostasis. Students will be developing an ability to think about material in processes. They will also gain experience in scientific writing and data analysis.


id: ANSC210
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Veterinary Terminology Additional information:The course is offered on-line through a series of self-paced modules on ELMS. Students will learn terminology related to the clinical practice of small and large animal medicine including medical record terminology and a systems-based consideration of common practices and pathologies.


id: ANSC232
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Horse Management Formerly:ANSC332. An introductory course on the care, management, and use of horses. Major topics include the industry, breeds, conformation, feeding, health, reproduction, facilities and business.


id: ANSC242
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Dairy Cattle Management Formerly:ANSC240 and ANSC241. All aspects of dairy production, including nutrition, reproduction, mastitis control, milking management, farmstead facilities, financial management and forage production.


id: ANSC246
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Beef Management Additional information:Students will participate in night watches at the campus farm. Provides an interactive environment for learning and understanding all areas of beef cattle management including hands-on involvement in the birthing process and care of newborn calves on the campus farm. Course topics will include: An introduction to Beef Production, Breeding and Selection, Reproduction, Nutrition, Cattle Health and Diseases, Cattle Behavior, facility design and management, and Careers working in the American Beef industry.


id: ANSC252
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Introduction to the Diseases of Wildlife The principal diseases of North American wildlife will be briefly considered. For each disease, specific attention will be given to the following: signs evidenced by the affected animal or bird, causative agent, means of transmission and effects of the disease on the population of the species involved.


id: ANSC255
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Introduction to Aquaculture Introduces the art and science of rearing aquatic animals and the essential principles of aquaculture. Students receive hands-on training in the methods required for successful husbandry and management of aquatic animals in their water environment.


id: ANSC260
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Laboratory Animal Management Formerly:ANSC413. A comprehensive course in care and management of laboratory animals. Topics covered include regulations governing the use of animals in research, laboratory animal facility design and management, animal research models, animal health management and husbandry, responsibilities of lab animal workers and career opportunities in the field. Hands-on labs focus on lab animal handling, husbandry and common techniques. Field trips are required, and you must attend a minimum number of field trips which will be held during lab time.


id: ANSC314
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Comparative Animal Nutrition The fundamental role and implications of dietary preference, gastrointestinal physiology and nutrients in animal nutrition. Biochemical roles of nutrients in metabolism, digestion, absorption and assimilation as it relates to various life processes.


id: ANSC436
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Animal Health Policy and Communication Recommended:Completion of ANSC225 and ANSC340 recommend.Formerly:ANSC489A. Intended for upper level students in Veterinary Medicine or Animal Science as well as other students who are interested in understanding how science and politics interact and influence animal health policy and how veterinarians and animal scientists can effectively communicate science to non-scientists such as legislators and policymakers.


id: ANSC437
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Animal Biotechnology Key concepts and current issues in animal biotechnology are covered. Current techniques and applications systems as well as social, ethical, and regulatory issues associated with biotechnology will be discussed.


id: ANSC446
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Physiology of Mammalian Reproduction Provides an in-depth examination of reproductive anatomy and physiology in domesticated livestock species, emphasizing the biological mechanisms and management strategies that influence reproductive efficiency. Students will explore the endocrine regulation of reproduction, assisted reproductive technologies, and factors affecting fertility, pregnancy, parturition, and lactation. The course integrates scientific principles with practical applications in animal agriculture, preparing students to evaluate and apply reproductive management techniques in livestock production systems.


id: ANSC447
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Physiology of Mammalian Reproduction Laboratory Gross and micro-anatomy, artificial insemination, estrous cycle synchronization and invitro-fertilization procedures and analytical techniques useful in animal management and reproduction.


id: ANSC450
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Animal Breeding Plans Design of animal breeding programs for the genetic improvement of livestock and companion animal species. Principles of population and quantitative genetics. Genetic evaluations of animals, selection strategies and crossbreeding systems. Incorporation of statistics and biotechnology into animal breeding plans.


id: ANSC454
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Nutritional Aspects of Metabolic Disease Formerly:ANSC489O. Biochemical and physiological fundamentals of nutrition. Discussion of protein, fat,carbohydrate, minerals and vitamins and their roles and interrelationships innutrition, metabolism and diseases in humans and animals. The course will use recommended texts for foundation material as well as research papers to provide in-depth coverage and illustrate emerging themes in metabolic aspects of nutrition and disease.


id: ANSC455
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Applied Animal Behavior Principles of animal behavior applied to production systems in animal agriculture.


id: ANSC460
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Comparative Vertebrate Immunology Formerly:ANSC489I. Basic concepts in immunology, and comparing immunity in different vertebrates, including organization of immune systems, innate and adaptive immune responses. Special attention will be paid to how cell-mediated and humoral immune responses are induced in natural infections, and what are the effector mechanisms in both of these processes. Immune response in representative disease models such as infections with viruses and bacteria, cancer, and autoimmune disease will be discussed. Lectures concerning cutting-edge research will also be given.


id: ANSC624
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Recent Advances in Animal and Avian Sciences Formerly:ANSC698C. Seminar course in advanced animal science research.


id: ANSC625
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Developing Presentation Skills Formerly:ANSC698D. Seminar designed to teach oral presentation skills for animal science students.


id: ANSC660
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Poultry Literature Readings on individual topics are assigned. Written reports required. Methods of analysis and presentation of scientific material are discussed.


id: ANTH210
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Introduction to Medical Anthropology and Global Health An introduction to the central concepts in medical anthropology and the anthropology of global health. This course is a survey of anthropological notions of health, disease, and the body in cross-cultural and global contexts, including classic and contemporary texts. It will provide an examination of systems of knowledge and practice with regard to illness, healing, and global health inequities.


id: ANTH222
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Introduction to Ecological and Evolutionary Anthropology An introduction to the evolution of human physiology and human behavior, the relationship between hominid and non-hominid primates, and the study of relationships between a population of humans and their biophysical environment.


id: ANTH240
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Introduction to Archaeology Exploration of the variety of past human societies and cultures through archaeology, from the emergence of anatomically modern humans to the more recent historical past.


id: ANTH260
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Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology and Linguistics Culture and social relationships in a wide variety of settings from small-scale to complex societies. An overview of how anthropology analyzes human behavior. Particular attention to the relationship between language and culture.


id: ANTH265
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Anthropology of Global Health An overview of the growing field of global health including health care systems, medical practices, ideas about illness in cross-cultural contexts, issues of health development, global health inequity, and human rights issues. The course will focus on the history of global health, the critique of major international health agencies and their development paradigms, and the political economy of social inequalities and health.


id: ANTH266
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Changing Climate, Changing Cultures Explore past, present, and future interactions between humans and climate. Discussions, methods-oriented activities, and case study analyses provide students a foundation for appreciating the role of anthropology in understanding, responding to, and preparing for climate change.


id: ANTH305
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Archaeological Methods and Practice A team-taught, interdisciplinary course discussing theories, methods, and ethical issues in the practice of archaeology.


id: ANTH310
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Method & Theory in Medical Anthropology and Global Health Jointly offered withANTH665.Formerly:ANTH465. Provides a critical perspective to global health that encompasses key political, economic, and cultural factors associated with the nature and magnitude of global health issues such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, paying particular attention to how poverty and inequalities within and between societies has accelerated current global health challenges. Introduces students to how medical anthropologists have contributed to the debates surrounding the globalization of health.


id: ANTH322
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Method and Theory in Ecological Anthropology A theoretical consideration of ecological anthropology, focusing on issues related to cooperation, the management of common property, resilience, and sustainability. Explores the methods of sociocultural anthropology, including ethnology, evolutionary game theory and agent-based modeling; and natural-science approaches including behavioral and systems ecology.


id: ANTH323
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Plagues, Pathogens and Public Policy Formerly:ANTH429A. The impact of diseases on populations from prehistoric times through the present will be examined, along with public perceptions of disease, scientific breakthroughs on treatment and prevention, and the ways that politics and public health policies can enhance or impede the advancement of disease treatment. The natural history of disease, population structure, and immunity will be discussed. The class will address emerging and re-emerging diseases and the ways that first responders, researchers, and policy makers may affect the outcome of an outbreak.


id: ANTH340
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Method and Theory in Archaeology Theory, method, and practice which guides modern anthropological archaeology. Includes research design and execution (from survey through excavation and interpretation), the reconstruction of aspects of past cultures, and the understanding of cultural change and meaning.


id: ANTH386
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Experiential Learning Recommended:Completion of advanced courses in relevant subfield of anthropology recommended.


id: ANTH415
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Critical Global Health Recommended:ANTH210, ANTH310, or ANTH265 or a similar course focused on global health or medical anthropology course.Jointly offered with:ANTH615. Extends understandings of diverse health conditions facing world populations today and the science being made around them. Critically examines key issues in global aid and public health, with an emphasis on the theories, concepts, and methods of anthropology.


id: ANTH417
content:
Science Technology, and Medicine How does something become a scientific fact? What is the social impact of new technologies and medical innovations? Who benefits and who is harmed by the rapid development of modern science, technology, and medicine? These questions are explored by drawing on the fields of anthropology, history, sociology, cultural studies, and science and technology studies to understand the inherent connections between science, technology, medicine, and society.


id: ANTH425
content:
Molecular Anthropology Jointly offered with:ANTH625. It's in your DNA! Learn how scientists use genetic approaches in both modern and ancient DNA studies, to better understand human evolution, adaptation, diversity, and animal and plant domestication. DNA provides insight into the history of populations, global migrations and demographic events, and how we as a species have adapted to changing environments and the burdens of disease.


id: ANTH431
content:
Archaeology and Heritage of the Mediterranean World Through a survey of key archaeological sites, this course explores the cultures and civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean world, and also considers how this material past becomes entangled with present-day societal affairs (e.g., political, economic, moral, environmental.)


id: ANTH432
content:
Multispecies Coexistence Interactions and relationships between humans and other species, including fungi, animals, plants, and microorganisms, shape human culture, history, economies, politics, and genetics. Over the past decade, multispecies research has emerged to explore these connections by recognizing the agency and significance of non-human beings in shaping social and ecological systems. Moving beyond traditional anthropocentric study of cultures, societies, and human behavior, multispecies scholarship challenges the nature- culture divide by emphasizing the importance of understanding and responsibly engaging with the interconnectedness of all species. This course offers students opportunities to engage in interdisciplinary multispecies scholarship through class readings, discussion, and assignments on topics including the ethics and politics of coexistence; Indigenous knowledge and practice; domestication, niche construction, and co-evolution; urban ecology, human-wildlife conflict; livelihoods and economies.


id: ANTH440
content:
Theory and Practice of Historical Archaeology Jointly offered withANTH640. Historical archaeology enhances cultural heritage by providing voice for groups who were often unable to record their own histories, such as women, laborers, working class families, and enslaved people. The course provides insight into issues related to race, gender, and ethnicity as they relate to multicultural histories.


id: ANTH451
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Environmental Archaeology Formerly:ANTH448F. An overview of modern environmental archaeology as a tool for the interdisciplinary investigation of past and present global change and to engage the long term past with current issues of sustainability and rapid environmental change.


id: ANTH464
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Anthropology of Cultural Heritage Jointly offered withANTH664.  Credit only grant ed  for: ANTH469T, ANTH689T, ANTH464, ANTH664.Formerly:ANTH469T. A global exploration of how the past is remade in the present. Covers the breadth of scope and specific interventions of heritage practice at the global scale, including the social, political, economic, and ethical dimensions of cultural heritage.


id: ANTH476
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Senior Research Capstone course in which students pursue independent research into a current problem in anthropology, selected with assistance of a committee of faculty. Research leads to the writing of a senior thesis in anthropology.


id: ANTH477
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Senior Thesis Capstone course in which students write a senior thesis on independent research into a current problem in anthropology. The thesis is defined before a committee of faculty.


id: ANTH482
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Anthropology of Infrastructure, Architecture & Design Build It, Break It, Fix It. Examining cases from power grids to public toilets and everything in between, this course explores the emergence, construction, operation, breakdown, repair and reimagination of infrastructure and architecture through anthropological theory and methods.


id: ANTH485
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Honors Research Preparation Honors Research Preparation is an independent study course during which the Honors candidate will work with their Honors Thesis Advisor to establish not only the structure of the thesis and timeline, but also the formation of Thesis Review Committee.


id: ANTH486
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Honors Research Capstone course in which students pursue independent research into a current problem in anthropology, selected with assistance of a committee of faculty. Research leads to the writing of an honors thesis in anthropology.


id: ANTH487
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Honors Thesis Capstone course in which students write a thesis on the results of independent research into a current problem in anthropology.


id: ANTH601
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Applied Anthropology An overview of the history and current practices of applied anthropology. This includes relationships between applied anthropology and other major subfields of the profession; the interdisciplinary and public context of applied anthropology; and problems of significance, utility, and ethics associated with applied anthropology.


id: ANTH606
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Qualitative Methods in Applied Anthropology An introduction to the use of ethnography and qualitative methods in applied and policy contexts. Qualitative methods discussed include informal and systematic approaches. Students undertake fieldwork in local settings to practice the qualitative methods and to develop analysis and report writing skills.


id: ANTH615
content:
Critical Global Health Jointly offered with:ANTH415. Extends understandings of diverse health conditions facing world populations today and the science being made around them. Critically examines key issues in global aid and public health, with an emphasis on the theories, concepts, and methods of anthropology.


id: ANTH620
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Environment and Society Additional information:Offered over the interactive video network. Students will obtain foundational knowledge of core theories and methods that integrate cultural and socio-economic research into environmental science. Key topics include: coupled natural and human systems, cultural models of the environment, social networks, ecological economics, political ecology, environmental justice, and science communication.


id: ANTH625
content:
Molecular Anthropology Jointly offered with:ANTH425. It's in your DNA! Learn how scientists use genetic approaches in both modern and ancient DNA studies, to better understand human evolution, adaptation, diversity, and animal and plant domestication. DNA provides insight into the history of populations, global migrations and demographic events, and how we as a species have adapted to changing environments and the burdens of disease.


id: ANTH640
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Advanced Studies in Theory and Practice of Historical Archaeology Jointly offered withANTH440. Historical archaeology enhances cultural heritage by providing voice for groups who were often unable to record their own histories, such as women, laborers, working class families, and enslaved people. The course provides insight into issues related to race, gender, and ethnicity as they relate to multicultural histories.


id: ANTH651
content:
Environmental Archaeology Formerly:ANTH688F. An overview of modern environmental archaeology as a tool for the interdisciplinary investigation of past and present global change and to engage the long term past with current issues of sustainability and rapid environmental change.


id: ANTH664
content:
Anthropology of Cultural Heritage Formerly:ANTH689T. A global exploration of how the past is remade in the present. Covers the breadth of scope and specific interventions of heritage practice at the global scale, including the social, political, economic, and ethical dimensions of cultural heritage.


id: ANTH701
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Anthropology Internship Preparation Preparation for internship includes practicum training in development, presentation and evaluation of position papers, proposals and work plans; literature search and use of secondary data sources in decision making the effect cultural analysis and resource management; ethics and professional development for work in non-academic settings.


id: ANTH712
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Anthropology Internship Analysis The preparation and presentation of internship results, and the development of skills in report writing and presentation. Includes the completion of a professional quality report or publishable paper based on the internship experience.


id: ANTH741
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Introduction to Cultural and Heritage Resource Management An introduction to the field of cultural and heritage resource management. Examines existing international, national, and local frameworks for the protection of cultural heritage. Provides an overview of employment opportunities and ethical responsibilities within the profession.


id: ANTH743
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Community Engagement and Consultation A grounding in cultural communication and sensitivity to community, cultural, and stakeholder needs within and beyond project specific confines. Using the broader context of practicing anthropology in the exploration of communication styles, learning styles, and cultural biases and taboos, students are exposed to underlying concepts concerning inter-cultural communication so that they may develop more collaborative approaches to research. The program also provides background in the development of public outreach programs in the context of cultural and heritage resource management.


id: ANTH747
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Business of CRM An overview of the skills necessary for success in managing a CRM program. Students will learn how CRM organizations market and manage clients, prepare and submit budgets and proposals, and coordinate technical staff to successfully complete projects. Topics will address the range of issues that owners and managers are confronted with in their oversight of projects, including the management of employees, ethics and professional responsibilities, ensuring health and safety, and meeting the many contractual obligations of CRM projects.


id: ANTH751
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Project Management This capstone class for the MPS in CHRM provides students with a grounding in the critical thinking processes necessary during each stage of the CRM process. It provides students with insights into the processes used as research questions are translated into data and then into an evaluative report. Students review examples of appropriate and inappropriate technical reports and then analyze the reports to understand the thinking processes necessary for project management to provide the client with the documentation necessary for completing the compliance process.


id: ANTH752
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Introduction to GIS for CRM Builds foundational competence for using geographical information systems (GIS) in the field of cultural resources management (CRM), including a basic understanding of how to work in ArcGIS, and the types of data analysis and presentation that are possible within GIS applications.


id: ANTH760
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Development of Social/Cultural Theory A broad perspective of the history of social cultural theory in anthropology and the critical skills needed for understanding the subdiscipline is provided. An overview of the history of theorizing about society and culture will help outline the past, present, and future of anthropology and its relations with other scientific and humanistic disciplines.


id: AOSC123
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Causes and Consequences of Global Change Study of the major components of Earth's climate system and climate change history. Discussion of 21st century climate change prediction, mitigation and adaptation efforts.


id: AOSC200
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Weather and Climate Recommended:Concurrent enrollment in AOSC201. What are weather and climate? Most people think they know but if you ask people to explain the differences and similarities you're bound to get a range of answers. Weather affects not just our daily activities but other important aspects of society such as transportation, commerce, security and agriculture. Most people understand what weather is to some extent. Climate and climate change are concepts that evoke strong emotional responses from people but are less well understood. In this class, students examine fundamental issues such as the greenhouse effect, severe weather, and global weather patterns and how they relate to a changing climate. Instruction in the lectures will provide the basic knowledge needed to understand these issues. In the discussion sections, students will be divided into groups to address the implications of these topics through group projects.


id: AOSC201
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Weather and Climate Laboratory Corequisite:AOSC200. Laboratory exercises to supplement AOSC200, including weather observations, weather map analysis, forecasting practice and climate modeling.


id: AOSC375
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Introduction to the Blue Ocean Recommended:MATH121, MATH141, PHYS161, or PHYS171. The global ocean is a major component of the Earth System that shapes life on earth, including our weather and climate.  We explore the observation-based interdisciplinary science of oceanography, identifying its strong connections to related sciences like meteorology, and geography.  We apply this developing understanding to environmental issues such as  marine pollution, fish and fisheries, as well as to climate variability and to the changes to the marine environment that are resulting from  steadily rising levels of atmospheric greenhouse gasses.  Focusses  include the biogeochemical and physical changes we can observe in the  nearby Chesapeake Bay and the coastal waters of Eastern Shore,  Maryland.


id: AOSC400
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Physical Meteorology The application of basic classical physics, chemistry and mathematics to the study of the atmosphere. Composition of the atmosphere; energy sources and sinks (radiation in the atmosphere; radiative balance and radiative forcing of atmospheric processes); atmospheric thermodynamics; clouds and precipitation physics; atmospheric electricity and optics; mesoscale processes (e.g., orographic mesoscale phenomena and instabilities); air mass boundaries; severe weather, tropical cyclones; storms; global circulation.


id: AOSC420
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Physical Oceanography Recommended:AOSC200.Also offered as:GEOL670, AOSC670. Ocean observations. Water masses, sources of deep, intermediate, and surface water. Mass, heat, and salt transport, and the meridional overturning circulation.  Geochemical tracers and cycles, including carbon. Western boundary currents, mixed layers, and processes maintaining the thermocline. Coastal and estuarine processes. Surface waves and tides. the ocean's role in climate.


id: AOSC431
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Atmospheric Thermodynamics Recommended:MATH246. Classical thermodynamics applied to both the dry and the moist atmosphere. Composition; phase changes of water; stability concepts; Properties of aerosols and clouds, cloud nucleation and precipitation processes, atmospheric electricity, cloud and precipitation chemistry.


id: AOSC436
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Principles of Biogeochemistry And (GEOL100 or GEOL120); and GEOL322. And CHEM131 and CHEM132; or (CHEM135 and CHEM136). An introduction to the basic principles of biogeochemistry including aspects of organic geochemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, global geochemical cycles, the origin of life and paleoenvironmental evolution.


id: AOSC470
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Synoptic Meteorology Atmospheric properties and observations, meteorological analysis and charts, operational numerical forecasts. Application of quasigeostrophic theory, baroclinic instability, midlatitiude and mesoscale weather systems. Tropical meteorology. Weather forecasting using numerical and statistical models. Prediction of weather phenomena on the global, syoptic, meso, and local scales. Analysis of surface and upper air data; Norwegian cyclone model; introduction to weather forecasting.


id: AOSC493
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Senior Research Project I Technical writing and oral presentation skills. Planning, writing, and presenting a plan for research in the geosciences.


id: AOSC494
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Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Seminar Exposure to a wide range of contemporary topics in atmospheric, oceanic, and climate sciences, to foster research interests and promote critical thinking through the weekly AOSC departmental seminar series.


id: AOSC600
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Synoptic Meteorology I Atmospheric properties and observations, meteorological analysis and charts, operational numerical forecasts. Application of quasigeostrophic theory, baroclinic instability, midlatitude and mesoscale weather systems. Tropical meteorology.


id: AOSC610
content:
Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Ocean I Equations of motion and their approximation, scale analysis for the atmosphere and the ocean. Conservation properties. Fluid motion in the atmosphere and oceans. Circulation and vorticity, geostrophic motion and the gradient wind balance. Turbulence and Ekman Layers.


id: AOSC620
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Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere I Air parcel thermodynamics and stability; constituent thermodynamics and chemical kinetics. Cloud and aerosol physics and precipitation processes.


id: AOSC652
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Analysis Methods in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Recommended:AMSC460, CMSC660, AMSC660, or CMSC460. A variety of the analysis methods used by atmospheric and oceanic scientists will be applied to observational data sets such as Vostok ice core record, temperature trends, and satellite measurements of ozone,sea ice, etc. in a hands-on, computer laboratory setting. Students will be exposed to Fortran and Python as well as modern file formats such as HDF and netCDF. No prior programming experience required.


id: AOSC670
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Physical Oceanography Ocean observations. Water masses, sources of deep water. Mass, heat, and salt transport, geochemical tracers. Western boundary currents, maintenance of the thermocline. Coastal and estuarine processes. Surface waves and tides. Ocean climate.


id: AOSC680
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Introduction to Earth System Science An introduction to the study of the earth as a system: atmosphere, oceans, land, cryosphere, solid earth, and humans. Cycling of materials and energy in the earth system: the energy cycle, the hydrologic cycle, the carbon cycle, the nitrogen cycle. Climate processes and variability: land-atmosphere, ocean-atmosphere, biosphere-climate, and human interactions, short- and long-term variability in climate.


id: ARAB101
content:
Elementary Arabic I Introduction to modern standard Arabic in both its spoken and written form. Equal emphasis on all four skill areas: speaking, listening, reading, and writing.


id: ARAB102
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Elementary Arabic II Continuation of ARAB101. Introduction to both spoken and written Arabic. Equal emphasis on all four skill areas: speaking, listening, reading, and writing.


id: ARAB190
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Introduction to Arab Cultures & Societies Provides an introduction to key topics related to the study of the Arabic-speaking world, including features of Arab identity in the Middle East & North Africa as well as in the diaspora. Addresses religious, racial, and ethnic diversity, the history of language and culture, political economy, and migration. Students will learn about the diverse cultures and societies that have formed the changing conceptions of the Arab world through history and across different geographies. A fundamental premise is that the "Arab world" is not a monolithic, unchanging, bounded region "over there," but has long been deeply intertwined with other societies, including our own. Taught in English.


id: ARAB201
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Intermediate Arabic I The study of Arabic in both its spoken and written forms at the intermediate level. Course will continue to develop all four skills of language acquisition: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.


id: ARAB208E
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Colloquial Arabic and Popular Culture; Egypt Prereq - ARAB102; or must have appropriate World Language Placement Test score. Offers an immersive introduction to spoken Arabic thr ough popular culture, including film, music, television, and social media. Students will develop practical communication skills in a regional colloquial variety of Arabic while engaging with everyday language use. In additionto language acquisition, the course explores cultural traditions, daily life, holidays and celebrations, as well as broader cultural and social issues reflected in popular media. Emphasis is placed on authentic materials and culturally embedded speech practices, including idiomatic expressions, proverbs, register shifts, gestures and nonverbal communication, and socially appropriate language and behaviors. Regional focus varies by semester.


id: ARAB225
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Roots and Patterns: Verb Meaning in Arabic Formerly:ARAB499K.Additional information:No prior linguistic training is required, but an interest in language and linguistics is assumed. Examines the templatic morphology of the Arabic verb system, and asks what the workings of such a system tell us about the way that humans construct and encode meaning. Moves beyond the traditional labels that are used to name the different categories of Arabic verb, to explore the conceptual structures that are coded linguistically by the various verb patterns.


id: ARAB301
content:
Arab Culture and Society: Skills and Topics I Discussion of factors that drive migration from and across Arab societies, including structures of economic and social marginalization and experiences within Arab diaspora communities. Continued study of Arabic in both its spoken and written forms and study of daily life in Arabic-speaking societies. Listening, speaking, reading and writing are emphasized through engagement with increasingly advanced authentic materials.


id: ARAB322
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Arabic for Daily Life II Develops students' speaking and listening abilities in both formal Arabic and a dialect, aiming to bring them to the advanced low level in speaking. Focus on activating vocabulary and grammar structures, speaking at the paragraph level, self-correction, and using both formal and informal registers of Arabic.


id: ARAB386
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Experiential Learning Pre-professional experience in research, analysis and writing in a work setting. Project proposal approved by faculty and internship sponsor. Junior standing.


id: ARAB398A
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Special Topics in Arabic Studies; The Language of the Quran and Hadith I Credit only granted for ARAB398A or ARAB399E. Develops understanding of the language of Quran and Hadith through reading skills, discussion of content, and recitation practice. Assumes basic reading ability in Arabic, perhaps gained through exposure to the Quran.


id: ARAB499D
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Special Topics in Arabic Studies; Gender and Difference in the Arab World Introduces students to the study of gender in the modern Arab world, exploring how gender intersects with other manifestations of power and difference, including race, social class, and disability. Major issues and theoretical frameworks are explored through both scholarly and creative texts.Cross-listed with WGSS498E. Credit will be only granted for WGSS498E and ARAB499D.


id: AREC200
content:
The Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem: Intersection of Science, Economics, and Policy The Chesapeake Bay is one of the most studied and monitored ecosystems in the world. To develop effective policies to restore this system to a healthier status requires integrating what we know about the biological and physical properties of the system with our understanding of the human dimension. Issues such as achieving nutrient reduction goals, restoring healthy blue crab and oyster fisheries in the bay will be used to demonstrate how economics interacts with science to guide policies that can be effective in achieving Bay restoration goals.


id: AREC250
content:
Elements of Agricultural and Resource Economics An introduction to economic principles of production, marketing, agricultural prices and incomes, farm labor, credit, agricultural policies, and government programs.


id: AREC260
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The Science of Gender in Economics and Development Recommended:Completion of introductory statistics recommended but not required. Is science an objective enterprise that qualifies researchers to investigate gender free from the constraints and prejudice of their culture? We will investigate the process by which various scientific disciplines, including anthropology, evolutionary biology, psychology, and economics do research on the topic of gender. We will describe the current state of the literature on why different sexes exist and how sex translates into gender across different societies today. With a better understanding of the sources of sex and gender, we will examine how to research the reasons behind the highly divergent economic outcomes for men and women today. We will discuss these issues in the context of the labor market in developed countries like the US as well as a variety of contexts in developing countri es. A particular focus will be the techniques for learning more about the underlying reasons for these differences, how and whether they can be overcome, and if women play a specific role in improving economic outcomes in the poorest parts of the world.


id: AREC280
content:
Harvesting Big Data to Examine Agriculture and Climate Change Formerly:HNUH258A. Can agricultural production keep up with climate change? The digital revolution has changed the way we analyze and interpret the world. Big data offers both opportunities and challenges that require new tools and methods of analysis. This course applies sophisticated digital tools to an age-old concern: the impact of climate on agricultural productivity. In this hands-on introduction to data analysis and visualization with real-world data, students acquire the tools to understand the impacts of environmental change and more.


id: AREC306
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Farm Management and Sustainable Food Production The organization and operation of farm businesses are explored through principles of management, financial analysis, production economics, marketing, and business planning. These farm management principles are presented in the context of a sustainable food production system.


id: AREC326
content:
Intermediate Applied Microeconomics And MATH120, MATH130, MATH136, or MATH140; or must have completed MATH220.Formerly:AREC489M. Deepens and broadens your ability to apply rigorous economic analysis skills to a broad range of problems.


id: AREC365
content:
World Hunger, Population, and Food Supplies An introduction to the problem of world hunger and possible solutions to it. World demand, supply, and distribution of food. Alternatives for leveling off world food demand, increasing the supply of food, and improving its distribution. Environmental limitations to increasing world food production.


id: AREC380
content:
Data Science for Environmental and Resource Economics An introduction to principles of data science using modern, open source software tools with applications to important problems in environmental, energy and resource economics.  Topics include data wrangling, exploratory data analysis and visualization, modeling, forecasting, practices for reproducible research, and communication of results.


id: AREC430
content:
Introduction to Agricultural and Resource Law Formerly:AREC489K. Survey of law with emphasis on problems and applications related to agricultural and natural resource economics. The course emphasizes strategies for managing legal risk arising from ownership, management, and use of agricultural resources. Students will get practical information to utilize in personal or professional settings. Contract law, constitutional law, tort law, property law, real estate transactions, business organization, estate planning, and debtor.


id: AREC445
content:
Agricultural Development, Population Growth and the Environment Development theories, the role of agriculture in economic development, the agricultural policy environment, policies impacting on rural income and equity, environmental impacts of agricultural development.


id: AREC447
content:
The Economy of China An introductory survey course of economic development in China with emphasis on understanding the process of economic reform in mainland China since 1978.


id: AREC453
content:
Natural Resources and Public Policy Rational use and reuse of natural resources. Theory, methodology, and policies concerned with the allocation of natural resources among alternative uses. Optimum state of conservation, market failure, safe minimum standard, and cost-benefit analysis.


id: AREC455
content:
Economics of Land Use Fundamentals of location theory. Microeconomics of land use decisions, including determination of rent and hedonic pricing models. Impacts of government decisions on land use, including regulation (e.g., zoning), incentives (transferable development rights), provision of public services, and infrastructure investments. Impacts of land use on environmental quality, including issues relating to sprawl, agricultural land preservation, and other topics of special interest.


id: AREC481
content:
Environmental Economics An exploration of the use of economic incentives for protection of the environment and the determination of appropriate (or efficient) level of environmental quality. Also covers the choice of policy instruments for the attainment of environmental standards.


id: AREC620
content:
Optimization in Agricultural and Resource Economics Mathematical theory of static and dynamic optimization as applied to the economics of agriculture, natural resources and the environment. Topics include necessary and sufficient conditions for constrained optimization, convexity and concavity, duality and the envelope theorem, comparative statics, fixed point theorems, optimal control theory and dynamic programming.


id: AREC623
content:
Applied Econometrics I Additional information:Intended for first-year Ph.D. students from AREC, BUFN, ECON, EDMS, EDUC, PLCY and URSP departments with a background in introductory statistics or econometrics. A modern introduction to empirical strategies in applied microeconomic research in public policy, development economics, labor economics, education, marketing and corporate finance. Emphasis on causal reasoning and design-driven identification in the social sciences. Concepts and applications will focus on addressing economically meaningful causal questions. Basic theoretical and mathematical aspects of probability and statistics will be developed to assess the significance of the relationship among economic variables. Topics include: the approximation of the conditional expectation function through a linear predictor (Ordinary Least Squares), the effects of omitted variables and the usefulness of variables that resemble the outcome of a randomized experiment (Instrumental Variables), as well as extensions to high-dimensional big-data counterparts. Fundamental concepts in sampling theory, statistical inference (with small and large samples) and hypothesis testing will be studied and applied to real data using Stata, a general-purpose statistical software.


id: AREC785
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Advanced Economics of Natural Resources The use of exhaustible and renewable natural resources from normative and positive points of view. Analysis of dynamic resource problems emphasizing energy, mineral, groundwater, forestry, and fishery resources; optimal, equilibrium, and intergenerational models of resource allocation.


id: AREC844
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Firm Growth in Developing Countries A study of the growth of firms face in developing countries and interventions/policies that can be used to remove barriers to growth, including issues related to management, credit constraints, political connections, misallocation and trade.


id: AREC891
content:
Introduction to Prospectus Development Formerly:AREC869K. Critical evaluation of research, prospectus topic exploration including literature review, data identification, model development, and related presentations. Required of all second-year Ph.D. students.


id: AREC892
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Dissertation Prospectus Development D. program.Formerly:AREC869P. Presentations of proposed dissertation research including literature review, model development, data identification, and written prospectus development. Required of all third-year Ph.D. students.


id: ARSC059
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Air Force Officer Lab Class will have online meetings with an option to meet face-to-face. See instructor for details.  Repeatable to 10 credits if content differs.  Formerly: ARSC159.  Additional information: This course does not carry any credit toward any degree at the University.


id: ARSC100
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Heritage and Values I Corequisite:AFROTC cadets must also register for ARSC059. Freshman course for AFROTC cadets. Introduces students to the United States Air Force and encourages participation in Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps. Featured topics include: overview of ROTC, special programs offered through ROTC, mission and organization of the Air Force, brief history of the Air Force, introduction to leadership and leadership related issues, Air Force Core Values, Air Force officer opportunities, and an introduction to communication studies. Leadership laboratory is mandatory for AFROTC cadets and complements this course by providing cadets with followership experiences.


id: ARSC200
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Team and Leadership Fundamentals I Corequisite:AFROTC cadets must also register for ARSC059. Sophomore course for AFROTC cadets. Study of factors contributing to the development of air power from its earliest beginnings through two world wars; the evolution of air power concepts and doctrine; introductory leadership; and assessment of communicative skills.


id: ARSC300
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Leading People and Effective Communication I Corequisite:AFROTC cadets must also register for ARSC059; or permission of UGST-AFROTC-Air Science. The study of leadership and management fundamentals, professional knowledge, Air Force doctrine, and written and oral communication skills. Case studies are used to examine leadership and management situations. This course will satisfy credit toward a minor in military studies.


id: ARSC400
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National Security and Preparation for Active Duty I Corequisite:ARSC059; or permission of UGST-AFROTC-Air Science. Study of American national security policy and processes to include information and implementation, impact of major national and international actors, and development of major policy issues. This course will satisfy credit towards a minor in military studies.


id: ARTH200
content:
Art and Society in Ancient and Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean Examines the material culture and visual expressions of Mediterranean and European societies from early times until ca. 1300 CE, emphasizing the political, social, and religious context of the works studied, the relationships of the works to the societies that created them, and the interrelationship of these societies.


id: ARTH201
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Art and Society in the West from the Renaissance to the Present Examines representative European and American works of art from the later Middle Ages to the present, highlighting the dynamic exchange between artistic and cultural traditions both within periods and across time.


id: ARTH261
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Monuments, Monumentality, and the Art of Memorial Why do societies create monuments? And why do they preserve and destroy, change and remove them? How do monuments embody cultural values, shape historical narratives, and become sites of mourning and memory? This course investigates the political and cultural work of monuments across time and space, from the ancient world to European empires to the contemporary United States. The issues we consider include intercultural exchange and religious contexts, race and representation, and appropriation and iconoclasm.


id: ARTH262
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Public Art How does public art function on a university campus, in major cities, and across the United States? This course invites students to empirically study the modern history and civic values of public art spanning sculpture, painting, mixed-media, and installation. We consider the nature of public space, the politics of representation and community, and the civic and memorial functions of art. The course is built around a semester-long project in which students will commission a work of public art for our College Park campus.


id: ARTH265
content:
How (and Why) to Look at Art in the Era of Climate Change Formerly:ARTH465. How can art help us build the mindset necessary for fashioning a sustainable civilization? Paintings, photographs, films, novels, songs, and other creative works as they shape beliefs related to sustainability and justice.


id: ARTH289A
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Special Topics in Art History and Archaeology; Ethics of Art Museums Examines the art museum as a site of aesthetic contemplation, Cultural preservation, education, and business as we attempt to answer questions such as: Why were art museums established? What ethical questions might they raise for artists, museum professionals, and members of the public?


id: ARTH303
content:
Roman Art and Archaeology Sites and monuments of painting, sculpture, architecture, and the minor arts from the earliest times through the third century A.D. with emphasis on the Italian peninsula from the Etruscan period through that of Imperial Rome.


id: ARTH313
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Medieval Art: Cultural Exchanges in the Byzantine World Recommended:ARTH200 or ARTH201. Focuses on the art and architecture from the eastern Mediterranean, specifically, the Byzantine empire. Our broad focus will be on the formation and evolution of the visual arts in Byzantium as a result of exchanges with various cultural, ethnic, and religious entities and traditions. In this context, we will be looking at the legacy of the Graeco-Roman past, contacts with Islamic world, as well as with people and cultures along the periphery of Byzantium: from the Balkan peninsula, to Sicily and Russia.


id: ARTH351
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Picturing Contemporary Life: Art Since 1945 Visual art since 1945, with an emphasis on North America and Europe.


id: ARTH359E
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Film as Art; Film as Dream The course first considers film created by the original Surrealists and their exploration of the unconscious and the freedom and language of dreams. Then psychological and philosophical dream theories will be applied to more recent and mainstream film to reveal structures and subtext in films from directors using elements of the Surreal including Lynch, Cronenberg, and Jodorowsky, and Svankmajer.


id: ARTH386
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Experiential Learning Supervised internship experience in diverse areas of art historical, archaeological, and museological work.


id: ARTH389R
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Special Topics in Art History and Archaeology; North American Indigenous Modern and Contemporary Art Explores modern and contemporary art in North America by First Nations, Metis, and Inuit artists, focusing on a diverse range of artistic practices and their cultural significance. We will consider key aspects of the social and political lives of Indigenous peoples and the ways in which artists navigate and respond to the legacy of colonialism.


id: ARTH389T
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Special Topics in Art History and Archaeology; The Marks of the Maker: Art and Artists in the Medieval Islamic Mediterranean Throughout the medieval Islamic Mediterranean, individuals inscribed their names on a variety of media, ranging from rock cli?s to manuscripts to buildings. What can we learn about the lives of these people and the societies they lived in by looking at the objects they created? This course examines the artistic production of individuals in early medievalIslamicate societies, with an emphasis on the eighth through twelfth centuries.


id: ARTH392
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Contemporary Chinese Art and Film Formerly:FILM329L. Contemporary Chinese art and film are arguably the most vibrant of all national arts at the turn of the millennium and have become the face - both figuratively and literally - of contemporary China, a complex society with historic overlays of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, Communism, Post-socialism, and state capitalism. Students will consider a wide range of art forms (painting, photography, video, installation, web-based media, and film) in four broad themes (uses of the past; critiques of power; representations of race, gender, and sexuality; socially engaged art) and explore the complex intertwining of the political, historical, and aesthetic aspects in Chinese contemporary art and film, as well as the multiple contexts in which these artworks are created and circulated.


id: ARTH488D
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Colloquium in Art History; Art and Visual Culture of the Great Depression During the Great Depression, skyrocketing economic inequality, environmental disasters, and social movements transformed American life. This class focuses on the visual culture of this period-from documentary photography and public murals to film and sculpture. In addition to examining iconic works by artists like Dorothea Lange and Diego Rivera, we will engage archives of photographs, posters, artist papers and other primary sources from the 1930s. In this way, students in this course will not only explore a critical era in American visual culture but also reflect on how we form and use archives to shape our understanding of the past.


id: ARTH488I
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Colloquium in Art History; Living in the shadow of Vesuvius When Mt. Vesufius erupted in 79 CE, Roman cities along the Bay of Naples, such as Pompeii and Herculaneum, were completely buried by volcanic debris. Elite retreats for leisure, such as the villas at Oplontis and Stabiae, were also destroyed. This course will rediscover the lost cities and ancient monuments on the Bay of Naples the temples, theaters, baths , streets, and many houses to understand the infrastructure and daily life of these ancient cities and spaces. Surveys of area archaeological sites will help to contextualize these monuments within their regional and cultural landscape. Material and information will also be drawn from UMD's excavations at Stabiae.


id: ARTH488Y
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Colloquium in Art History; Art, Cinema, Law, Money Examines the manners in which law and money constrained and directed the creation, circulation, distribution, and exhibition of art and cinema. Themes to be explored may include: cinematic representations of artists, bankers, and lawyers; how artists (such as Picasso and Zhang Daqian) achieved financial success and critical acclaim through courting of dealers, critics, collectors, and curators; art crimes (forgery, theft, looting, money laundering); how science fiction films were marketed in response to financial pressures; trials in which artists, artworks, and films acted as protagonists; censorship and self-censorship of art and cinema; art as investment and the roles of private banking services in the global art market.


id: ARTH489B
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Special Topics in Art History; World Architecture with Omeka Introduces students to world architecture before 1851 through collaborative, digital, and decolonial methods, using Omeka to build a shared, evolving collection that challenges canonical definitions and centers diverse cultural practices of building and our many ways of learning and knowing.


id: ARTH668A
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Studies in Latin American Art and Archaeology; The Politics of Postwar Latin American Art Considers a range of recent critical and curatorial work on the nature of political and activist art across Latin and Latino/a/x/e America in the postwar period. Case studies focus on media (painting, performance, photography, etc.) as well as on national and regional histories, with aspecial focus on women and the broad theme of "emancipation." Over the course of the semester, students will expand on a related exhibition project initiated by the Art Museum of the Americas (Washington, D.C.) through the creation of essays, object labels, and digital projects.


id: ARTH692
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Methods of Art History Methods of research and criticism applied to typical art-historical problems; bibliography and other research tools.


id: ARTH708C
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Seminar in Ancient Art and Archaeology; Painting the Wine-Dark Sea: Mural Traditions in Bronze Age Greece 


id: ARTH758D
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Seminar in American Art; Being and Becoming: Histories of Black American Art Trace the development of the field of African American art history from the early 20th century through the present ?across exhibitions, critical  theory, and historical studies. Our conversation will privilege Blackness as both a political and an aesthetic condition of being. Students will have an opportunity to explore ideas presented in class inconversation with objects in the permanent collection of the David C. Driskell Center, and to engage with contemporary scholars in the field via virtual class visits.


id: ARTT100
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Two-Dimensional Design Fundamentals Principles and elements of two-dimensional design. Introduction to visual communication.


id: ARTT110
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Elements of Drawing I Fundamental concepts, media, and processes of drawing. Emphasis on observation and representation in combination with individual expression. Subject matter includes still life, human figure, nature, the built environment, and conceptual projects.


id: ARTT150
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Introduction to Art Theory Fundamental concepts of global, philosophic, and critical art theory examined through various historic and contemporary texts, and the analysis of works of art.


id: ARTT200
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Three-Dimensional Art Fundamentals Fundamental concepts of three-dimensional form and space examined through the manipulation and organization of various materials.


id: ARTT210
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Elements of Drawing II Continuation of ARTT110 with additional emphasis on color, figure drawing, and contemporary issues.


id: ARTT255
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Introduction to Digital Art and Design Processes Formerly:ARTT354. Introduction to basic software and principles of digital imaging, and how they are applied to art and design. Topics covered: Digital image construction and manipulation, Vector-Based digital techniques layout, typography, etc), time-based digital techniques (video and audio composition and manipulation), and basic interactivity (web-design). Digital media used to explore visual principles established in ARTT100.


id: ARTT330
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Elements of Sculpture: Metal Casting Sculptural concepts and fundamental processes related to metal casting.


id: ARTT331
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Elements of Sculpture: Steel Sculptural concepts and fundamental processes related to steel fabrication; torch cutting, welding, hot forging, and finishing.


id: ARTT333
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Elements of Sculpture: Wood and Mixed Media Sculptural concepts and fundamental processes using wood and mixed media.


id: ARTT341
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Elements of Printmaking: Woodcut and Relief Concepts and fundamental processes related to woodcuts, linocuts, and other relief printing media.


id: ARTT343
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Elements of Printmaking: Screen Printing Concepts and fundamental processes related to silkscreen printing.


id: ARTT355
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Intermediate Graphic Design Principles Formerly:ARTT350. Investigation of basic concepts, history, techniques, and materials used by professional graphic designers, focusing on typography. Explores various aspects of design related to typography through examination and production of many types of finished work.


id: ARTT356
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Graphic Design Processes Formerly:ARTT351. Explores computer graphics and visual communcation principles in a time-based context. Examination of fundamental design principles through digital projects that involve photo manipulation, digital illustration, layout, animation, and web design.


id: ARTT370
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Elements of Digital Media Exploration of image creation and manipulation, interactivity, and linkages between digital audio and video. Emphasis on issues in contemporary digital art.


id: ARTT418B
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Advanced Drawing Studio; A Contemporary Approach Students must pay a $40.00 laboratory studio fee. Repeatable to 12 credits.


id: ARTT418H
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Advanced Drawing Studio; Honors Restricted to departmental honors students only. Students must pay a $40.00 laboratory studio fee.


id: ARTT426
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Advanced Painting: Painting on Site I Designed for Art and design, architecture, urban planning, and public engagement majors seeking to gain more experience in the public art process. Through public artworks, students will explore ethical methods of community engagement, mural design and production. This course will have 1-2 visiting artists give lectures and/or participate in a workshop.


id: ARTT428
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Advanced Painting Studio; Painting Students must pay a $40.00 laboratory studio fee. Repeatable to 12 credits.Multi-level painting studio emphasizing advanced concepts and processes related to oil and acrylic painting; emphasis on contemporary art issues and individual directions.


id: ARTT428H
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Advanced Painting Studio; Honors Restricted to departmental honors students only. Students must pay a $40.00 laboratory studio fee.


id: ARTT438A
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Advanced Sculpture Studio; Metal Casting and Mixed Media Students must pay a $40.00 studio lab fee.Multi-level sculpture studio; continuation of media-specific sculpture courses with emphasis on contemporary art issues and individual directions in chosen media.


id: ARTT438H
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Advanced Sculpture Studio Restricted to departmental honors students only. Students must pay a $40.00 laboratory studio fee.


id: ARTT454
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Advanced Graphic Design Principles: Design in Society Focus on social responsibility and community activism. History and theory of propaganda and advocacy-based design. Students explore current design practices, work individually, and collaborate in teams with non-profits or other clients with community-based or socio-cultural agendas. Research and writing-intensive course.


id: ARTT457
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Advanced Interactive Design Advanced concepts and techniques of interactive design and interactive software. Examination of corporate, client-based, and public service-based interactive graphic design. Emphasis on web-based interactive design structures.


id: ARTT479D
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Advanced Digital Media Studio; Immersive and Virtual Environments Introduction to the uses of game development software in an artistic context. Practical examination of interactive, immersive and installation art as mediated through the context of real-time computer generated imagery and game engine methodologies.Students must pay a $40.00 studio lab fee.


id: ARTT479E
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Advanced Digital Media Studio; Art and Electronics Studio course exploring the basics of building circuits with electroniccomponents, motors, sensors, and Arduino technology in the context of interactive art and kinetic sculpture. Students must pay a $40.00 studio lab fee.


id: ARTT479H
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Advanced Digital Media Studio; Honors Advanced Digital Media Restricted to Departmental Honors students. Students must pay a $40.00 studio lab fee.


id: ARTT480H
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Honors Seminar Team-taught seminar focusing on relationship between student's work and the theoretical context of contemporary art.


id: ARTT489T
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Advanced Special Topics in Art; The Contemporary Art World An exploration of the various roles and institutions that form the contemporary art world. Students will undertake projects in exhibition curation, artwriting, art collection management and more.


id: ARTT498H
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Directed Studies in Studio Art; Honors Thesis Restricted to departmental honors students only.  Students must pay a $40.00 studio lab fee.


id: ARTT698C
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Directed Graduate Studies in Studio Art; Graduate Teaching Practicum Students must pay a $60.00 studio lab fee.


id: ASTR100
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Introduction to Astronomy Take a tour of the universe!  This course wanders through the night sky, learning about phases of the Moon and eclipses, and then stops by the different planets, moons, and small bodies within our solar system.  After that, it's on to bigger things, with stops by the Sun and other stars, learning about how they live and die - possibly in supernovae! - before exploring the weird objects left behind, such as neutron stars and black holes.  All of these objects are within our galaxy, the Milky Way, which is one of uncountable galaxies in the universe!  A tour wouldn't be complete without thinking about where it all came from: the Big Bang.  This course is for non-Astronomy majors and is mostly descriptive with some algebra and trigonometry.


id: ASTR101
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General Astronomy Descriptive astronomy, appropriate for non-science majors. Sun, moon, planets, stars, nebulae, galaxies and evolution. Laboratory exercises include use of photographic material, computer simulations, and standard laboratory equipment.


id: ASTR120
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Introductory Astrophysics - Solar System For students majoring in astronomy or with a strong interest in science. Topics include development of astronomy, planetary orbits, electromagnetic radiation, telescopes as well as constituents and origin of the solar system (planets, satellites, comets, asteroids, meteoroids, etc.).


id: ASTR230
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The Science and Fiction of Planetary Systems Have you ever wondered if humans will ever terraform Mars or Europa so we could live there without a spacesuit? Has it ever crossed your mind how lucky you are that you live on a water-rich planet with an oxygen-rich atmosphere? Have you ever suspected novelists and scriptwriters of creating ridiculous planets that violate scientific laws? Does the fate of our planet's thin biosphere keep you up at night? How common is life in the Universe? These are difficult questions, but armed with the right information, you can answer all of them. The Science and Fiction of Planetary Systems will help you develop a deeper understanding of why planets are the way they are. Along the way, you'll see examples of mistakes made in classic science fiction movies, novels and short stories and get the chance to invent your own plausible planets!


id: ASTR310
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Observational Astronomy Or permission of CMNS-Astronomy department. Introduction to current optical observational techniques, with brief coverage of infrared, ultraviolet, and x-ray techniques. Statistics, spherical trigonometry time, catalogs, geometrical and physical optics, telescopes, and optical instruments. Effects of the atmosphere. Practical work at the observatory using a CCD camera. Some nighttime observing sessions.


id: ASTR330
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Solar System Astronomy Or permission of CMNS-Astronomy department. Designed primarily for non-science majors. The structure of planets and of their atmospheres, the nature of comets, asteroids, and satellites. Comparison of various theories for the origin of the solar system. Emphasis on a description of recent data and interpretation.


id: ASTR340
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Origin of the Universe Or permission of CMNS-Astronomy department. Designed primarily for non-science majors. A study of our progression of knowledge about the universe. Topics include: early cosmological models, geocentric vs. heliocentric theory, curvature of space, Hubble's Law, Big Bang Theory, microwave background radiation, evolution of stars and galaxies, dark matter, active galaxies, quasars and the future of the universe.


id: ASTR350
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Black Holes Or permission of CMNS-Astronomy department.Formerly:ASTR398B. Black holes are the most exotic prediction of Einstein's Theory of General Relativity and, amazingly, the Universe seems to manufacture these bizarre objects in copious numbers.  As well as being the ultimate laboratory for studying the nature of space and time, they drive some of the most energetic and extreme phenomena known to astronomers (with quasars and gamma-ray bursts being just a couple of examples).  In this introduction to the physics and astrophysics of black holes, we start by examining the basic physics of black holes, which fundamentally means understanding gravity.  We then look at the nature of stellar-mass black holes and supermassive black holes.  We will discuss the fairly recent realization that black holes may be crucial agents for regulating the growth of galaxies.  Finally, we dive into the realm of theoretical physics and probe how black holes may provide a route for uncovering new laws of physics governing the structure of space and time.


id: ASTR380
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Life in the Universe - Astrobiology Designed primarily for non-science majors. Study of the astronomical perspective on the conditions for the origin and existence of life in the universe.


id: ASTR421
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Galaxies Or permission of CMNS-Astronomy department. Introduction to structure, kinematics, and dynamics of normal and peculiar galaxies. Quantitative descriptions of normal spiral galaxies (like our Milky Way) and elliptical galaxies will be followed by more exotic considerations such as interacting and merging galaxies, and active galactic nuclei.


id: ASTR422
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Cosmology Introduction to modern cosmology. Topics include large scale structure of universe, the intergalactic medium, the nature of dark matter cosmological models and galaxy formation.


id: ASTR601
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Radiative Processes Emission, absorption, and scattering of radiation by matter, with astrophysical applications.  Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics: LTE, Boltzmann, and Saha equations; radiative transfer; atomic and molecular radiation; plasma radiation and transfer: bremsstrahlung, synchrotron emission, Compton scattering.


id: ASTR610
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Astronomical Instrumentation and Techniques Review of Maxwell's equations; designs of telescopes, spectrographs, modern detectors; basic concepts for radio detectors and telescopes; interferometry and data processing.


id: ASTR622
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Cosmology Introduction to modern cosmology. Topics include the large scale structure of the universe, cosmological models, the Big Bang, the cosmic microwave background, the nature of dark matter, and galaxy formation.


id: ASTR695
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Introduction to Research Provides an introduction to research programs in the Department of Astronomy and a forum to explore possible research projects. Aimed at incoming graduate students.


id: BDBA788B
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Global Business Experience; Doing Business in Brazil: Addressing Grand Challenges Through the Private Sector Cross-listed with BUSI788B, BUSM788B, BUSO788B, and EMBA788B. Credit only granted for BDBA788B, BUSI788B, BUSM788B, BUSO788B, or EMBA788B.


id: BDBA804
content:
Big Data and AI for Business Smith School of Business. Big data offers immense potential for insights and wealth creation, generating vast data volumes. This data is often unstructured and real-time, challenging traditional data management and presenting both challenges and opportunities. Advanced techniques, especially AI, are essential for harnessing data value. This course emphasizes hands-on learning about Big Data and AI, including strategic implications and technological underpinnings with tools like deep learning and AWS. Through practical examples and assignments, it aims to build familiarity with these technologies and foster strategic business thinking. The evolving tech landscape necessitates a flexible learning approach, ensuring manageable student workloads.


id: BDBA806
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Executive Decision Making in the Age of AI Smith School of Business. Artificial Intelligence (AI), in an unprecedented and transformational manner, has recently opened up new possibilities for firms that significantly affect how humans aided with technology make decisions. This course will focus on understanding AI capabilities (including predictive and generative models), designing effective decision-making frameworks that incorporate AI and humans, building a deep appreciation and understanding of some key issues surrounding AI in organizations, and helping develop governance structures for AI in organizations.


id: BDBA808L
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Special Topics in Information Systems; Database Management Systems Cross listed with BUDT703. Credit granted for only BDBA808L or BUDT703.


id: BDBA808R
content:
Special Topics in Information Systems; Project Management in Dynamic Environments Cross-listed with BUDT724. Credit granted only for BDBA808R or BUDT724.


id: BDBA810
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Research in Business I This course provides an introduction to research in the foundational marketing and management topics. Designed for working professionals beginning their journey into research, it covers the fundamental concepts and methodologies used to investigate research questions in marketing and management. Students will learn how to formulate research questions, how to use key frameworks in marketing and management to investigate those research questions, as well as what methods are used in marketing and management research.


id: BDBA818A
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Special Topics in Accounting; AI Literacy: Business Data and AI Applications Cross-listed with BUAC758Y. Credit granted only for BDBA818A or BUAC758Y.


id: BDBA820
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Economics for Business Research Smith School of Business. Investigating the implications of the major findings of behavioral economics for policymakers. Analysis of the ways in which individuals make decisions that systematically depart from the standard model, which assumes perfect rationality, perfect selfishness, and perfect willpower. Students will develop an understanding of how models are constructed, and how this forms the basis for empirical estimation strategies. We first discuss concepts such as endowment effect, loss aversion, and status-quo bias. Then we introduce uncertainty. The standard model of decision-making under uncertainty is the expected utility model. We then go on to describe some empirical evidence from both economics and psychology to illustrate violations of the expected utility model.  Next, we will discuss intertemporal choice. After introducing the standard model of discounting, we will again discuss some observed violations of the standard model in the data.


id: BDBA848A
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Special Topics in Finance; Financial Engineering Cross-listed with BUFN742. Credit granted only for BDBA848A or BUFN742.


id: BDBA858L
content:
Special Topics in Marketing; Marketing Emergent Technology Cross-listed with BUSI781. Credit granted only for BDBA858L or BUSI781.


id: BDBA858P
content:
Special Topics in Marketing; Innovation & Product Development Cross listed with BUSO758W. Credit granted for only BDBA858P or BUSO758W.


id: BDBA858X
content:
Special Topics in Marketing; Digital Promotion and Advertising Cross listed with BUSO758X. Credit granted for only BDBA858X or BUSO758X.


id: BDBA858Z
content:
Special Topics in Marketing; Marketing Analytics for Consulting Cross listed with BUMK742. Credit granted for only BDBA858Z or BUMK742.


id: BDBA868G
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Special Topics in Management; Executive Powers and Negotiation Cross-listed with BUSO711. Credit granted only for BDBA868G or BUSO711.


id: BIOI601
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Probability and Statistics Provides a solid understanding of the fundamental concepts of probability theory and statistics. The course covers the basic probabilistic concepts such as probability space, random variables and vectors, expectation, covariance, correlation, probability distribution functions, etc. Important classes of discrete and continuous random variables, their inter-relation, and relevance to applications are discussed. Conditional probabilities, the Bayes formula, and properties of jointly distributed random variables are covered. Limit theorems, which investigate the behavior of a sum of a large number of random variables, are discussed. The main concepts random processes are then introduced. The latter part of the course concerns the basic problems of mathematical statistics, in particular, point and interval estimation and hypothesis testing.


id: BIOI602
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Principles of Data Science Formerly:CMSC641. An introduction to the data science pipeline, i.e., the end-to-end process of going from unstructured, messy data to knowledge and actionable insights. Provides a broad overview of what data science means and systems and tools commonly used for data science, and illustrates the principles of data science through several case studies.


id: BIOI603
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Principles of Machine Learning Formerly:CMSC643. A broad introduction to machine learning and statistical pattern recognition. Topics include: Supervised learning: Bayes decision theory, discriminant functions, maximum likelihood estimation, nearest neighbor rule, linear discriminant analysis, support vector machines, neural networks, deep learning networks. Unsupervised learning: clustering, dimensionality reduction, PCA, auto-encoders. The course will also discuss recent applications of machine learning, such as computer vision, data mining, autonomous navigation, and speech recognition.


id: BIOI604
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Principles of Molecular Biology, Genetics and Genomics Provides a review of basic concepts in molecular biology, genetics, and genomics. Topics include the following: prokaryotic and eukaryotic genome structure and organization (including 3D architecture); Mendelian genetics, recombination, linkage and linkage disequilibrium, genome-wide association studies; review of genome projects, comparative genomics, genome variation, single nucleotide polymorphisms and genotyping; gene expression and the transcriptome, transcriptional regulation, gene regulatory networks; translation and translational regulation; proteomics approaches; integrative genomics.


id: BIOI610
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Genome Annotation An introduction to approaches for the structural and functional annotation of genome content. Topics covered include the following: ab initio gene/coding sequence discovery; signals and signal sensors (including regulatory sequences); non-protein coding genes and other structural features of genome sequences; similarity searches (orthologs, paralogs, xenologs); clustering of genes by sequence similarity; clusters of orthologous genes; phylogenetic classification of genes; gene ontologies, gene set enrichment analyses; NGS functional assays; integrated genomics circuits; and annotation databases.


id: BIOI611
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Analysis of Gene Expression Data This course focuses on the analysis of transcriptomics data, and specifically on the analysis of gene and transcript-level expression. Material covered includes transcript and gene expression estimation from RNA-seq data (short and long-read), basic experimental design and statistical methods for differential expression analysis, discovery of novel transcripts via reference-guided and de novo assembly, and the analysis of single-cell gene expression data (e.g., single-cell expression quantification, dimensionality reduction, clustering, pseudotime analysis).  Core.


id: BIOL608K
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Biology Seminar; Biological Sciences Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Cross-listed with CBMG699K, CHEM608K, and ENTM699K. Credit will be grant edfor only one of the following: BIOL608K, CBMG699K, CHEM608K, or   ENTM699K.


id: BIOL667
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Mathematical Biology Formerly:ZOOL625. Mathematical methods of analyzing deterministic and stochastic biological processes from a variety of areas (including population and evolutionary biology, neurobiology, physiology, and morphogenesis). Qualitative aspects of dynamical systems which are usually given as difference or differential equations. The computer program Mathematica will be used to obtain the numerical solutions of these equations.


id: BIOL704
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Cell Biology from a Biophysical Perspective Recommended:BSCI330, PHYS121, and PHYS122.Jointly offered with:BSCI404.Formerly:BIOL708O. An approach to cell biology by focusing on mechanisms and unifying paradigms. It will not assume a great deal of factual biological knowledge, but will expect a background that prepares students to think quantitatively and mechanistically.


id: BIOL708B
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Advanced Topics in Biology; Animal Behavior Credit only granted for BSCI360 and BIOL708B.Study of animal behavior with emphasis on its evolution and function. Topics include genetic basis of behavior, communication, aggression, foraging, cooperation, mate selection, and relevance for conservation.


id: BIOL709C
content:
Selected Advanced Topics in Biology; Population and Evolutionary Genetics Credit only granted for BSCI339J, BSCI405, or BIOL709C.Genetic variation within a population provides the basis for future evolution as well as a record of past evolution. The genomics revolution provides data on this variation that, together with mathematical models, allow us to read this record to reconstruct evolutionary trajectories. Examples will focus on hominin and pathogen evolution. In the lab, students will use models to explore how genetic variation (allele frequencies) chagnes over time and space.


id: BIOL709W
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Selected Advanced Topics in Biology; Molecular Neuroethology Credit only granted for BSCI339W, BSCI381, or BIOL709W.The brain generates a tremendous variety of behaviors, but how it achieves these feats remains largely unknown. Genetics and molecular tools yield fundamental insights into how the brain senses its environment and determines an appropriate course of action. This course will describe modern genetic manipulations (eg, CRISPR editing) and neuronal interventions (e. g., optogenetics), and discuss the quantification of behavioral outputs. Course consists of lectures plus readings and group discussionsof primary scientific literature.


id: BIOM301
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Introduction to Biometrics Descriptive statistics, introduction to probability, sampling, confidence interval estimation, hypothesis testing, simple regression and correlation. Emphasis on simple applications of statistical techniques and interpretation of statistical results.


id: BIOM405
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Computer Applications in Biometrics An introduction to computer applications for data analysis. This is equivalent to the computer lab of 601 and is required for students that have taken BIOM301 and BIOM402 and wish to go directly into BIOM602.


id: BIOM601
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Biostatistics I Estimation and hypothesis testing, t tests, one and two way analysis of variance, regression, analysis of frequency data. Lecture will emphasize uses and limitations of these methods in biology, while the laboratory will emphasize the use of statistical analysis software for the analysis of biological data.


id: BISI620
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Bioinformatics and Genomics Formerly:CBMG688Y. Provides an overview of some major topics and research areas bioinformatics and genomics, and includes material from basic foundations through advanced concepts.


id: BISI622
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Programming for Biology Formerly:CBMG688P. Special Topics in Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics; Programming for Biology


id: BISI701
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Teaching & Professional Development in Biology Formerly:BISI688Z, CBMG688Z, BIOL701.Additional information:Priority enrollment will be given to students in the BISI Graduate Program. Provides graduate students in the biological sciences with the foundational knowledge to become better teaching assistants and gives them an introduction into the skills and tools that they need to develop as professional scientists and educators.


id: BISI712
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Responsible Conduct of Research for Biologists Formerly:BISI688B and CBMG688B. An exploration of the ethical dimensions associated with the responsible conduct of scientific research focusing on providing students with practical insights into the existing norms and expectations of working scientists.


id: BMIN210
content:
Foundations of Accounting for Non Business Majors Smith School of Business.Formerly:BMGT210.Additional information:Does not apply to a Smith School degree. Students pursuing a Smith School minor who have completed both BMGT220 and BMGT221 may substitute these courses for BMIN210. Credit will not be given for both BMIN210 and the combination of BMGT220 and BMGT221. Provides an understanding of the common statements that report a company's profitability and financial health, and are useful to all economic agents who are engaged with the firm. Students will also recognize and understand managerial accounting as a system for accumulating and modeling information to support decision-making.


id: BMIN305
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Foundations of Information Systems for Non-Business Majors Smith School of Business.Additional information:Course does not apply to a Robert H. Smith School of Business degree. BMGT301 may substitute for BMIN305. According to the Congressional Research Service, "Technological progress is potentially the most important and hardest to measure source of productivity growth." The technology sector makes up almost 10% of the US GDP and is the largest sector in the S&P 500. It is believed that since the mid-1970s, technology has impacted businesses and consumers at a rate of change that is believed to be increasing exponentially. Many businesses and consumers are not able to fully leverage the potential of technology, and some businesses fail because they cannot match the value their competitors can extract from technology. In this course, we focus on the practices necessary for successfully deploying technology, especially emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain, to serve the business. The purpose of this course is to enable you to master the use of technology such as AI chatbots and agents for individual productivity as well as acquire the managerial skills to enable businesses to harness the value of technology.


id: BMIN345
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Foundations of Financial Management for Non Business Majors H. Smith School of Business.Formerly:BMGT345.Additional information:Course does not apply to a Smith School degree. BMGT340 may substitute for BMIN345. Provides students an overview of financial management. Students will understand how a business allocates financial resources in an uncertain environment to maximize shareholder value. In addition, students will learn the following: how to apply accounting principles to corporate finance; how to value assets, projects, companies and investment securities; understand the relationship between risk and return and how it impacts investment and corporate decisions; how to calculate a company's cost of capital, and develop an intuitive comprehension of financial concepts and analysis.


id: BMIN355
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Foundations of Marketing for Non Business Majors H. Smith School of Business.Formerly:BMGT355.Additional information:Course does not apply to a Smith School degree. BMGT350 may substitute for BMIN355. Introduces the concepts and principles of marketing. Provides an overview of all the concepts in marketing including relationship marketing, product development, pricing, promotion, marketing research, consumer behavior, international marketing, distribution and internal marketing to employees.


id: BMIN375
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Supply Chain Management for Non Business Majors Smith School of Business.Formerly:BMGT375.Additional information:Course does not apply to a Smith School degree. Course may be substituted by BMGT372 for General Business minor students only. Examines management decision-making in the design, implementation and coordination of a firm's supply chain activities. Topics include transportation management, warehousing, materials handling, inventory management, and order fulfillment.


id: BMIN395
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Principles of Management for Non Business Majors Smith School of Business.Formerly:BMGT395.Additional information:Course does not apply to a Smith School degree. Course may be substituted by BMGT364 for General Business minor students only. Introduces concepts related to organization behavior. Topics include leadership, team decision making and management, conflict resolution and negotiations, organizational culture, and organization change. Students will learn how to apply those concepts and theories to understanding and critically analyzing various individual, interpersonal, group, and organizational management processes.


id: BMSO600
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Data, Models and Decisions Smith School of Business. Smith School of Business. The field of data analytics is a very vibrant and broad field. The amount of data available and computing power have exploded in recent years. There is an increasing demand for business analysts who can select and apply the appropriate methods and interpret the results within the context of the problem. The goal of this course is to learn methods for exploring data and building models with the purpose of supporting data-driven decision making. The content of the course can be grouped as follows: Data Exploration, Probability, Confidence Interval Estimation, Hypothesis Testing and Regression Analysis. The focus will be on exploring realistic business scenarios, analyzing datasets using the appropriate analytical techniques, interpreting the analytic output within the context of the business scenario and translating the statistical results into actionable insights.


id: BMSO601
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Database Management Systems Smith School of Business. Smith School of Business. The fundamentals of managing data and information within an organization, including enterprise level platforms and tools for data driven analytics.  Includes processes for acquiring and cleaning data, storing data, making it available for analytics, visualizing output, and archiving the data for long term use. Involves computational thinking, covers significant theoretical material on data models and queries, and teaches several different analytics and programming tools.


id: BMSO603
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Data Mining and Predictive Analytics Smith School of Business. Smith School of Business. In the business press, on TV, and in board rooms, 'machine learning,' 'AI,' 'big data' and 'data analytics' are now hot topics. Vast quantities of data are being generated these days, including new types of data such as web traffic, social network data, and reviews and comments on websites. This data is a valuable resource that, when used correctly, can create a competitive edge for companies. Advances in computing hardware and algorithms have significantly improved the quality of predictions and effectiveness of business applications based on them. Expertise in working with data, and a sound knowledge of data mining/machine learning methods, is a much sought after skill. The course provides an introduction to the key tools and techniques of data mining/machine learning, including classification, prediction, cluster analysis, association rules, and text mining. The methods covered are Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, K-nearest neighbors, Naive Bayes, Classification and Regression Trees, Ensemble methods, Neural Networks, K-Means and Hierarchical Clustering, and Association Rules. The focus throughout will be on business applications. Examples from Marketing, Finance, Healthcare, and Operations will be used to illustrate the breadth of applications.


id: BMSO758Q
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Special Topics in Business; Big Data and Artificial Intelligence for Business Cross-listed with BDBA804. Credit only granted for BDBA804 or BMSO758Q.


id: BMSO758V
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Special Topics in Business; Data Visualization Cross-listed with BDBA808E. Credit only granted for BDBA808E or BMSO758V.


id: BSOS180
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Introduction to Data Management Formerly:BSOS188B.Additional information:Recommended for BSOS majors who need additional support for their disciplinary stats or research methods sequence. Learn to read data, clean data sets, and perform other vital functions (mainly in Excel). Students will develop fundamental skills that will ease the transition into future coursework (or a career) in data science or analytics. Designed for students who have minimal background in Excel or computer software.


id: BSOS188C
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Selected Topics in the Behavioral and Social Sciences; Social Data Science: Pathways and Applications Data Science, machine learning, and AI have exploded in popularity, and the big data revolution has affected how science is done in all fields, from the physical sciences to the behavioral and social sciences. This course explores the goals, values, skills, and practices of how data science is conducted within a variety of fields within the social sciences. It will enable students to identify questions and challenges that data science can address and help them find the data science discipline that matches their own values and goals.


id: BSOS233
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Data Science for the Social Sciences An introduction to modern methods of data analysis for social scientists. This course emphasizes teaching students who have no previous coding experience how to analyze data and extract meaning in a social science context. Students will gain critical programming skills and learn inferential thinking through examples and projects with real-world relevance.


id: BSOS326
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Python Programming for the Social Sciences Python has become the most powerful programming language in advanced statistics and data analytics. It includes expansive packages for data handling and processing, including the latest developments in machine learning, and offers Integrated Development Environments (IDE) for code development, testing, debugging, and graphical representation. This course offers a thorough introduction to Python and those packages that are fundamental to data processing and analysis.


id: BSOS355
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Social Sciences Internship Practicum Formerly:BSOS388I. BSOS 355 is an internship course open to all majors. It will enable students to articulate and apply the scholarship from the discipline related to their specific internship placement into a real-work environment.


id: BSOS361
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Academic and Career Planning for Transfer Students in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences Additional information:Intended for first semester transfer students in BSOS majors. Students will utilize the resources of the Feller Center for Academic and Career Planning and TerrapinSTRONG to explore how their individual social identities and strengths contribute to building strong communities in personal, academic, and professional career spaces.


id: BSST200
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Terrorism Studies Formerly:BSST330. Theories explaining the formation of terrorist groups and the motivations behind terrorist behavior, building upon theories from social psychology, sociology, political science, criminology, and history. The course examines the different levels of analysis for terrorism studies, the different methods scholars utilize for research, and the most prominent datasets in the field of homeland security. In addition, this course provides a review of various terrorist groups and ideological movements. The course concludes with an introduction to the different approaches to counter violent extremism and terrorism.


id: BSST240
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Understanding The Principles and Perils of CBRN Weapons Additional information:If taken in the same term as BSST241 these courses will count for General Education Natural Sciences Lab. Explores the 'dark side' of scientific applications. Students will gain an understanding of CBRN Weapons, through the exploration of the scientific method, and certain fundamental principles of chemistry, biology, and physics. Students will also learn how to test hypotheses, use basic statistics, interpret results, and apply their new knowledge through discussions of practical applications in the domains of public health, emergency management, epidemiology, and threat assessment. Bringing these fields together in one class will allow students to better understand the use of and threat from CBRN weapons in terrorism.


id: BSST241
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Understanding the Principles and Perils of CBRN Weapons (Lab) Corequisite:BSST240.Additional information:This is an optional 1-credit lab course offered in coordination with BSST240.  If taken in the same term as BSST240 these courses will count for General Education Natural Sciences Lab. An exploration of  the threat of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) weapons aimed to provide students with a basic, multidisciplinary, natural science foundation in chemistry, biology, and physics.


id: BSST334
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States of Emergency Students will explore the manner in which crises unfold from the perspective of a variety of emergency response disciplines, including: emergency management, law enforcement, intelligence analysis, cyber analysis, risk communication, health and human services, and emergency psychiatry/psychology.  Students will participate in a semester-long simulation of an unfolding terrorist attack.


id: BSST335
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Innovations in Countering Violent Extremism Formerly:BSST338V.Additional information:It is recommended that BSST335 be taken after, or concurrent with, BSST200. Introduces students to novel innovations in the development of Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) programs. CVE is a realm of policy, programs, and interventions designed to prevent individuals from engaging in violence associated with radical political, social, cultural, and/or religious ideologies. Unlike counterterrorism strategies that often focus on targeting and disrupting terrorist plots, CVE focuses on radicalization prevention through engagement and intervention with communities. CVE also focuses on deradicalization and rehabilitation of former extremists. Throughout the course, students will work in groups to develop their own innovative CVE programs, rather than merely learn about CVE through lectures.


id: BSST340
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Oral Communication for National Security Careers Formerly:BSST338E. Students will discuss perspectives on strategic communication and national security, while discussing and practicing public speaking skills and developing proficiency in three genres of security-related briefings.  Students will work with the technical, scientific, and/or specialized data, vocabularies, processes, and products of the academic disciplines and/or fields of expertise relevant to national and international security careers.


id: BSST386
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Experiential Learning in Terrorism Studies This course will supplement student's experiential learning experience, or internship in the field of terrorism studies and homeland security with guided reflection on their experiences.


id: BSST630
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Motivations and Intents of Terrorists and Terrorist Groups Examines motivations for terrorism from an interdisciplinary perspective, with emphasis on political and applied social psychological perspective. Topics may include: defining terrorism; preconditions; recruitment; domestic and international terrorism; and case studies and analysis of terrorist organizations.


id: BSST635
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Countering Violent Extremism: Policy and Practice In recent years, the understanding of how and why individuals engage in violent extremism and terrorism has evolved and become more nuanced, as have the tools to mitigate these threats. A field of policy and practice called Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) has emerged that focuses on countering the pull of terrorist recruitment and influence by building resilience among populations vulnerable to radicalization.


id: BSST638Z
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Special Topics in Terrorism Studies; Counterterrorism Policy and Practice Students will gain perspective in understanding radicalization, extremism, and terrorism as a complex system and why such systems challenge easy policy responses. Practical exploration of policy options includes the historical background and origination of policy choices, their ethical implications, dynamics over time including unintended consequences, and how policies can be evaluated in isolation, combination, and different timing sequences.


id: BSST640
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Theories of Security and Terrorism Studies Additional information:Priority enrollment will be given to students in the MPS in Security and Terrorism Studies program. Security and Terrorism Studies is a broad field that includes relevant theoretical voices from across the social sciences, philosophy, and policy. This course will mainly pull from sociological, psychological, and political science (international relations) theory to help students understand the theoretical foundation for the field and for their research. Specific topics may include discussion of power dynamics, ideology, violence, conflict, realist perspectives, and critical perspectives.


id: BSST642
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Analytic Methods Development and mastery of analytic methods is vital for those seeking careers as professional analysts in fields related to security and terrorism studies. For students focused on an academic research career path, these skills will help you better interface with government and private sector consumers of your work. The overall goals for this course are to provide students with hands-on experience using analytic techniques to solve advanced problems. Classes will cover historical and current uses of analytic techniques and students will develop an understanding of which tools to use under different circumstances of analysis.


id: BSST650
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Foundations of Insider Risk Management & Mitigation The risks posed by trusted insiders to organizations in both the public and private sector are well documented. Past compromises of national security information have provided sensitive information to US adversaries; theft or compromise of proprietary data and intellectual property has impacted businesses large and small; and, incidents of workplace violence perpetrated by insiders are on the rise. This course provides context for the counter insider threat mission and explores multi-disciplinary insider risk management concepts. The course addresses matters of policy, political and socio-economic impacts, psychological factors, and gives special consideration to issues of cyber insider threat, privacy and civil liberties, kinetic violence, and related social and behavioral science research.


id: BSST651
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The Psychology of Malicious Insiders Multidisciplinary perspectives on intentional, malicious behavior by insiders. Reviews theoretical foundations from social psychology, personality psychology, psychopathology, and criminology and encourages students to understand Insider Threat (InT) behaviors through case conceptualization/formulation. Emphasis shall be placed on understanding the "fit" between different strategies for interviewing, investigating, early warning, monitoring, and mitigation, as well as the dynamics of a given case.


id: BSST697
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Capstone The capstone course allows MPS students the ability to take what they have learned throughout their coursework and apply theories, methods, analysis, and policy in the form of a final project. The project can originate from work experience or the student's interests. Projects will be developed in conjunction with a member of the graduate faculty who will oversee the student's progress. By the end of the semester, each student is expected to have completed their individual project. The project should further the student's intellectual and career goals and can take the form of practical analysis, policy, or a more academic approach. Students will present their capstone project in written form and will also be required to present their research via an online colloquium. Students are expected to meet with a capstone advisor at least once a week and will devote considerable time developing the project individually.


id: BUAC707
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Financial Statement Analysis for Accountants and Auditors Smith School of Business.Formerly:BUAC780. Provides students with the tools to conduct a financial statement analysis, which is part of an overall business analysis. This involves understanding and using the information that financial statements are communicating to users.


id: BUAC710
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Advanced Managerial Accounting and Control Systems Smith School of Business.Formerly:BUAC782. Focuses on topics that emphasize the role of managerial accounting in a firm's overall management planning and control structure. A key concern is to show how effective organizations ensure that the parts of the organization work together to create the whole, and how the sum of the parts, through synergy, can indeed be greater then the whole.


id: BUAC712
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Business Communications for Accountants and Auditors Smith School of Business.Formerly:BUAC784. Focuses on the art of communication and its effects on people, organizations, and other stakeholders. The course will focus on two aspects of business communications: persuasion and effective presentations. The objective for the persuasion sessions is to have students improve upon their day-to-day oral business communications skills. This will be accomplished as participants learn to tailor each communication to the person or people with whom they are speaking.


id: BUAC716
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Auditing Automation and Analytics Auditing theory and the functions of the independent auditor in the financial market. As part of the class, the students will cover issues related to auditing large databases and audit analytics of large database. Moreover, the students will study audit automation and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and Robotic process in the auditing market.


id: BUAC721
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Business Law for Managers Smith School of Business. Survey of United States legal institutions and processes as well as substantive areas of the law that affect business. Examination of tort and contract law, the legal forms of business organization and legal liability and major regulatory laws that affect business.


id: BUAC722
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Applied Research for Accounting and Auditing Designed to give accounting masters students exposure to and appreciation of the various types of research that are undertaken by accounting and auditing professionals, including CPAs, financial analysts and academics. Accounting research will be studied as it relates to financial accounting standards, auditing standards, gaining understanding of a business and industry, and to a very limited extent tax and academic research. Students will gain experience working with professional accounting research databases as well as other databases that are useful for accounting research. Auditors and corporate preparers of financial statements need to know how to determine current GAAP and GAAS as they confront new issues and as standards evolve and change. Professionals need to understand how the standards are derived and how to analyze policy alternatives. Additionally, students will also explore the process of researching a business or industry in preparation for an audit.


id: BUAC731
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Intermediate Accounting I Smith School of Business.Formerly:BUAC758L. The first part of a three-series set of courses on intermediate accounting; presents an in-depth analysis of financial accounting and reporting theory and practice that will enhance student understanding of financial information used in making effective management decisions.  For each topic included in the series, this course presents a review of the underlying business transactions that require accounting along with a review the technical details of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and applicable International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).   The course covers the informational needs of managers, securities analysts, investors and creditors, applicable to a variety of business transactions and events.  The course includes materials helpful to students planning to take the CPA Examination. Intermediate Accounting I focuses on financial accounting standards, the conceptual framework of accounting, the accounting information system, the balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flows, time value of money concepts and revenue recognition.


id: BUAC740
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Data Driven Decision Making Proficiency in the art of analyzing data to support decision-making is critical for business professionals. In this course, we will explore basic analytical principles that can assist a manager to extract information from raw data and model complex decision problems with quantitative methods. A good outcome does not necessary imply a good decision, a good outcome can be a matter of luck. A good decision is founded on sound reasoning and considers all the information available at the time of the decision.


id: BUAC746
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Systems for Data Analysis Formerly:BUAC758S. Since the data grows exponentially and becomes complex, we need computational methods to collect, store, and analyze them in order to be successful in business, management, science, engineering, and other professions. This course is an introductory data class that meets this need. Class teaches how to analyze and model data, how to define and manipulate database, how to write computer programs in Python language to solve real-world problems, and how to use Tableau to explain your results as a report in a more readable way. This will be useful in your career and your research in the future. This course introduces the conceptual and logical designs of relational database systems and their uses in business environments. Topics include information modeling, optimization via normalization, data definition and manipulation languages, client/server architectures, concurrency and recovery, and data warehousing.


id: BUAC758A
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Special Topics in Accounting and Information Assurance; Accounting for Income Tax and Database Management 


id: BUAC758Q
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Special Topics in Accounting and Information Assurance; Research on Accounting and Economic Aspects of Cybersecurity 


id: BUAC758Y
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Special Topics in Accounting and Information Assurance; AI Literacy: Business Data and AI Applications Cross-listed with BDBA818A. Credit granted only for BUAC758Y or BDBA818A.


id: BUAC762
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Tax I: Taxation of Individuals & Forecasting Analytics Federal taxation of individuals focusing on income, exclusions, deductions, depreciation, credits and capital transactions including home ownership. Property coverage includes the tax consequences of sales and dispositions of personal use assets, investment and business assets. Both tax planning and compliance issues are also covered. In addition the course covers waged based and equity-based compensation, taxable and nontaxable benefits as well as deferred compensation and various retirement plans. In addition, students will learn how to utilize regression analysis and scenario analysis to provide additional insights about these tax topics and to forecast future effective tax rates.


id: BUAC764
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Tax II: Taxation of Corporations & Other Entities Smith School of Business.Formerly:BUAC758V. Students have the opportunity to gain an understanding of the basic tax competencies required for determining the appropriate tax structure for businesses; issue identification; active listening; solving tax problems.


id: BUAC772
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Database Management and State and Local Taxation Covers the tax implications of doing business in the United States across state lines, resulting in multiple taxation under the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution. The course focuses on nexus or jurisdictional due process (which gives states the right to tax business profits), allocation and apportionment formulas of multi state income, business versus non-business income, privilege tax and discrimination. Also explored are the current tax developments under the Import-Export clause of the United States Constitution, taxation based on class legislation and the Equal Protection Clause, the multi-state tax compact, unitary concept, residence definitions, nonresident income sources, tax credits and short-period returns for individual income taxpayers, sales of tangible personal property, and retail and wholesale sales. The course examines valuation techniques for real and personal property. Students will learn the skills needed to understand and identify many aspects of the state income tax apportionment process. Focus will be placed on calculations and analyses required to present the state and local tax information in such a manner as to assist upper management in the business expansion decision-making process. The tax apportionment process requires a solid understanding of database management and we will utilize tools that are considered required knowledge in today's tax departments.


id: BUDT700
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Business Communication Formerly:BUDT758A. Consists of written and oral base-line assessments. Students will meet with Program administrators to receive feedback on these assessments and create an individualized development plan. Workshops and core course assignments, Smith-related activities and CMP assignments.


id: BUDT702
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Database Management Systems Introduction to the conceptual, logical and physical design of relational database systems and their use in business environments. Topics include information modeling and optimization via normalization; Structured Query Language (SQL); Data Warehousing.


id: BUDT703
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Database Management Systems Formerly:BUDT758Y. Introduction to the conceptual, logical and physical design of relational database systems and their use in business environments. Topics include information modeling and optimization via normalization; Structured Query Language (SQL); Data Warehousing.


id: BUDT704
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Data Processing and Analysis in Python Formerly:BUDT758X. An introduction to the Python programming language for the purpose of processing, analyzing, and visualizing data. In addition, students will be introduced to developing basic regression, optimization, and simulation models in Python, using highly popular packages. Course emphasis is on mastering basic Python functionality and developing intermediate to advanced skills in working with data, through instruction and active learning.


id: BUDT705
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Data Visualization for Business An introduction to data visualization techniques. Data-driven decisions are increasingly embedded in business organizations, so professionals must be able to explore and communicate data with understandable and powerful visualizations.


id: BUDT721
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Digital Transformation in Business Formerly:BUDT758E. Introduces students to the strategic role of digital transformation within businesses, and provides an overview for how major information technologies may be used to inform and transform the firm's strategic, operational, and tactical decisions. Topics discussed in the course include the strategic use of digital technologies to generate sustainable competitive value; the contributions of new forms of technology infrastructure; the evaluation of new technology investments and the resulting ROI; acquiring, managing and governing technological capabilities within the firm; understanding the role of enterprise systems and social technologies within the firm; and the management of disruptive technologies within and outside the firm.


id: BUDT722
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Managing Digital Business Markets Formerly:BUDT758G. The objective is to understand the strategic and tactical issues involved in managing digital businesses and markets. Also, some of the characteristics of digital businesses and markets that make them unique and understand how companies can best manage them will be examined.


id: BUDT724
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Project Management in Dynamic Environments Addresses project management skills that are required by successful managers in increasingly competitive and faster-moving environments. Examines fundamental concepts of successful project management, and the technical and managerial issues, methods, and techniques.


id: BUDT730
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Data Models and Decisions Formerly:BUDT758Q. Analytical modeling of business decisions; uncertainty, risk and expected utility; regression modeling to infer relationships among variables.


id: BUDT731
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Data, Models, and Decisions Using R Analytical modeling of business decisions; uncertainty, risk and expected utility; regression modeling to infer relationships among variables.


id: BUDT732
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Decision Analytics Formerly:BMGT732 and BUDT758P. Analytical modeling for managerial decisions using a spreadsheet environment. Includes linear and nonlinear optimization models, decision making under uncertainty and simulation models.


id: BUDT733
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Data Mining and Predictive Analytics With vast quantities of data being generated, including new types of data such as web traffic, social network data, and reviews and comments on websites, "big data" and "analytics" are important topics. Data, when used correctly, can create a competitive edge for firms. Advances in computing hardware and algorithms have improved the quality of predictions and effectiveness of predictive business applications. Expertise in working with data, and deep knowledge of data mining/machine learning methods, is a sought-after skill. This course introduces key tools and techniques of data mining: classification, prediction, cluster analysis, and text mining.  The methods covered are linear and logistic regression, k-nearest neighbors, naive Bayes, classification and regression trees, ensemble methods, neural networks, k-Means and hierarchical clustering, and association rules. The course will focus on business applications, with examples from Marketing, Finance, Healthcare, and Operations.


id: BUDT756
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Causal Inference & A/B Testing Organizations and policymakers in government constantly grapple with such causal questions. For example, firms want to know how does a price change affect the sales of a product, or how to design websites and platforms that increase consumer engagement and lead generation; political parties want to know what on social media sites can boost their political influence, and governments want to know whether allowing parents to pay for private schools using publicly funded vouchers make the education system more effective. In particular, platforms such as Netflix, Airbnb, eBay, Groupon, Booking.com, Uber, Amazon, etc. make extensive and continuous use of A/B tests and have a dedicated team of data scientists and IT-personnel to implement, monitor and analyze such tests. Banks and Insurance companies constitute another important sector where the use of A/B testing is ubiquitous.


id: BUDT758I
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Special Topics in Decision, Operations and Information Technologies; Applied Finance Information Systems 


id: BUDT758L
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Special Topics in Decision, Operations and Information Technologies; Price Optimization & Revenue Management For MS in Business Analytic students only.


id: BUDT758W
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Special Topics in Decision, Operations and Information Technologies; Capstone Project in Business Analytics 


id: BUFN400
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Introduction to Financial Markets and Financial Datasets Recommended:CMSC320, CMSC351, MATH240, and MATH241; and should have extensive familiarity with Python including Pandas, Numpy, Scipy, Matplotlib; and familiarity with probability and statistics, econometric modeling. Provides an overview of financial concepts and markets and datasets. Company financial statements will be used to review concepts including earnings, cash flow, accruals, investment, dividends, etc. The course will introduce concepts related to portfolio theory and asset pricing. It will introduce the fundamentals of the stock market and market microstructure, including bid ask spreads and market liquidity. Advanced topics include event studies, high frequency trading, Over The Counter (OTC) bond markets, and more specialized institutional arrangements including repo markets and foreign currency exchange markets.


id: BUFN401
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Option Theory and Derivatives Will introduce Option Theory and the concept of a derivative financial contract whose value is based on some underlying asset, e.g., a stock or bond or commodity. Option theory based pricing models are a cornerstone of modern finance. Unlike the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) that determines an appropriate rate of return, option theory primarily relies on arbitrage arguments, and the probability that an option will be exercised during some time interval. Option theory has been very successful empirically. Common derivative types include stock and bond and index options, futures contracts, forward contract and swaps.


id: BUFN610
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Financial Management Smith School of Business; or must be in Business and Management (Master's) program. The fundamental concepts and techniques used to evaluate corporate decisions. Topics include the time value of money, valuation of common securities, investment decisions, capital budgeting, capital structure, and the weighted average cost of capital. The objectives are to develop the ability to make investment decisions, manage project finances, and analyze financial decisions.


id: BUFN620
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Capital Markets Smith School of Business.Formerly:BUFN740. Covers modern theories and techniques for analyzing investments in different securities. Introduces mathematical and statistical models to price securities and guide investment decisions. The main topics covered are portfolio theory, pricing models, market efficiency, fixed income investment, and options.


id: BUFN630
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Valuation in Corporate Finance Smith School of Business.Formerly:BUFN750. An advanced corporate finance course focusing on valuation. The main objective is to apply the concepts covered in the introductory finance class through real-life applications (cases) and use valuation estimates to guide and communicate investment decisions. The topics include building Pro Forma statements and forecasting future cash flows, dynamic cash flow models, estimating the cost of capital, implementing the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) and Adjusted Present Value (APV) methods, and using real options techniques (binomial and Black and Scholes models as well as Monte Carlo simulations) to value companies and projects.


id: BUFN640
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Financial Data Analytics Smith School of Business.Formerly:BUFN758N. Introduces the skills and computing languages for analyzing financial data and testing financial models. Covers topics such as the ordinary least square regression (OLS) estimator, its properties and applications, statistical inference, and univariate and multivariate analysis. The focus is on working with data and applying econometric models to financial applications such as estimating asset pricing models, portfolio choice, and the efficient frontier. The course will use Python programming language, Google Colab environment, and matching learning packages.


id: BUFN650
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Machine Learning in Finance Smith School of Business.Formerly:BUFN758O. A hands-on course on applications of cutting-edge machine learning methods to financial modeling. It builds on the Financial Analytics class to introduce students to a wide variety of machine learning techniques ranging from lasso regression to deep learning and TensorFlow. The course provides the basic ideas and intuition behind these methods, a more formal understanding of how and why they work, and opportunities to experiment with machine-learning algorithms and apply them to big data modeling in finance. It will use the Python programming language, Google Colab environment, and machine learning packages.


id: BUFN660
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Derivative Securities Smith School of Business.Formerly:BUFN761. Introduces standard derivative contracts, including forwards and futures, swaps, and options. Covers the mathematical foundation of valuing derivative contracts, the use of static and dynamic replication strategies, and the concept of no-arbitrage. Derivative securities on various underlying assets (equities, indices, commodities, foreign exchange, etc.) are analyzed using different application contexts.


id: BUFN717
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Entrepreneurial Finance and Private Equity Smith School of Business; or must be in Business and Management (Master's) program.Formerly:BUFN755. An advanced topics course in Corporate Finance. The major emphasis is how financiers help growing firms - and in particular young start-ups - using different types of securities at different points in the industry's and firm's life. Financing arrangements and securities studied will include private equity funds and private financings placements, Venture Capital (VC) and preferred equity, Investment Banks through Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), Private equity finds, debt and leveraged buyouts. Students will learn additional techniques that will help them understand how financiers value firms and how to understand, plan and value different financing strategies.


id: BUFN721
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International Investment Smith School of Business.Formerly:BUFN770. Addresses international stock markets, portfolio theory, international interest rates, exchange rates and exchange rate derivatives (options, forwards, and futures), exchange rate swaps and exchange rate exposure (operating, translation, and transaction), foreign investment strategy.


id: BUFN734
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Portfolio Management Smith School of Business; or must be in Business and Management (Master's) program.Formerly:BUFN763. Provides training that is important in understanding the investment process - the buy side of the financial world. Specifically, the objective is to provide graduate-level instruction in the following topics, both in theory and in using financial markets data to test the basic theory and practice of portfolio choice and equilibrium pricing models and their implications for efficient portfolios.


id: BUFN736
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Quantitative Investment Strategies Smith School of Business; or must be in Business and Management (Master's) program.Formerly:BUFN764. Provides an introduction to quantitative techniques of selecting equities, as used commonly among long-short equity hedge funds and other quantitative equity asset management companies. Statistical factor models are developed to locate stocks with higher expected returns, based on the observable characteristics of the stocks. Implementation issues, including statistical estimation, backtesting and portfolio construction, are covered, as is performance evaluation.


id: BUFN741
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Advanced Capital Markets Smith School of Business. Smith School of Business.Formerly:BUFN758P. This course covers modern theories and techniques for investments and asset pricing. The main topics covered are: portfolio theory, pricing models, market efficiency, fixed income investment, forwards and futures, and options.


id: BUFN742
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Financial Engineering Formerly:BUFN766. Introduces and applies various computational techniques useful in the management of equity and fixed income portfolios and the valuation of financial derivatives and fixed income securities. Techniques include Monte Carlo Simulation and binomial/lattice pricing models. Emphasis is on bridging theory with the design of algorithms and models that can be directly applied in practice.


id: BUFN747
content:
Asset-Liability and Nonfinancial Risk Management Smith School of Business. This course surveys risks and techniques associated with asset-liability and nonfinancial risks including market and interest rate risk, liquidity risk, operational risk and model risk, among others. Techniques such as portfolio value-at-risk (VaR) are used in realistic empirical examples to illustrate the methods. Key rate duration, principal components analysis and analytical and simulation-based VaR techniques are used to estimate interest rate risk exposure for financial firms. Hedging these risks using various financial derivative products such as options, swaps and futures contracts is explored. Operational risk is estimated leveraging Poisson loss distributions and model risk and validation techniques are reviewed.


id: BULM700
content:
Business Fundamentals for Supply Chain Managers I Smith School of Business; or must be in Business and Management (Master's) program.Formerly:BULM758K. This course is part of a series of two courses Business Fundamentals for SCM part I and, part II. The series is intended to provide you with the knowledge and skills necessary to quantify the impact of supply chain management decisions on the bottom line. Students will gain a solid understanding of accounting, finance and the link between supply chain and overall financial performance. Students will analyze financial statements and explain the implications of supply chain management decisions on standard financial ratios and all components of the balance sheet and income statement. Through interactive supply chain finance models, students will demonstrate the sensitivity of outcome to multiple independent variables. Last but not least, students will also learn how to apply the net present value technique to evaluate the feasibility of investment projects in supply chain.


id: BULM701
content:
Business Fundamentals for Supply Chain Managers II Smith School of Business. Smith School of Business.Formerly:BULM758Q. This is the second course of the series Business fundamentals for Supply Chain Managers. This course is intended to provide you with the knowledge and skills necessary to quantify the impact of supply chain management decisions on the bottom line. Students will gain a solid understanding of accounting, finance and the link between supply chain and overall financial performance.  Students will analyze financial statements and explain the implications of supply chain management decisions on standard financial ratios and all components of the balance sheet and income statement. Through interactive supply chain finance models, students will demonstrate the sensitivity of outcome to multiple independent variables. Last but not least, students will also learn how to apply the net present value technique to evaluate the feasibility of investment projects in supply chain.


id: BULM710
content:
Data Driven Decision Making I Smith School of Business.Formerly:BULM758X. Analytical modeling of business decisions; uncertainty, risk and expected utility; regression modeling to infer relationships among variables.


id: BULM711
content:
Data Driven Decision Making II Smith School of Business.Formerly:BULM758Y. Analytical modeling of business decisions; uncertainty, risk and expected utility; regression modeling to infer relationships among variables.


id: BULM721
content:
Global Supply Chain Management Smith School of Business. Offers a practical blueprint for understanding, building, implementing, and sustaining supply chains in today's rapidly changing global supply chain environment. It will provide the student with a survey of the fast-moving Supply Chain Management discipline and practice, including the evolution of supply chain strategies, business models and technologies; current best practices in demand and supply management; and methodologies for conducting supply chain-wide diagnostic assessments and formulating process improvement plans.


id: BULM742
content:
Global Supply Chain Resources Planning Smith School of Business. Provides students with an overall understanding of how firms use an advanced supply chain planning (ASCP) application as an integral part of their materials management process which includes such activities as production planning, materials requirements planning, and distribution requirements planning.


id: BULM750
content:
Lean Sigma for Supply Chain I Smith School of Business.Formerly:BULM758L. This course is part of a series of courses. This the second part of the Lean Six Sigma for SC Managers course series. We will be focusing on the Analyze, Improve and Control phases of the Lean Six Sigma methodology. Lean Six Sigma is a robust methodology for problem solving aiming to improve quality and reduce speed within a process. This course covers up to the Lean and Six Sigma Green Belt level body of knowledge. You will be expected to conduct a project on a case study of a business looking to improve their processes to meet customer requirements.


id: BULM751
content:
Lean Sigma for the Supply Chain II Smith School of Business.Formerly:BULM758V. This course is part of a series of courses. The first part will cover the Introduction, Define and Measure Phases of the Lean Six Sigma Methodology.  Lean Six Sigma is a robust methodology for problem solving aiming to improve quality and reduce speed within a process. This course covers up to the Lean and Six Sigma Green Belt level body of knowledge. You will be expected to conduct a project on a case study of a business looking to improve their processes to meet customer requirements.


id: BULM756
content:
Supply Chain Strategy Smith School of Business.Formerly:BULM758B. Examines supply chain management at the strategic level. Through class lectures, case discussions, and assignments, students first learn about the determinants of corporate strategy. Supply chain strategies are then discussed, along with the need to properly align supply chain strategy with corporate strategy.  Finally, there is a discussion of how to implement supply chain strategy, given various environmental and market considerations.


id: BULM758P
content:
Special Topics in Logistics, Business and Public Policy; Policy and Legal Context for Sustainability Management 


id: BULM758Z
content:
Special Topics in Logistics, Business and Public Policy; Strategic Management with a Sustainable Mindset 


id: BUMK720
content:
Marketing Strategy Smith School of Business; or must be in Business and Management (Master's) program.Formerly:BUMK758B. Introduces students to the fundamentals of marketing. This course combines lectures, readings, case analyses and a competitive simulation. A significant part of the course involves a competitive computer-based simulation in which student teams leverage marketing data and metrics to make marketing decisions for an organization that is competing in a market against other student teams in the class.


id: BUMK724
content:
Customer Analysis Smith School of Business.Formerly:BUMK758D. Focuses on the analysis of customer decision-making and how marketing strategy can be used to influence those decisions. The framework used is the buyer behavior model, in which concepts from psychology, sociology, and economics are applied to individual and organizational purchase decisions. Marketing strategies of leading firms in consumer products, technology, and services (including internet services) are analyzed using a variety of case study formats.


id: BUMK726
content:
Statistical Programming for Customer Analytics Smith School of Business.Formerly:BUMK758E. Provides students with a foundation in probability and statistics with a focus on business applications.  It also gives students a foundation for thinking in both likelihood and Bayesian frameworks.  The course teaches students the basics of SAS, as well as its use in statistical analysis and statistical programming. Also addressed are basic SAS language structure, data management, OLAP, enterprise miner, statistical analysis, writing procedures.


id: BUMK742
content:
Marketing Analytics for Consulting Smith School of Business.Formerly:BUMK758K. The analysis of marketing data needed for profitable marketing decisions. Advanced methods of marketing analysis for marketing decisions, including choice and count data models, joint analysis of consumers choice, quantity and timing decisions, mixture and mixture regression models, and conjoint analysis, all using data-based cases and SAS software. Applications are in the areas of strategic marketing, marketing segmentation, eye tracking for advertising effectiveness, new product development, sales promotion analysis, pricing, design of marketing mix, and direct marketing.


id: BUMK758G
content:
Special Topics in Marketing Cross-listed with BDBA858K. Credit only granted for BDBA858K or BUMK758G.


id: BUMK760
content:
Business Policies and Ethics Smith School of Business.Formerly:BUMK758F. The standards of business conduct, morals and values as well as the role of business in society.  Students will consider the sometimes conflicting interests of and claims on the firm and its objectives.


id: BUMK766
content:
Digital Analytics Smith School of Business.Formerly:BUMK758N. Examines the process of developing, implementing and analyzing strategies for successfully marketing a variety of existing and potential products and services on the Internet. Special attention is devoted to the tools and techniques unique to the electronic media.


id: BUMK773
content:
Pricing Analytics and Strategies Smith School of Business.Formerly:BUMK758J. The economic and behavioral aspects of pricing and the evaluation of innovative pricing practices such as price matching, customized pricing, bundle pricing and product line pricing.  The course will cover both B2B, B2C, online and offline markets. Instruction will be through a mix of case studies, pricing simulation games, hands-on exercises, practitioner guest lectures and discussions.


id: BUSI611
content:
Managerial Accounting Use of accounting data in corporate planning and control. Cost-volume- profit analysis, budgeting, pricing decisions and cost data, transfer pricing, activity-based management, performance measures, and standard costing.


id: BUSI634
content:
Operations Management Smith School of Business. Operations management is concerned with efficient and effective design and operation of business processes for delivering products and/or services. Emphasis is given to process analysis and design, capacity management and bottlenecks, waiting lines and the impact of uncertainty in process performance, quality management, lean, six-sigma, and revenue management.


id: BUSI650
content:
Marketing Management Analysis of marketing problems and evaluation of specific marketing efforts regarding the organization's products and services, pricing activities, channel selection, and promotion strategies in both domestic and international markets.


id: BUSI662
content:
Leadership and Teamwork Course examines concepts of team-building and leadership which are critical to managerial success. Topics include leadership, decision making, communication and conflict, work motivation, building effective teams, and organizational change and culture.


id: BUSI681
content:
Managerial Economics and Public Policy Basic microeconomic principles used by firms, including supply and demand, elasticities, costs, productivity, pricing, market structure and competitive implications of alternative market structures. Market failures and government intervention. Public policy processes affecting business operations.


id: BUSI710
content:
Competitive and Collaborative Negotiation Smith School of Business. Increase negotiating self-confidence and improve capacity to achieve win-win solutions to organizational problems. Improve effectiveness at finding creative solutions to conflict.


id: BUSI781
content:
Marketing Emergent Technology The many challenges and best practices of successfully marketing emergent technologies. The course will begin with a discussion of past successes and failures in marketing emergent technologies; followed by a study of the effective approaches and frameworks that help technology managers identify and understand customer needs. We will then focus on analyzing how the identified customer needs can guide design and development of emergent technologies. We will subsequently turn our attention to understanding how to translate customer needs and market conditions into effectively positioning our emergent technologies, with the intent of maximizing success when going to market.


id: BUSI788B
content:
Introduction to Global Business Experience; Doing Business in Brazil: Addressing Grand Challenges Through the Private Sector Cross-listed with BUSM788B, BUSO788B, and EMBA788B. Credit only granted for BUSI788B, BUSM788B, BUSO788B, or EMBA788B.


id: BUSI788W
content:
Introduction to Global Business Experience; Doing Business in Asia: Supply Chain Challenges and Opportunities Cross-listed with BUSM788W, BUSO788W, and EMBA788W. Credit only granted for BUSI788W, BUSM788W, BUSO788W, or EMBA788W.


id: BUSI791
content:
Research and Development Strategy and Process This course will educate technology management professionals on contemporary strategy, management approaches, and best-practices for research and development. The course will focus on private sector methods to manage technology programs, identify and specify technical requirements, communicate technology use and value, and assess new technologies and architectures. It will include instruction on technology scouting and assessing Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs). Through engagement with experts in creating and managing technology, students will also be exposed to human and behavioral factors that can influence technology adoption in the commercial and public sector.


id: BUSI793
content:
Technology Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Commercialization Best practices and challenges in organizing and cultivating new ideas into successful public and private sector technology ventures.  The course provides an integrated strategic framework for innovation-based entrepreneurs and technology professionals. It will be structured to provide a deep understanding of the core strategic choices facing startup innovators, a synthetic framework for the development and implementation of entrepreneurial strategy in dynamic environments, and the ability to scale those ventures over time. A central theme of the course is that, to achieve competitive advantage, technology entrepreneurs must balance the process of experimentation and learning inherent to both technological advance and entrepreneurship, with the selection and implementation of a strategy that establishes a competitive advantage. The course identifies the key choices entrepreneurs make to take advantage of a novel opportunity and the logic of particular strategic commitments and positions that allow entrepreneurs to establish a competitive advantage.


id: BUSM600
content:
Leadership and Teamwork Smith School of Business. Course examines concepts of team-building and leadership which are critical to managerial success. Topics include leadership, decision making, communication and conflict, work motivation, building effective teams, and organizational change and culture.


id: BUSM602
content:
Introduction to Financial Accounting Smith School of Business. Overview of financial accounting, periodic financial statements and the financial reporting process. Importance of financial statements as information source for creditors and investors and as a means by which managers can communicate information about their firms.


id: BUSM604
content:
Managerial Economics and Public Policy Smith School of Business. Basic microeconomic principles used by firms, including supply and demand, elasticities, costs, productivity, pricing, market structure and competitive implications of alternative market structures. Market failures and government intervention. Public policy processes affecting business operations.


id: BUSM606
content:
Data Driven Decision Making Smith School of Business. Analytical modeling of business decisions; uncertainty, risk and expected utility; regression modeling to infer relationships among variables.


id: BUSM612
content:
Marketing Management Smith School of Business. Analysis of marketing problems and evaluation of specific marketing efforts regarding the organization's products and services, pricing activities, channel selection, and promotion strategies in both domestic and international markets.


id: BUSM616
content:
Managerial Accounting Smith School of Business. Use of accounting data in corporate planning and control. Cost-volume- profit analysis, budgeting, pricing decisions and cost data, transfer pricing, activity-based management, performance measures, and standard costing.


id: BUSM621
content:
Digital Transformation in Business Smith School of Business. Introduces students to the strategic role of digital transformation within businesses, and provides an overview for how major information technologies may be used to inform and transform the firm's strategic, operational, and tactical decisions. Topics discussed in the course include the strategic use of digital technologies to generate sustainable competitive value; the contributions of new forms of technology infrastructure; the evaluation of new technology investments and the resulting ROI; acquiring, managing and governing technological capabilities within the firm; understanding the role of enterprise systems and social technologies within the firm; and the management of disruptive technologies within and outside the firm.


id: BUSM706
content:
Innovation & Product Development Smith School of Business. Focuses on the development of innovations - new products or new services - from the perspective of a marketer. For an innovation to be successful in the market, it has to be customer-centric: hence, in this course, we study how to develop and bring to market elegant and efficient solutions to strong customer needs. This is a fundamental business challenge, faced while working in a startup or in an established company; when developing a new product or a new service; and when serving customers who are individuals or large corporations.


id: BUSM715
content:
Digital Marketing Smith School of Business. It has been a quarter century since the commercial use of the Internet and the World Wide Web began and during that time the business landscape has changed at a frenetic pace. Large multinational corporations such as Alphabet/Google, Facebook, Amazon, Alibaba and eBay, unheard of twenty years ago, have emerged as key players in our modern economy. In 2017 holiday season, online sales increased over 16 percent of overall spending online in 2016 with online retail spending in the U.S., the highest percentage since tracking began in 1999. Sales made through mobile devices have increased at a rapid rate to around 22 to 40 percent of all online sales. Corporations now highlight the importance of creating a digital relationship with customers. Moreover, digital technologies and devices such as smartphones, smart products, the Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, and deep learning all promise significant transformations of consumers lives in the near future. It is against this backdrop this course seeks to understand how the developments in digital technology are re-shaping the process and the strategy of marketing in the broad space we call digital marketing.


id: BUSM758V
content:
Special Topics in Business; Designing AI Systems Cross-listed with BDBA808C. Credit only granted for BDBA808C or BUSM758V.


id: BUSM758W
content:
Special Topics in Business; Marketing in the Age of AI Cross-listed with BDBA858N. Credit only granted for BDBA858N or BUSM758W.


id: BUSM788B
content:
Global Business Experience; Doing Business in Brazil: Addressing Grand Challenges Through the Private Sector Cross-listed with BUSI788B, BUSO788B, and EMBA788B. Credit only granted for BUSI788B, BUSM788B, BUSO788B, or EMBA788B.


id: BUSM788W
content:
Global Business Experience; Doing Business in Asia: Supply Chain Challenges and Opportunities Cross-listed with BUSI788W, BUSO788W, and EMBA788W. Credit only granted for BUSI788W, BUSM788W, BUSO788W, or EMBA788W.


id: BUSO603
content:
Data Analysis Smith School of Business. Many different skills are required in arriving at informed managerial decisions. Among these are analytical and quantitative skills. Data Analysis is one in a sequence of two courses that seeks to develop these two important skills. More formally, the goals of this course are: to introduce basic statistical techniques: summarizing and presenting data; confidence intervals and hypothesis tests; regression analysis.; to implement these techniques using spreadsheets; and to become active users of data analysis in making managerial decisions.


id: BUSO700
content:
Fundamentals of Business This course introduces students to the language of business. Topics covered include financial accounting, financial management, data models, strategy, leadership and teamwork, and a brief action learning project on innovation. Pre-work includes the DISC assessment, and a requires a passing grade on a spreadsheet pre-work course.


id: BUSO711
content:
Executive Powers and Negotiation Smith School of Business. Increase negotiating self-confidence and improve capacity to achieve win-win solutions to organizational problems. Improve effectiveness at finding creative solutions to conflict.


id: BUSO731
content:
Social Media and Web Analytics Smith School of Business. Examines the process of developing, implementing, and analyzing strategies for successfully marketing a variety of existing and potential products and services using electronic media. Besides well-established Internet marketing tools such as e-mail, search engines and display advertising, a substantial part of the course is dedicated to understanding social media, analyzing successful social media strategies, and tracking their effectiveness. The course offers hands-on experience with many popular as well as emerging techniques unique to electronic media. Special attention is given to metrics appropriate for the new media.


id: BUSO752
content:
Innovative Solutions to Supply Chain Challenges Smith School of Business. This course is designed to provide you with practical challenges to implement innovative and effective actions to achieve the goalof enhanced supply chain operations. You will be challenged to function as a supply chain executive in charge of major decisions.The course is designed to be a mix of action-focused learning combined with some very recent and interesting examples of howcompanies are addressing their own supply chain challenges in innovative ways.


id: BUSO758W
content:
Special Topics in Business; Innovation & Product Development Cross listed with BDBA858P. Credit granted for only BUSO758W or BDBA858P.


id: BUSO758X
content:
Special Topics in Business; Digital Promotion and Advertising Cross listed with BDBA858X. Credit granted for only BUSO758X or BDBA858X.


id: BUSO788B
content:
Business Consulting; Doing Business in Brazil: Addressing Grand Challenges Through the Private Sector Cross-listed with BUSI788B, BUSM788B, and EMBA788B. Credit only granted for BUSI788B, BUSM788B, BUSO788B, or EMBA788B.


id: BUSO788W
content:
Business Consulting; Doing Business in Asia: Supply Chain Challenges and Opportunities Cross-listed with BUSI788W, BUSM788W, and EMBA788W. Credit only granted for BUSI788W, BUSM788W, BUSO788W, or EMBA788W.


id: CBMG688C
content:
Special Topics in Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics (Sponsoring Dept: CBMG). Specialization Areas: PHNB, CEBG, and GENB. Cross-listed with BSCI420. Credit only granted for BSCI420 or CBMG688C.


id: CBMG688D
content:
Special Topics in Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics; Genetics: Cell Biology I - Structure and Function 


id: CBMG699D
content:
Special Problems in Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics; Molecular Genetics: Bioinformatics and Computation Biology Contact department or instructor for details.


id: CBMG699K
content:
Special Problems in Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics; Biological Sciences Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Cross-listed with BIOL608K, CHEM608K, and ENTM699K. Credit will be grant edfor only one of the following: BIOL608K, CBMG699K, CHEM608K, or   ENTM699K.


id: CHBE100
content:
Exploring ChBE Overview of the specializations and career paths available in chemical and biomolecular engineering. Academic planning, policies and resources will be covered including introduction to undergraduate research, study abroad, internship and co-op opportunities as well as chemical engineering student groups. A peer mentoring program will enable students to interact with successful upper-class chemical engineering students and build their chemical engineering peer network.


id: CHBE102
content:
Coffee BEANS: Brewing Engineering and Analysis for Nurturing Sustainability In this interdisciplinary course, students will explore the intricate journey of making one of the world's most-consumed beverage through the combined lens of sustainability and engineering. We will address the critical question: How sustainable is a daily cup of coffee? The course will begin with an overview of coffee production, from cultivation to consumption, examining energy targets, water usage, waste practices, and the environmental impact of coffee farming. Instruction in lectures will provide background on engineering concepts and types of sustainable practices. Students will engage in at-home experiments, focusing on extraction techniques, to visualize scientific principles. The course will also align discussions with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, emphasizing the global implications of coffee production and consumption.


id: CHBE250
content:
Computer Methods in Chemical Engineering Formerly:ENCH250. Algorithm development and application of software to the analysis of chemical engineering problems. File management and editing, graphics and numerical methods. Use of spreadsheets, statistics/math software and process simulators for the design of chemical process equipment.


id: CHBE301
content:
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Thermodynamics I Formerly:ENCH300. Principles of thermodynamics and their application to engineering problems. First and second laws of thermodynamics, properties of gases, liquids and solids, phase equilibrium, flow and non-flow systems, energy conversion, production of work from heat, thermodynamic analysis of processes, equilibrium stage operations and the thermodynamics of chemically reacting systems.


id: CHBE333
content:
Chemical Engineering Seminar Formerly:ENCH333. To develop oral communication skills through a series of class presentations of current chemical engineering topics.


id: CHBE410
content:
Statistics and Design of Experiments Formerly:ENCH476. An introduction to probability, statistics, and design of experiments for chemical engineers.


id: CHBE422
content:
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Transport Phenomena I Formerly:ENCH422. Principals of fluid dynamics as applied to model development and process design. Mass, momentum and energy conservation. Statics and surface tension. Equation of Continuity and Navier-Stokes Equation with application to laminar flow. Dimensional analysis. Macroscopic balances, Bernoulli Equation and friction factors with application to turbulent flow.


id: CHBE437
content:
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Laboratory Formerly:ENCH437. Application of chemical engineering process and unit operation principals in small-scale semi-commercial equipment. Data from experimental observations are used to evaluate performance and efficiency of operations. Emphasis on correct presentation of results inreport form.


id: CHBE440
content:
Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design Formerly:ENCH440. Fundamentals of chemical reaction kinetics and their application to the design and operation of chemical reactors. Reaction rate theory, homogeneous reactions and catalysis electrochemical reactions. Catalytic reactor design.


id: CHBE442
content:
Chemical and Biomolecular Systems Analysis Formerly:ENCH442. Dynamic response applied to process systems. Goals and modes of control, Laplace transformations, analysis and synthesis of simple control systems, closed loop response, dynamic testing.


id: CHBE444
content:
Process Engineering Economics and Design I Formerly:ENCH444. Principles of chemical engineering economics and process design. Equipment sizing and costing. Economic evaluation of projects. Flowsheet synthesis. Introduction to flowsheet simulators and concepts of flowsheet optimization. Synthesis of Heat Exchanger Networks and Distillation Sequences.


id: CHBE452
content:
Introduction of Machine Learning in Chemical Engineering Recommended:Basic knowledge of chemical engineering, materials science, ordinary differential equations, and Python is desirable.Jointly offered with:CHBE652. Introduction of data science and machine learning approaches to modern problems in chemical engineering and materials science. This course develops data science approaches, including their foundational mathematical and statistical basis, and applies these methods to data sets of limited size and precision. Methods for regression and clustering will be developed and applied, with an emphasis on validation and error quantification. Techniques that will be developed include linear and nonlinear regression, clustering and logistic regression, dimensionality reduction, unsupervised learning, and artificial neural networks. These methods will be applied to a range of engineering problems, including conducting polymers, stretchable conductors, organic synthesis, and quality control in manufacturing.


id: CHBE472
content:
Control of Air Pollution Sources Jointly offered with:CHBE672. Sources and effects of air pollutants, regulatory trends, atmospheric dispersion models, fundamentals of two-phase flow as applied to air pollution and air pollution control systems, design of systems for control of gases and particulate matter.


id: CHBE490
content:
Polymer Science Formerly:ENCH490. The elements of the polymer chemistry and industrial polymerization, polymer structures and physics, thermodynamics of polymer solutions, polymer processing methods, and engineering applications of polymers.


id: CHBE491
content:
Electrochemical Energy Engineering Jointly offered with:CHBE691. Introduces students to the fundamentals of electrochemical engineering, covering thermodynamics, kinetics, and transport in electrochemical cells, as well as electrode structures and electroanalytical techniques. The course will next transition to focus on electrochemical devices, including batteries, fuel cells, and other devices as guided by student input.  This course will serve as a foundation for students who are interested in becoming practicing electrochemical engineers, those who would like to pursue research careers, and those who wish to become familiar with a specialized area within engineering that will have a crucial and growing importance during their careers.


id: CHBE493
content:
Chemical Processes in Beer Brewing Additional information:Neither the students nor the instructor will be making or working with alcoholic beverages in the course. Covers chemical engineering principles and chemical processes involved in the brewing and quality control of beer. Topics will include extraction and isomerization of bittering compounds from hops, enzymatic reactions involved in mashing beer, colloidal chemistry of haze formation, and microbiology of yeast and fermentation. Quantitative models will be applied to these processes based on fundamental chemical engineering principles from reaction kinetics, thermodynamics, transport phenomena, and colloid and interfacial science.


id: CHBE494
content:
Sustainable Separations and Carbon Capture Provides a comprehensive overview of sustainable separations and carbon dioxide capture using synthetic membranes and sorbents.


id: CHBE610
content:
Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics Or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department.Formerly:ENCH610. Advanced application of the general thermodynamic methods to chemical engineering problems. First and second law consequences; estimation and correlation of thermodynamic properties; phase and chemical reaction equilibria.


id: CHBE620
content:
Methods of Engineering Analysis Formerly:ENCH620. Application of selected mathematical techniques to the analysis and solution of engineering problems; included are the applications of matrices, vectors, tensors, differential equations, integral transforms, and probability methods to such problems as unsteady heat transfer, transient phenomena in mass transfer operations, stagewise processes, chemical reactors, process control, and nuclear reactor physics.


id: CHBE652
content:
Introduction of Machine Learning in Chemical Engineering Recommended:Basic knowledge of chemical engineering, materials science, ordinary differential equations, and Python is desirable.Jointly offered with:CHBE452. Introduction of data science and machine learning approaches to modern problems in chemical engineering and materials science. This course develops data science approaches, including their foundational mathematical and statistical basis, and applies these methods to data sets of limited size and precision. Methods for regression and clustering will be developed and applied, with an emphasis on validation and error quantification. Techniques that will be developed include linear and nonlinear regression, clustering and logistic regression, dimensionality reduction, unsupervised learning, and artificial neural networks. These methods will be applied to a range of engineering problems, including conducting polymers, stretchable conductors, organic synthesis, and quality control in manufacturing.


id: CHBE672
content:
Control of Air Pollution Sources Jointly offered with:CHBE472. Sources and effects of air pollutants, regulatory trends, atmospheric dispersion models, fundamentals of two-phase flow as applied to air pollution and air pollution control systems, design of systems for control of gases and particulate matter.


id: CHBE690
content:
Polymer Reaction Engineering Formerly:ENCH781. Advanced topics in polymerization kinetics, reactor design and analysis; addition and step-growth polymerization; homogeneous and heterogeneous polymerization; photopolymerization; reactor dynamics; optimal operation and control of industrial polymerization reactors.


id: CHBE691
content:
Electrochemical Energy Engineering Jointly offered with:CHBE491. Introduces students to the fundamentals of electrochemical engineering, covering thermodynamics, kinetics, and transport in electrochemical cells, as well as electrode structures and electroanalytical techniques. The course will next transition to focus on electrochemical devices, including batteries, fuel cells, and other devices as guided by student input.  This course will serve as a foundation for students who are interested in becoming practicing electrochemical engineers, those who would like to pursue research careers, and those who wish to become familiar with a specialized area within engineering that will have a crucial and growing importance during their careers.


id: CHBE694
content:
Sustainable Separations and Carbon Capture Jointly offered with:CHBE494. Provides a comprehensive overview of sustainable separations and carbon dioxide capture using synthetic membranes and sorbents.


id: CHEM131
content:
Chemistry I - Fundamentals of General Chemistry Corequisite:CHEM132.Recommended:For Science majors.Formerly:CHEM103. An overview of the Periodic Table, inorganic substances, ionic and covalent bonding, bulk properties of materials, chemical equilibrium, and quantitative chemistry. CHEM131 is the first course in a four-semester sequence for students majoring in the sciences, other than Chemistry and Biochemistry majors.


id: CHEM132
content:
General Chemistry I Laboratory Corequisite:CHEM131.Formerly:CHEM103. Introduction to the quantification of chemical substances, including the concept of the mole and chemical stoichiometry. Additional work involves the synthesis of ionic substances and their qualitative characterization. Must be taken concurrently with CHEM131.


id: CHEM134
content:
Chemical Principles for Engineering Basic chemistry for engineering students. Introduction to organic structures and polymers, gas laws, liquids, solids, phase changes, chemical kinetics and electrochemistry.


id: CHEM135
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General Chemistry for Engineers The nature and composition of matter, solutions, chemical reactions, equilibria, and electrochemistry, with applications to various fields of engineering.


id: CHEM136
content:
General Chemistry Laboratory for Engineers James Clark School of Engineering. A laboratory course for engineering majors intending to take CHEM231 and CHEM232.


id: CHEM146
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Principles of General Chemistry Corequisite:CHEM177.Formerly:CHEM143. An overview of the Periodic Table, inorganic substances, ionic and covalent bonding, bulk properties of materials, chemical equilibrium, and quantitative chemistry. CHEM146 is the first course in a four-semester sequence for Chemistry and Biochemistry majors.


id: CHEM177
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Introduction to Laboratory Practices and Research in the Chemical Sciences Corequisite:CHEM146, CHEM131, or CHEM135. First semester laboratory course required for CHEM and BCHM majors. Introduction to laboratory techniques, including safety practices, scientific ethics, and presentation of current research topics.


id: CHEM231
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Organic Chemistry I Corequisite:CHEM232.Formerly:CHEM233. The chemistry of carbon: aliphatic compounds, aromatic compounds, stereochemistry, arenes, halides, alcohols, esters and spectroscopy.


id: CHEM232
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Organic Chemistry Laboratory I And a grade of C- or better in the prerequisites is required for College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences majors and recommended for all students.Corequisite:CHEM231.Formerly:CHEM233. Provides experience in developing some basic laboratory techniques, recrystallization, distillation, extraction, chromatography.


id: CHEM241
content:
Organic Chemistry II And a grade of C- or better in the prerequisites is required for College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences majors and recommended for all students. A continuation of CHEM231 with emphasis on molecular structure; substitution reactions; carbonium ions; aromaticity; synthetic processes; macromolecules.


id: CHEM242
content:
Organic Chemistry Laboratory II And a grade of C- or better in the prerequisites is required for College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences majors and recommended for all students.Corequisite:CHEM241. Synthetic organic chemistry through functional group manipulation, introduction to instrumentation essential to analysis and structure elucidation.


id: CHEM247
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Principles of Organic Chemistry II A continuation of CHEM237 with emphasis on molecular structure, substitution reactions; carbonium ions; aromaticity; synthetic processes; macromolecules.


id: CHEM271
content:
General Chemistry and Energetics And a grade of C- or better in the prerequisites for College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences majors and recommended for all students.Corequisite:CHEM272.Formerly:CHEM113. An introduction to the physical aspects of chemistry; chemical kinetics, thermodynamics and electrochemistry in the context of current chemistry research.


id: CHEM272
content:
General Bioanalytical Chemistry Laboratory And a grade of C- or better in the prerequisites is required for College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences majors and recommended for all students.Corequisite:CHEM271. An introduction to analytical chemistry with an emphasis on bio-analytical instrumentation and techniques.


id: CHEM277
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Fundamentals of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Laboratory Corequisite:CHEM276. Quantitative analysis, inorganic analytical chemistry, and an introduction to bio-analytical instrumentation and techniques.


id: CHEM403
content:
Radiochemistry Radioactive decay; introduction to properties of atomic nuclei; nuclear processes in cosmology; chemical, biomedical and environmental applications of radioactivity; nuclear processes as chemical tools; interaction of radiation with matter.


id: CHEM425
content:
Instrumental Methods of Analysis Modern instrumentation in analytical chemistry. Electronics, spectroscopy, chromatography and electrochemistry.


id: CHEM441
content:
Advanced Organic Chemistry Jointly offered with:CHEM641. An advanced study of the compounds of carbon, with special emphasis on molecular orbital theory and organic reaction mechanisms.


id: CHEM460
content:
Structure Determination Using Spectroscopic Methods Formerly:CHEM660. The use of infrared, ultraviolet-visible, proton and carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectroscopy for structure determination in organic chemistry.


id: CHEM480
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Principles of Physical Chemistry Covers elementary thermodynamics, principles of kinetics and catalysis and selected topics in molecular quantum mechanics, spectroscopy and statistical mechanics. Topics will emphasize core subjects along with applications to biosciences, materials science, environmental science and related areas.


id: CHEM481
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Physical Chemistry I And minimum grade of C- in MATH141. And minimum grade of C- in PHYS260 and PHYS261; or minimum grade of C- in PHYS141. Thermodynamics and kinetics of chemical and molecular systems. Topics may include internal energy, heat, work, enthalpy, entropy, free energy, and spontaneity as well as reaction order, differential rate laws, integrated rate laws, and rate laws for multi-step processes.


id: CHEM482
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Physical Chemistry II And minimum grade of C- in MATH141. And minimum grade of C- in PHYS260 and PHYS261; or minimum grade of C- in PHYS141. Quantum mechanical nature of atoms and molecules. Topics may include model systems for electronic, vibrational, rotational and translational energies as well as connections to molecular spectroscopy and thermal distributions.


id: CHEM483
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Physical Chemistry Laboratory I An introduction to the principles and application of quantitative techniques in physical chemical measurements. Experiments will be coordinated with topics in CHEM481.


id: CHEM484
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Physical Chemistry Laboratory II Advanced quantitative techniques necessary in physical chemical measurements. Experiments will be coordinated with topics in CHEM 482.


id: CHEM601
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Structure and Bonding of Molecules and Materials Development of the tools necessary to use the knowledge of structure and bonding of molecules and solids in the practice of synthetic inorganic and materials chemistry. Several bonding models are covered, from the simple valence bond and ligand field models to a quantitative group theoretical treatment of molecular orbital theory and band structure descriptions of solids. Concepts of electron counting and oxidation state and ligand characteristics are revisited in terms of the more sophisticated bonding models. Finally, these models are used to analyze the reactivity, magnetic and spectroscopic properties of inorganic coordination compounds. Prior advanced inorganic and/or advanced quantum chemistry courses are not prerequisites.


id: CHEM608K
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Selected Topics in Inorganic Chemistry; Chemistry Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Cross-listed with BIOL608K, CBMG699K, and ENTM699K. Credit will be grant edfor only one of the following: BIOL608K, CBMG699K, CHEM608K, or   ENTM699K.


id: CHEM611
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Professional Skills for New Graduate Students Covers a wide range of topics in professional development for new graduate students.


id: CHEM625
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Separation Methods in Quantitative Analysis The theory and application for quantitative analysis of various forms of chromatography, ion exchange, solvent extraction, distillation, and mass spectroscopy.


id: CHEM640
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Problems in Organic Reaction Mechanisms A tutorial type course dealing with the basic description of the fundamentals of writing organic reaction mechanisms.


id: CHEM889E
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Seminar; Physical Chemistry Cross-listed with CHEM898F and CHPH709A. Credit will be granted for one ofthe following: CHEM889E, CHEM889F, or CHPH709A.


id: CHEM889F
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Seminar; Chemical Physics Cross-listed with CHEM898E and CHPH709A. Credit will be granted for one ofthe following: CHEM889E, CHEM889F, or CHPH709A.


id: CHIN100
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Introduction to Chinese Language and Culture An introduction to the Chinese language and Chinese culture, covering the linguistic, ethnic, and religious diversity of China, and to explore the rich nuances of Chinese culture. The curriculum covers a wide range of topics, including the origins and evolution of Chinese characters, poetry, philosophy, calligraphy, and painting.


id: CHIN121
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Elementary Chinese I Formerly:CHIN101. Introduces Chinese phonetic system and writing system; develops students' Chinese proficiency on the basic linguistic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing as well as their cultural competence.


id: CHIN201
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Intermediate Spoken Chinese I Corequisite:CHIN202.Additional information:Must be taken in conjunction with CHIN202. Emphasis on development of conversational skills with vocabulary build-up and controlled conversation.


id: CHIN202
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Intermediate Written Chinese I Corequisite:CHIN201.Additional information:Must be taken in conjunction with CHIN201. Reading and writing skills with emphasis on grammar and Chinese characters.


id: CHIN301
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Advanced Chinese I And must have taken a placement interview offered by the department for Non-majors. Readings in expository and fictional writing with conversation and composition.


id: CHIN307
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Linguistic Landscape of China Comprehensive introduction to Chinese and other major languages in the Sino-Tibetan, Altaic, Austroasiatic, and Austronesian families, all of which are spoken in China. Taught in English.


id: CHIN315
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Modern Chinese Literature in Translation Major works of fiction and drama from 1920 to the present read in the context of social and literary change. Emphasis on western and traditional Chinese influences on the writers and their works. No knowledge of Chinese required.


id: CHIN331
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Chinese Calligraphy: Theory and Practice History of the writing system; major scripts, modes, and styles. Intermediate brushwork and lectures on the culture. Characters for practice selected to correspond to lecture topics. Taught in English.


id: CHIN401
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Readings in Modern Chinese I And must have taken a placement interview offered by the department for Non-majors. Readings in history, politics, economics, sociology, and literature. Emphasis on wide-ranging, rapid reading, reinforced by conversations and compositions.


id: CHIN411
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Business Chinese I And must have taken a placement interview offered by the department for Non-majors. Conversation, reading, and writing applicable to Chinese business transactions, social meetings, and meetings with government organizations, plus background material in English on professional business practices and social customs associated with business.


id: CHIN425
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Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in China Recommended:Any CHIN course or course on China. This course looks into ethnic and cultural diversity in China. It examines the evolution of the People's Republic of China's (PRC) ethnic policies in relation to nation-state building over the last six decades. Specifically, it studies how the PRC has categorized the Chinese people into 56 ethnic groups, how it has made affirmative action policies to accommodate ethnic diversity, and what problems its approaches have experienced and what solutions it has proposed in its accommodation of ethnicity and diversity in the 21st century. To examine the above issues, the course introduces and applies the concepts of ethnicity, nationality, ethnic nationalism, civic nationalism, identity, social Darwinism, the Soviet model of multinational state building, the Chinese model of inclusive Chinese nation state building, citizenship, individual rights, group rights, equality, and diversity.


id: CHPH709A
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Seminar in Chemical Physics; Physical Chemistry Jointly offered with CHEM898E and CHEM898F. Credit will be granted for o ne ofthe following: CHEM889E, CHEM889F, or CHPH709A.


id: CHSE200
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College Success and Life Planning - Managing College and Career Life through Goal Development and Planning Additional information:Priority enrollment for students in the TerpsEXCEED program. The overarching goal of this course is to guide new students affiliated with the TerpsEXCEED program in navigating the initial stages of college, career and campus life management. The course is organized around Academic and Career Habits, Cultural Know-How, Balance of Multiple Roles, and Self-Direction in order to address (a) skills and interest assessments, (b) goal setting, (c) organizational and independent living skills development, (d) travel and transportation orientation to navigate and access campus and College Park, (e) financial planning, (f) safety, (g) social activity access, and (h) basic scheduling and time management. TerpsEXCEED students will be matched with typical student peer supports for a more normalized college experience.


id: CHSE205
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Disability: From Stigma and Sideshow to Mainstream and Main Street Formerly:EDSP289I. Explores the cultural, historical, educational, and medical roots of difference among human beings and examines the impact of cultural and technological changes on individuals traditionally identified as disabled. The course is designed to develop a broad understanding of the concept of "disability" and the emerging technologies that shape contemporary understanding of this phenomenon and the lives of those considered disabled.


id: CHSE228C
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Common Ground Deliberative Dialogues; Civic Engagement for Social Good Students will explore current societal issues through an intergroup, deliberative dialogue model. The course includes foundations of dialogue, identity reflection, peer leadership, engagement across differences, and dialogic skill-building.


id: CHSE230
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Career Exploration and Development This course prepares TerpsEXCEED students for on-the-job internship experiences in future semesters by guiding them through career exploration, discovery, and skill development. Students will complete career assessments, develop resumes, practice interviews, engage employers, learn how to fill out applications, practice technical and soft skills to improve employability, and secure internship options for the next semester.


id: CHSE376
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Fundamentals of Sign Language Formerly:EDSP376. Receptive and expressive skills in American Sign Language. Examination of the causes of deafness, characteristics of deaf education, and aspects of the culture of the deaf community.


id: CHSE476
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Communicating with Sign Language Formerly:EDSP476. Intermediate level receptive/expressive skills in American Sign Language. Aspects of the culture, history, and research perspectives of the deaf community.


id: CLAS170
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Ancient Myths and Modern Lives Additional information:This course cannot be taken for language credit. What are myths and why do we tell them? What powers do myths have? We will tackle these questions by looking at the enduring and fascinating myths from ancient Greece and Rome. In addition to studying how they shaped ancient societies, we will also look at their modern influence and reflect upon the power that myths still hold in our contemporary world. Taught in English.


id: CLAS180
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Discovering the World of Ancient Greece An exploration of the cultural traits and developments of ancient Greek civilization and its forerunners, from the Bronze Age Mycenaeans and Minoans, through the rise of the classical Greek city-states, to the expansion of Greek cultural influence in the wake of the conquests of Alexander the Great.  Drawing upon the evidence of the archaeological remains as well as ancient historical and literary documents, students gain a basic familiarity with the principal monuments and artifacts of classical Greek civilization, the various institutions and values that characterized the Greeks, and the significant historical events that transformed the culture over the course of antiquity.


id: CLAS274
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What is Romance? What is romance? This course approaches the question by reading ancient Greek romance novels in tandem with works inspired by them from a range of times and places. We will attempt to identify which traits define romance in a society and how romance narratives change in translation and adaptation.


id: CLAS310
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Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy A study of the origins and development of philosophy in ancient Greece and Rome, focusing on Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Epicureans, and Stoics.


id: CLAS312
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The Modernity of Athenian Democracy Examines the question of how Ancient Greek thought can be a tool for facing the challenges of the modern world. Topics such as political participation and engagement in politics, lawfulness and justice, freedom and autonomy, democracy and civic responsibility are found at the core of Ancient Greek thought.  In addition to these topics, the course explores, through the teachings of ancient Greek philosophers, historians, and poets, the questions of virtue and happiness at a personal level and the pursuit of happiness at the societal level. Love and friendship are necessary virtues to shape a harmonious and prosperous polis. By studying selected excerpts from the primary sources of Ancient Greek literature in translation, the course defines the core values of democratic society from the viewpoint of the Greeks.


id: CLAS340
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Ancient Slavery and its American Impacts Interrogates how slavery permeated the ancient Mediterranean societies of Greece and Rome. We will pay particular attention to how hierarchical inequalities are institutionalized, experienced, and represented and to how different marginalized and dominant groups interacted. Enslaved persons performed necessary labor in Greece and Rome and their work was essential for the formation of ancient society in agriculture, mining, domestic spaces, literature, finance, and government. Studying ancient slavery offers a chance to examine Greece and Rome from the bottom up, parsing the scant literary and material evidence for the lives and struggles of enslaved persons. We will practice several different approaches in order to tease out the systematic, economic, political, and personal effects of slavery in the ancient world. The United States of America was also founded as a slave society, and discussions of slavery in the Americas often look back to the ancient Mediterranean. The course will therefore conclude with a unit on how enslavers and abolitionists in the United States utilized and responded to slavery in antiquity.


id: CLFS608
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Seminar in Current Topics in Chemical and Life Science; Scholarly Paper Contact Dr. Joelle Presson (mclfs@umd.edu) to establish a mentor and then contact exst@umd.edu to register. Golden ID students are not eligible for this course. Click here for program information.


id: CLFS608A
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Seminar in Current Topics in Chemical and Life Science; Independent Research Contact Dr. Joelle Presson (mclfs@umd.edu) to establish a mentor and then contact exst@umd.edu to register. Golden ID students are not eligible for this course. Click here for program information.


id: CLFS609C
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Special Topics; Mammalian Physiology Must be in the Master of Chemical and Life Sciences program. All other graduate students must request permission. Contact exst@umd.edu. Golden ID students are not eligible for this course. Click here for program information.


id: CLFS609K
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Special Topics; Current Topics in Biomedical Research Biomedical research worldwide aims to identify ways to prevent and treat diseases that cause illness and death in people and animals. In this course, we will explore a diverse array of biomedical research topics including gene editing, infectious diseases, precision medicine in cancer drug discovery, cognitive aging and Alzheimers disease, drugs of addiction, health disparities, how stress influences health, and psychiatric disorders. The goal of the course is to explore cutting edge advances in biomedicine through reading and discussing primary research articles reporting findings from current studies. Students will feel comfortable delving into, reading, and discussing the primary literature and have a clearer understanding of the biomedical hot topics that are affecting communities worldwide by the end of the course.


id: CLFS610
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Natural Products Chemistry Formerly:LFSC609D. Foundations of natural products chemistry; how nature goes about making (biosynthesizing) these compounds and elements of enzymology and genomics relevant to production of these compounds; relevance of natural products chemistry as a driving force for drug discovery and innovation in biotechnology.


id: CMLT235
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Black Diaspora Literature and Culture Examination of key works by writers of the African Diaspora. Relationship among black people across multiple geographic spaces; Africa, the Caribbean, the United States, Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Specific historical, cultural, and literary contexts; themes such as gender, sexuality, migration, slavery, freedom, and equality. Readings may include literary texts (fiction, poetry, drama), music and film. All readings in English, but drawn from multiple languages of the black diaspora, including English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.


id: CMLT270
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Global Literature and Social Change Comparative study of literature through selected literary works from several non-Western cultures, viewed cross-culturally in light of particular social, political, and economic perspectives.


id: CMLT275
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World Literature by Women Formerly:WMST275. Comparative study of selected works by women writers of several countries, exploring points of intersection and divergence in women's literary representations.


id: CMLT277
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Literatures of the Americas Comparative study of several North, South, and Central American cultures with a focus on the specificities, similarities, and divergences of their literary and cultural texts.


id: CMLT280
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Film Art in a Global Society Formerly:FILM298D. Comparative study of a variety of film traditions from around the world, including cinema from Hollywood, Europe, Asia and developing countries, with a stress on different cultural contexts for film-making and viewing.


id: CMLT679D
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Topics in Comparative Studies; Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in the Islamic World Cross-listed with PERS498M, PERS689M, CMLT679D, HIST419C, RELS429B, WGSS498D and WGSS698D. Credit only granted for PERS498M, PERS689M, CMLT679D, HIST419C, RELS429B, WGSS498D or WGSS698D.


id: CMLT679T
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Topics in Comparative Studies; Seminar in Poetry Translation Cross listed with ENGL479Y. Credit only for ENGL479Y or CMLT679T.


id: CMNS100
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Becoming a Science Terp Restriction:Primary major must be in the College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences (CMNS); and must be first semester CMNS freshman student . Introduces students to the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS) and the University. In a small classroom setting taught by CMNS faculty/staff, students will explore their college transition with a focus on: academic success skills, navigating college and campus resources, diversity, identity and inclusion, and career exploration. Each section of the course will have a CMNS Peer Mentor teaching assistant.


id: CMSC100
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Bits and Bytes of Computer and Information Sciences Students are introduced to the fields (and disciplines) of computer science and information science within a small classroom setting. They will learn to make a successful transition from high school to the university, while exploring study skills, student success plans and research opportunities.


id: CMSC106
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Introduction to C Programming Design and analysis of programs in C. An introduction to computing using structured programming concepts. Intended for students with no or minimal programming experience.


id: CMSC122
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Introduction to Computer Programming via the Web Introduction to computer programming in the context of developing full featured dynamic web sites. Uses a problem solving approach to teach basics of program design and implementation using JavaScript; relates these skills to creation of dynamic web sites; then explores both the potential and limits of web-based information sources for use in research. Intended to help relate a student's major to these emerging technologies.


id: CMSC125
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Introduction to Computing Introduces you to the computing field as a whole. You will gain skills used across the spectrum of computing majors and learn about the great variety of routes into the various areas of study and employment in technological fields.


id: CMSC131
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Object-Oriented Programming I Corequisite:MATH140. Introduction to programming and computer science. Emphasizes understanding and implementation of applications using object-oriented techniques. Develops skills such as program design and testing as well as implementation of programs using a graphical IDE. Programming done in Java.


id: CMSC132
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Object-Oriented Programming II Introduction to use of computers to solve problems using software engineering principles. Design, build, test, and debug medium -size software systems and learn to use relevant tools. Use object-oriented methods to create effective and efficient problem solutions. Use and implement application programming interfaces (APIs). Programming done in Java.


id: CMSC133
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Object Oriented Programming I Beyond Fundamentals An introduction to computer science and object-oriented programming for students with prior Java programming knowledge (conditionals, loops, methods). Program design, implementation, and testing using object-oriented techniques. All programming will be done in Java using a graphical IDE.


id: CMSC216
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Introduction to Computer Systems Introduction to the interaction between user programs and the operating system/hardware. Major topics include C programming, introductory systems programming, and assembly language. Other concepts covered include UNIX, machine data representation, thread management, optimization, and virtual memory. Programming is done in the Linux Environment.


id: CMSC250
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Discrete Structures Fundamental mathematical concepts related to computer science, including finite and infinite sets, relations, functions, and propositional logic. Introduction to other techniques, modeling and solving problems in computer science. Introduction to permutations, combinations, graphs, and trees with selected applications.


id: CMSC320
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Introduction to Data Science An introduction to the data science pipeline, i.e., the end-to-end process of going from unstructured, messy data to knowledge and actionable insights. Provides a broad overview of several topics including statistical data analysis, basic data mining and machine learning algorithms, large-scale data management, cloud computing, and information visualization.


id: CMSC330
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Organization of Programming Languages A study of programming languages, including their syntax, semantics, and implementation. Several different models of languages are discussed, including dynamic, scripting (e.g., Ruby, Python) functional (e.g., OCaml, Haskell, Scheme), and memory safe systems programming (e.g., Rust). Explores language features such as formal syntax, scoping and binding of variables, higher-order programming, typing, and type polymorphism. Introduces finite automata, context free grammar, parsing, lambda calculus, and basics of security attacks and software security.


id: CMSC335
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Web Application Development with JavaScript Formerly:CMSC389N. Provides an introduction to modern ways of developing Web Applications/Services using JavaScript for both front-end and back-end. The course covers topics on fundamental JavaScript language constructs, server-side JavaScript, back-end data persistence, and client-side JavaScript to build Web Applications that interact with Web services and back-end databases.


id: CMSC351
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Algorithms A systematic study of the complexity of some elementary algorithms related to sorting, graphs and trees, and combinatorics. Algorithms are analyzed using mathematical techniques to solve recurrences and summations.


id: CMSC388J
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Special Topics in Computer Science; Building Secure Web Applications Explores tools such as Python, Flask, Django, MongoDB, Svelte, and React. A student-led course through Student-Initiated Courses (STICs) @ UMD: http://stics.umd.edu/Please click here for more information.


id: CMSC389B
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Special Topics in Computer Science; A Tour of Programming Languages A Tour of Programming Languages introduces students to various programming paradigms and languages. This course aims to help students further their understanding of programming language (PL) design, as wellas gain experience with different programming philosophies, paradigms, and mindsets. A student-led course through Student-Initiated Courses (STICs) @ UMD: http://stics.umd.edu/Please click here for more information.


id: CMSC389E
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Special Topics in Computer Science; Digital Logic Design Through Minecraft Minimum grade of C- in CMSC216 and CMSC250; and permission of CMNS-Computer Science department.We will explore the theory and applications of combinational and sequential circuits. All projects will be done using Minecraft Redstone.The course will cover basic gates to more advanced circuits including memory gates and large sequential circuits. A student-led course through Student-Initiated Courses (STICs) @ UMD: http://stics.umd.edu/Please click here for more information.


id: CMSC389L
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Special Topics in Computer Science; Reinforcement Learning Minimum grade of C- in CMSC216, CMSC250, CMSC320; MATH241, 1 course witha minimum grade of C- from (MATH240, MATH461); and permission of CMNS-Computer Science department.This course provides a comprehensive introduction to reinforcement learning. We begin with a review of key concepts in machine learning and planning, such as gradient descent and neural networks. We then explore core reinforcement learning algorithms-including value-based, policy-gradient, and actor-critic methods-along with essential tools like TensorFlow and Gymnasium. The course focuses on applications in robotics and autonomous systems, finance, and games. A student-led course through Student-Initiated Courses (STICs) @ UMD: http://stics.umd.edu/Please click here for more information.


id: CMSC389O
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Special Topics in Computer Science; The Coding Interview Technical interviewing is a critical skill for acquiring internships and jobs. Students will gain a comprehensive, practical introduction to technical interviews. Students will be introduced to basic topics such as Big O and String Manipulation and later move into more complex topicssuch as Graphs and Dynamic Programming. Most in-class time will bespenton mock interviews to give real interview practice. The course facilitators are experienced in interviewing and have received internship/job offers from companies like Meta, Optiver, Bloomberg, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Databricks, Capital One, and more. A student-led course through Student-Initiated Courses (STICs) @ UMD: http://stics.umd.edu/Please click here for more information.


id: CMSC389P
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Special Topics in Computer Science; Mastering the PM Interview Prepares students for PM interviews in the technology industry. The class will be a combination of lectures and in-class activities that will provide hands-on practice for PM roles. We will begin with interview questions involving behavioral and technical concepts, and transition tomore complex PM-specific topics including product design, analytical, and case questions. A student-led course through Student-Initiated Courses (STICs) @ UMD: http://stics.umd.edu/Please click here for more information.


id: CMSC396H
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Computer Science Honors Seminar Overview of computer science research activities, techniques, and tools. Diverse research areas will be covered, including systems, networks, artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, software engineering, graphics, vision, and theory.


id: CMSC398L
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Special Topics in Computer Science; Introduction to Competitive Programming Covers most of the basic techniques and algorithms that are used in competitive programming. Topics include C++ STL, greedy, dynamic programming, divide and conquer, graph algorithms, and data structures. Students will learn different algorithmic techniques and apply these concepts to solve interesting programming problems in practice. A student-led course through Student-Initiated Courses (STICs) @ UMD: http://stics.umd.edu/Please click here for more information.


id: CMSC398M
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Special Topics in Computer Science; Introduction to Product Design with Figma An exploration into the world of Figma! Figma is a popular collaborative design tool used by many developers for brainstorming, proof of concepts, and website/application design. We will be exploring the various capabilities of Figma, and how we can create a website or mobile application from a design made on Figma. Students will learn principles of design, create mockups, and build their own website/mobile app that will look great for resumes and portfolios. A student-led course through Student-Initiated Courses (STICs) @ UMD: http://stics.umd.edu/Please click here for more information.


id: CMSC398P
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Special Topics in Computer Science; Practical Cloud Computing with AWS This course provides a practical introduction to cloud computing with Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/) (AWS). Students will learn how to build applications using a variety of AWS services, including S3, EC2, Lambda, and ECS. Additionally they will have an exam ready understanding of many services, benefits, and features of AWS. Thecourse will culminate in a final resume-worthy project that will be built, deployed, and demoed. A student-led course through Student-Initiated Courses (STICs) @UMD:Click here for more information.


id: CMSC398R
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Special Topics in Computer Science; Binary Exploitation An introduction to exploiting common vulnerabilities in compiled applications. Topics include an overview of C, intro to x86 assembly, buffer overflows on stack and heap, format string bugs, heap exploitation, and other special topics (kernel/browser/blockchain). Students will be able to write exploits for all the bugs learned in class, and secure their own applications. A student-led course through Student-Initiated Courses (STICs) @ UMD: http://stics.umd.edu/Please click here for more information.


id: CMSC398W
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Special Topics in Computer Science; Practical Tools for Efficient Development Minimum grade of C- in CMSC216 and CMSC250; and permission of CMNS-Computer Science department.This course will provide a broad overview of many common and useful tools, like the command line, Git, debuggers, build systems, and more. Through a hands-on approach, you will be introduced to a variety of tools and techniques that can immediately be applied to everyday problems. We aim to provide students with material that improves their computing ecosystem literacy and increases their efficiency as a developer. A student-led course through Student-Initiated Courses (STICs) @ UMD: http://stics.umd.edu/Please click here for more information.


id: CMSC398Z
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Special Topics in Computer Science; Effective use of AI Coding Assistants and Agents Covers how to effectively use AI coding assistants and agents to develop  software. The course will look at the tools and techniques used by engineers at companies like Google and Microsoft to develop production-quality code, as well as techniques to vibe code and quickly generate interactive visualizations and proof-of-concepts. The course will cover using chatbots, AI-powered IDEs such as VSCode and cursor.ai,and coding assistants that can automatically invoke build systems, run test cases, and fix errors. The course will also cover Python and Simon Willison s LLM tool, which allows writing simple Pythonprograms that query LLMs and interact with databases, structured data extraction, and semantic search.


id: CMSC411
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Computer Systems Architecture Input/output processors and techniques. Intra-system communication, buses, caches. Addressing and memory hierarchies. Microprogramming, parallelism, and pipelining.


id: CMSC412
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Operating Systems A hands-on introduction to operating systems, including topics in: multiprogramming, communication and synchronization, memory management, IO subsystems, and resource scheduling polices. The laboratory component consists of constructing a small kernel, including functions for device IO, multi-tasking, and memory management.


id: CMSC414
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Computer and Network Security An introduction to the topic of security in the context of computer systems and networks. Identify, analyze, and solve network-related security problems in computer systems. Fundamentals of number theory, authentication, and encryption technologies, as well as the practical problems that have to be solved in order to make those technologies workable in a networked environment, particularly in the wide-area Internet environment.


id: CMSC416
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Introduction to Parallel Computing Jointly offered with:CMSC616.Formerly:CMSC498X. Introduction to parallel computing. Topics include programming for shared memory and distributed memory parallel architectures, and fundamental issues in design, development, and performance analysis of parallel programs.


id: CMSC417
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Computer Networks Or must be in the (Computer Science (Doctoral), Computer Science (Master's)) program. Computer networks and architectures. The OSI model including discussion and examples of various network layers. A general introduction to existing network protocols. Communication protocol specification, analysis, and testing.


id: CMSC420
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Advanced Data Structures Or must be in the (Computer Science (Doctoral), Computer Science (Master's)) program. Description, properties, and storage allocation functions of data structures including balanced binary trees, B-Trees, hash tables, skiplists, tries, KD-Trees and Quadtrees. Algorithms for manipulating structures. Applications from areas such as String Processing, Computer Graphics, Information Retrieval, Computer Networks, Computer Vision, and Operating Systems.


id: CMSC421
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Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Or must be in the (Computer Science (Doctoral), Computer Science (Master's)) program. Introduces a range of ideas and methods in AI, varying semester to semester but chosen largely from: automated heuristic search, planning, games, knowledge representation, logical and statistical inference, learning, natural language processing, vision, robotics, cognitive modeling, and intelligent agents. Programming projects will help students obtain a hands-on feel for various topics.


id: CMSC422
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Introduction to Machine Learning Machine Learning studies representations and algorithms that allow machines to improve their performance on a task from experience. This is a broad overview of existing methods for machine learning and an introduction to adaptive systems in general. Emphasis is given to practical aspects of machine learning and data mining.


id: CMSC423
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Bioinformatic Algorithms, Databases, and Tools Or must be in the (Computer Science (Doctoral), Computer Science (Master's)) program. An introduction to the main algorithms, databases, and tools used in bioinformatics. Topics may include assembly and analysis of genome sequences, reconstructing evolutionary histories, predicting protein structure, and clustering of biological data. Use of scripting languages to perform analysis tasks on biological data. No prior knowledge of biology is assumed.


id: CMSC424
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Database Design Or must be in the (Computer Science (Doctoral), Computer Science (Master's)) program. Students are introduced to database systems and motivates the database approach as a mechanism for modeling the real world. An in-depth coverage of the relational model, logical database design, query languages, and other database concepts including query optimization, concurrency control; transaction management, and log based crash recovery. Distributed and Web database architectures are also discussed.


id: CMSC425
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Game Programming An introduction to the principles and practice of computer game programming and design. This includes an introduction to game hardware and systems, the principles of game design, object and terrain modeling, game physics, artificial intelligence for games, networking for games, rendering and animation, and aural rendering. Course topics are reinforced through the design and implementation of a working computer game.


id: CMSC426
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Computer Vision An introduction to basic concepts and techniques in computervision. This includes low-level operations such as image filtering and edge detection, 3D reconstruction of scenes using stereo and structure from motion, and object detection, recognition and classification.


id: CMSC430
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Introduction to Compilers Or must be in the (Computer Science (Doctoral), Computer Science (Master's)) program. Topics include lexical analysis, parsing, intermediate representations, program analysis, optimization, and code generation.


id: CMSC433
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Programming Language Technologies and Paradigms Programming language technologies (e.g., object-oriented programming), their implementations and use in software design and implementation.


id: CMSC434
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Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction Or must be in the (Computer Science (Doctoral), Computer Science (Master's)) program. Assess usability by quantitative and qualitative methods. Conduct task analyses, usability tests, expert reviews, and continuing assessments of working products by interviews, surveys, and logging. Apply design processes and guidelines to develop professional quality user interfaces. Build low-fidelity paper mockups, and a high-fidelity prototype using contemporary tools such as graphic editors and a graphical programming environment (eg: Visual Basic, Java).


id: CMSC435
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Software Engineering State-of-the-art techniques in software design and development. Laboratory experience in applying the techniques covered. Structured design, structured programming, top-down design and development, segmentation and modularization techniques, iterative enhancement, design and code inspection techniques, correctness, and chief-programmer teams. The development of a large software project.


id: CMSC436
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Programming Handheld Systems Fundamental principles and concepts that underlie the programming of handheld systems, such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants, and tablet computers. Particular emphasis will be placed on concepts such as limited display size, power, memory and CPU speed; and new input modalities, where handheld systems differ substantially from non-handheld systems, and thus require special programming tools and approaches. Students will apply these concepts and principles in the context of an existing handset programming platform.


id: CMSC451
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Design and Analysis of Computer Algorithms Or must be in the (Computer Science (Doctoral), Computer Science (Master's)) program. Fundamental techniques for designing efficient computer algorithms, proving their correctness, and analyzing their complexity. General topics include graph algorithms, basic algorithm design paradigms (such as greedy algorithms, divide-and-conquer, and dynamic programming), network flows, NP-completeness, and other selected topics in algorithms.


id: CMSC454
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Algorithms for Data Science Fundamental methods for processing a high volume of data. Methods include stream processing, locally sensitive hashing, web search methods, page rank computation, network and link analysis, dynamic graph algorithms as well as methods to handle high dimensional data/dimensionality reduction.


id: CMSC456
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Cryptography The theory, application, and implementation of mathematical techniques used to secure modern communications. Topics include symmetric and public-key encryption, message integrity, hash functions, block-cipher design and analysis, number theory, and digital signatures.


id: CMSC470
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Introduction to Natural Language Processing Introduction to fundamental techniques for automatically processing and generating natural language with computers. Machine learning techniques, models, and algorithms that enable computers to deal with the ambiguity and implicit structure of natural language. Application of these techniques in a series of assignments designed to address a core application such as question answering or machine translation.


id: CMSC471
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Introduction to Data Visualization Formerly:CMSC498O. Datasets are becoming increasingly large and complex, requiring intuitive ways to explore and interpret them quickly and efficiently. In this case, a picture is worth a thousand words: visualizations enable us to transform data into images that are easier to understand and reason about, compared to raw numbers and raw text. Visualizations are critical tools in externalizing and organizing our knowledge and insights, whether to explore collected datasets to improve our understanding of the physical world, to assess and debug analysis/experimental workflows, or to present new and interesting results to diverse audiences. In this course we will study techniques and algorithms for creating effective visualizations based on principles from graphic design, perceptual psychology, and cognitive science. Students will learn how to design and build interactive visualizations for the web, using the D3.js (Data-Driven Documents) framework.


id: CMSC473
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Capstone in Machine Learning Recommended:Background or exposure to machine learning topics is strongly encouraged.Formerly:CMSC498P.Additional information:Students will be paired with project advisors from the UMD faculty or alternatively, an industry advisor. Students are encouraged to plan for projects results that can be published at academic conferences or will impact academic research. Semester-long project course in which each student will identify and carry out a project related to machine learning, with the goal of publishing a research paper or software tool.


id: CMSC474
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Introduction to Computational Game Theory Or must be in the (Computer Science (Doctoral), Computer Science (Master's)) program. Game theory deals with interactions among agents (either human or computerized) whose objectives and preferences may differ from the objectives and preferences of the other agents. It will also provide a comprehensive introduction to game theory, concentrating on its computational aspects.


id: CMSC475
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Combinatorics and Graph Theory And permission of CMNS-Computer Science department; or permission of CMNS-Mathematics department.Cross-listed withMATH475 . General enumeration methods, difference equations, generating functions. Elements of graph theory, matrix representations of graphs, applications of graph theory to transport networks, matching theory and graphical algorithms.


id: CMSC498A
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Selected Topics in Computer Science An individualized course designed to allow a student or students to pursue a selected topic not taught as a part of the regular course offerings under the supervision of a Computer Science faculty member. Credit according to work completed.


id: CMSC498B
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Selected Topics in Computer Science; Cloud Computing Prerequisites: Minimum grade of C- in CMSC330 and CMSC351.Explores several fundamental topics of cloud computing, including IaaS (e.g., Open Stack, Kubernetes), key big data platforms, and data center networking. The course combines group reading and discussion of influential publications in the field, lectures by the instructor, talksby invited speakers, and a large project. Students will be a part of an agile development team, with extensive experience with GitHub, agile tools, and various technologies. Each course project is solicited from open-source community and will be mentored by an industry leader and/or engineer, or a senior graduate student/postdoc.


id: CMSC498J
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Selected Topics in Computer Science; Human-Robot Interaction, Device Prototyping, and Embodied AI Minimum grade of C- in CMSC330 and CMSC351; and permission of CMNS-Computer Science department. Or must be in the (Computer Science (Doctoral), Computer Science (Master's)) program.This course is designed to introduce advanced undergraduates to human-robot interaction (HRI) and the recent developments in embodied AI, an emerging research area focused on the design and evaluation of interactions between humans and robotic technologies. Students will: (1)learn design principles for building, and research methods for evaluating, interactive robot systems through lectures, readings, and assignments; (2) read and discuss relevant literature to gain a solid understanding of various research topics in HRI; and (3) gain hands-on experience by prototyping a functional embodied AI robot that integrates the principles, methods, and knowledge acquired throughout the course.


id: CMSC498K
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Selected Topics in Computer Science; Introduction to Multimodal Deep Learning Prerequisites: Minimum grade of C- in CMSC320, CMSC330, and CMSC351; and 1 course with a minimum grade of C- from (MATH240, MATH341, MATH461); and permission of the CMNS-Computer Science department.This course will provide a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental concepts of key modalities and algorithms for multimodal representation learning, alignment, and fusion. Students will learn key concepts, algorithms, and applications centered around multimodal deep learning while gaining hands-on experience with state-of-the-art models and emerging reresearch trends.


id: CMSC498Z
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Selected Topics in Computer Science; Differentiable Programming for Agentic AI and Physical Intelligence Prerequisites: Minimum grade of C- in CMSC330 and CMSC351 and permission  of the CMNS-Computer Science department.This course is an introduction to differentiable Programming, a new programiing paradigm in which a numerical program can be differentiated through automatic differentiation, allowing gradient-based optimization of parameters in the program. It has broad applications in Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, Deep Learning, Quantum Computing, System Control, and many more. The course assumes a good working knowledge of linear algebra and differentiation. The course experience includes hands-on project s with differentiable programming for agentic AI systems and physical intelligence.


id: CMSC499A
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Independent Undergraduate Research Students are provided with an opportunity to participate in a computer science research project under the guidance of a faculty advisor. Format varies. Students and supervising faculty member will agree to a research plan which must be approved by the department. As part of each research plan, students should produce a final paper delineating their contribution to the field.


id: CMSC616
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Foundations of Parallel Computing Formerly:CMSC818X. Covers the foundations of parallel computing. Topics include programming for shared memory and distributed memory parallel architectures, and fundamental issues in design, development and analysis of parallel programs.


id: CMSC631
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Program Analysis and Understanding Techniques for static analysis of source code and modern programming paradigms. Analysis techniques: data flow analysis, program dependence graphs, program slicing, abstract interpretation. The meaning of programs: denotational semantics, partial evaluation. Advanced treatment of abstraction mechanisms: polymorphic types, operation overloading, inheritance, object-oriented programming and ML-like programming languages.


id: CMSC634
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Empirical Research Methods for Computer Science Recommended:An introductory statistics class. A graduate-level introductory course on empirical reseach methods for computer scientists. Experimental techniques for evaluating software systems and processes, human performance using interfaces, programming environments, and software engineering methods. Introduction to constructs and methods of measurements, qualitative and quantitative design, quasi-experimental and non-experimental design, baseline design, and statistical analysis.


id: CMSC657
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Introduction to Quantum Information Processing g., eigenvalues, eigenvectors, Hermitian and unitary matrices) is required.Formerly:CMSC858K.Additional information:Previous background in quantum mechanics or theory of computation is not required. An introduction to the field of quantum information processing. Students will be prepared to pursue further study in quantum computing, quantum information theory, and related areas.


id: CMSC673
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Capstone in Machine Learning Jointly offered with:CMSC473.Formerly:CMSC798P. Semester-long project course in which each student will identify and carry out a project related to machine learning, with the goal of publishing a research paper or software tool.


id: CMSC722
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Artificial Intelligence Planning Automated planning of actions to accomplish some desired goals. Basic algorithms, important systems, and new directions in the field of artificial intelligence planning systems.


id: CMSC723
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Natural Language Processing Additional information:CMSC students may only receive PhD Comp. credit for CMSC723 or CMSC823, not both. Introduce fundamental concepts, techniques, and algorithms for the computational handling of natural language. Statistical and machine learning techniques, models, and algorithms that enable computers to deal with the ambiguity and implicit structure of human language. Approaches that focus on uncovering linguistic structure, such as syntactic or semantic parsing, as well as those that focus on manipulating text in useful ways, such as question answering or machine translation.


id: CMSC740
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Advanced Computer Graphics An introduction to advanced concepts in computer graphics. Includes an introduction to realistic rendering based on physical properties of light transport, radiometric concepts, and the rendering equation; Monte Carlo integration techniques to solve the rendering equation such as path tracing and multiple importance sampling; and neural network techniques for efficient sampling and denoising. Further discusses recent advances in 3D modeling and reconstruction, such as neural network-based 3D reconstruction; inverse rendering using neural radiance fields and differentiable rendering; and generative modeling for images, videos, and 3D data.


id: CMSC801
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Department Internal Research Seminar Formerly:CMSC798E. Research overviews from faculty to help introduce departmental research to graduate students.


id: CMSC818I
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Advanced Topics in Computer Systems; Large Language Models, Security, and Privacy Must be in the Graduate Program in Computer Science. All other graduate students must request permission.


id: CMSC818J
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Advanced Topics in Computer Systems; Domain Specific Architecture Cross-listed with ENEE759c. Credit only granted for CMSC818J or ENEE759C.Must be in the Graduate Program in Computer Science. All other graduate students must request permission.


id: CMSC818T
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Advanced Topics in Computer Systems; Applied Cryptographic Systems and Privacy Enhancing Technologies. Must be in the Graduate Program in Computer Science. All other graduate students must request permission.The course is a seminar structured around selected papers and a course project on advanced cryptographic systems. This will cover systems for privacy-preserving analytics, private information retrieval, encrypted messaging and moderation, privacy-preserving payments, and identity systems and anonymous credentials. This course is intended for computer science graduate students and advanced undergraduates with an interest in the area. Undergraduates should have taken a previous security or cryptography class.


id: CMSC818V
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Advanced Topics in Computer Systems; Machine Learning for Physical Sensing and Perception Must be in the Graduate Program in Computer Science. All other graduate students must request permission.This course delves into advanced machine learning techniques for physical sensing and real-world perception. Topics include multimodal 3D volumetric rendering with physics-informed priors, ultra-low-power navigation with metamaterial sensing, urban localization via wireless signal patterns, sparse sensing for underwater imaging, and integrating spatial knowledge into language models for perception-aware AI.


id: CMSC828J
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Advanced Topics in Information Processing; Common-sense Reasoning and Natural Language Understanding Must be in the Graduate Program in Computer Science. All other graduate students must request permission.


id: CMSC828V
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Advanced Topics in Information Processing; Numerical Methods for Data Science and Machine Learning Must be in the Graduate Program in Computer Science. All other graduate students must request permission.


id: CMSC838B
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Advanced Topics in Programming Languages; Differentiable Programming for Agentic AI and Physical Intelligence Must be in the Graduate Program in Computer Science. All other graduate students must request permission.This course is an introduction to differentiable Programming, a new programming paradigm in which a numerical program can be differentiated through automatic differentiation , allowing gradient-based optimization of parameters in the program. It has broad applications in Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, Deep Learning, Quantum Computing, System Control, and many more. The course assumes a good working knowledge of linear algebra and differentiation. The course experience includes hands-on project s with differentiable programming for agentic AI systems and physical intelligence.


id: CMSC838L
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Advanced Topics in Programming Languages; Programming Languages and Computer Architecture Must be in the Graduate Program in Computer Science. All other graduate students must request permission.Exploration of the interplay between computer architecture and programming languages, with a focus on applying PL formalisms and techniques to emerging computer architecture research. The course is structured into three parts: 1) Topics in novel computer architectures/computing paradigms (dataflow processing, intermittent computing, persistent memory, reconfigurable architectures, etc.); 2) PL*for* computer architecture (design of hardware description languages and high-level synthesis languages, etc.); 3) Problems of end-to-end correctness guarantees (verified and secure compilation, full-stack correctness proofs, etc.). This is a seminar course where students read and present papers, as well as carry out a research project.


id: CMSC839A
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Advanced Topics in Human-Computer Interaction; Embodied Media Design Must be in the Graduate Program in Computer Science. All other graduate students must request permission.Explores the potential of human augmentation technologies, such as wearable computing, haptics, virtual reality, and more, to enhance human physical, perceptual, and cognitive capabilities. To achieve this, students will read relevant literature from the fields of Psychology, Cognitive Science, and Human-Computer Interaction. Additionally, students will create low-fidelity paper mockups and a prototype based on digital/analog circuit design, mechanical design, and a programming environment.


id: CMSC839C
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Advanced Topics in Human-Computer Interaction; Governing Algorithms & Algorithmic Governance Cross-listed with INST878D. Credit only granted for INST878D or CMSC839C.Must be in the Graduate Program in Computer Science. All other graduate students must request permission.This cross-cutting interdisciplinary course, taught jointly between the College of Information Studies and the Department of Computer Science, investigates the role that algorithms and automated decision-making systems play in markets, societies, and policymaking. The course connects policy and computational conceptualizations of transparency, security, fairness, privacy, manipulation, and accountability through a series of casestudies and burning debates. Students will collaborate cross-disciplinary and be encouraged to work through difficult trade-offs to reach consensus. By discussing recent applications of algorithms for social and consumer sorting, and the moderation and generation of content, students will engage with the pressing challenges and opportunities in the governance of and by algorithms.


id: CMSC839E
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Advanced Topics in Human-Computer Interaction; Uncertainty Communication for Decision-Making Must be in the Graduate Program in Computer Science. All other graduate students must request permission.Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research topics focusing on model uncertainty and decision-making. We will cover a range of models, from linear regression to probabilistic forecasts and AI foundation models, and explore how to help human users understand and manage uncertainty in these computational models. Core topics include statistical communication, explainability, decision-making, uncertainty visualization, and LLM/LMM uncertainty. The course format includes a combination of readings, presentations, discussions, and lectures.


id: CMSC848B
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Selected Topics in Information Processing; Computational Imaging Cross-listed with ENEE739Z. Credit only granted for CMSC848B or ENEE739Z.Introduces various computational imaging systems and the algorithms that underlie their operation. Particular emphasis will be placed on recently developed learning based reconstruction algorithms. This is a mixed lecture/seminar course.


id: CMSC848I
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Selected Topics in Information Processing; AI Agents and Sequential Decision Making Must be in the Graduate Program in Computer Science. All other graduate students must request permission.AI-based agents need to operate in complex environments to make sequences of decisions to achieve some known goal. Many learning frameworks for sequential decision making exist, including reinforcement learning, imitation learning, learning from instructions, and others. In this course we will cover the foundations of all these methods, building up to modern AI-based agents that are enabled by large foundation models such as large language models and large vision/language models.


id: CMSC848K
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Selected Topics in Information Processing; Multimodal Foundation Models Must be in the Graduate Program in Computer Science. All other graduate students must request permission.Discusses recent foundation models proposed in the literature, with a focus on vision-language models. Topics include large language models, vision-language models, and vision-audio models.


id: CMSC848N
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Selected Topics in Information Processing; Generative AI Agents Must be in the Graduate Program in Computer Science. All other graduate students must request permission.Dives into the cutting edge of generative AI agents-autonomous systems powered by large language and vision models that can reason, plan, and act in complex environments. Explores how these agents use tools, memory, and multi-step reasoning to tackle real-world tasks, drawing from recent breakthroughs in research and industry. Students will design, build, and evaluate their own agents through hands-on projects.


id: CMSC848P
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Selected Topics in Information Processing; Machine Learning Theory Must be in the Graduate Program in Computer Science. All other graduate students must request permission.This course covers core topics in machine learning theory, including generalization bounds in the offline setting (including VC dimension, one-inclusion graphs, compression schemes) and regret bounds in the online setting (including multiplicative weights, Littlestone dimension). We will also explore advanced topics such as adversarial robustness, the intersection of game theory and learning, etc.


id: CMSC848R
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Selected Topics in Information Processing; Language Model Interpretability Must be in the Graduate Program in Computer Science. All other graduate students must request permission.The course focuses on state-of-the-art methods for interpreting language language models and understanding their learned behaviors. We will discuss approaches centered on both understanding models  internal mechanisms/representations and attributing behaviors back to thee training data. We will focus on model tendencies including hallucination, factuality, memorization, and explanation/reasoning elicitation. If time allows, we will discuss recent developments in ameliorating learned behaviors, such as model editing, unlearning, and steering.


id: CMSC848W
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Selected Topics in Information Processing; Foundations of Interpretable Artificial Intelligence Cross-listed with ENEE739F. Credit granted only for CMSC848W or ENEE739F.The course introduces advances in the field of eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI), ranging from inherently interpretable models, all the way to posthoc explanations (e.g., feature attributions, counterfactual explanations, mechanistic interpretability). The course will also discuss connections between explainability and robustness, privacy, ethics, and trust, as well as, emergent research challenges in explainability for large generative models.


id: CMSC858J
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Advanced Topics in Theory of Computing; Algorithmic Game Theory Must be in the Graduate Program in Computer Science. All other graduate students must request permission.Mechanism Design in particular Algorithmic Game Theory, which can be viewed as "incentive-aware algorithm design", have become an increasingly important part of (theoretical) computer science in recent years. Recent results show a strong relation between computer science (esp. networking) and economics (esp. game theory), and techniques from each seem well-poised to help with key problems of the other. My first goal is to study these connections which produce powerful mechanisms for adaptive and networked environments and several other applied areas, and improve the experience of users of the Web and internet. To this end,it would be a broad survey of topics such as: algorithmic mechanism design; auctions (efficient, revenue-maximizing, sponsored search; congestion and potential games; cost sharing; existence, computation, and learning of equilibria; game theory in the Internet; network games; price of anarchy; selfish routing.


id: CMSC898
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Pre-Candidacy Research Must be in the Graduate Program in Computer Science. All other graduate students must request permission.


id: COMM107
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Oral Communication: Principles and Practices A study of and practice in oral communication, including principles of interviewing, group discussion, listening, informative briefings, and persuasive speeches.


id: COMM130
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Professional Communication and Writing Designed to enhance the clarity and grace of students' writing. Students will acquire knowledge of writing based on principles of style and grammar as well as argument and organizational structure across a diversity of professional writing contexts. Students will also engage in peer review of one another's writing.


id: COMM200
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Critical Thinking and Speaking Theory and practice of persuasive discourse analysis and composition. Research techniques, logical and rhetorical conceptions of argument, and technical principles for persuading in public venues.


id: COMM201
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Introduction to Public Relations Basic concepts and principles of public relations. Roles in organizations and society; history; skills and practices of public relations; theories and models of effective and ethical public relations.


id: COMM230
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Argumentation and Debate A study of the fundamental principles of reasoning, analysis, and evidence preparation of debate briefs and presentation of standard academic debate.


id: COMM250
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Introduction to Communication Inquiry An introduction to the field of communication. Definitions, models, and contexts of communication; rhetorical theory and rhetorical criticism of discourse.


id: COMM296
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Deliberative Democracy Formerly:COMM398I. How do we change our politics, save democracy, and move beyond the "us vs. them" culture that divides us? This course begins with the premise that how we talk to one another and debate controversial issues can promote the public good or erode it in irreparable ways. Students in each class session will put principles of public dialogue into practice as they learn deliberative theories and skills that can help save democracy. Class readings will turn to historical case studies to frame the most controversial political issues we face today.


id: COMM301
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Rhetorical Theories Formerly:COMM401. Explores the idea of rhetoric, from antiquity to digitality. Rhetoric, as an art of moving bodies, is central to democratic self-governance: only through persuading each other can we develop a shared vision of a just and desirable future. This course tracks the genesis of rhetorical theory in the ancient world, 20th-century struggles against fascist rhetoric, and contemporary extensions of rhetoric in digital media ecologies.


id: COMM302
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Communication Science Theories Formerly:COMM402. This class introduces students to the principles of theory construction and offers a critical overview of how communication theories can be applied to solving problems in diverse social contexts, including interpersonal, intercultural, organizational, health, and/or political issues. The ultimate goal of this course is to put students in an intellectual position to understand theories more logically and critically and use them appropriately and effectively in conducting academic research and addressing social issues.


id: COMM303
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Media Theory Provides students with an introduction to media theory from multiple perspectives. We will begin by understanding how the history of mediated communication has been connected to ideology and lived experiences. Through readings, discussions, and activities, you will understand how technical, historical, economic social, and political forces have helped shape media content and the media themselves. You should also become familiar with the debate over how much influence the media have over their audiences, and what types of influences are present. The course will introduce issues relevant to consideration of media and historically underrepresented and marginalized groups, as well as individual and societal functions of the media.


id: COMM304
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Communication Research Literacy Must have completed or be concurrently enrolled in COMM130. Explores the different research traditions in the Communication discipline. This "literacy" course will develop students' ability to locate and fully comprehend Communication research and to understand how that research is conducted, reported, analyzed, and critiqued in Communication literature.


id: COMM305
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Qualitative Communication Research Methods Introduces undergraduate students to the methods used in qualitative communication research. Topics covered in class include ethics, field research, reflexivity, data collection, and data analysis. Over the course of the semester, students will develop a research prospectus, engage in field research (interviews and observations), analyze qualitative data, and write/present their research.


id: COMM306
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Rhetorical Methods in Communication Equips students with skills for conducting research using rhetorical-critical methods.  Such methods are crucial for scholars studying all kinds of public rhetoric: speeches, popular culture, photojournalism, digital media, public monuments, laws, and more.  They are also instrumental for citizens engaging with elected officials, other citizens, and democratic institutions, as well as professionals who seek to create and understand persuasive discourse.  This course will equip you with critical interpretive skills important to your work as a scholar, citizen, and professional.


id: COMM307
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Quantitative Methods in Communication Formerly:COMM400. Designed to introduce students to the basics of quantitative communication research methods. As such, it covers the basic principles of scientific inquiry, the process for generating research questions and hypotheses, the concept of variables, sampling methods, research designs, basics of data analyses, as well as ethics in scientific research. This course prepares students to become informed consumers of quantitative communication research.


id: COMM311
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Peer Consulting in Oral Communication Formerly:COMM398C.Additional information:There will be a pre-enrollment interview conducted before students are given permission to enroll in the course. Contact the instructor for details. Provides training in the principles and practice of peer consulting in the context of the Oral Communication Center in the Department of Communication. Students will apply and integrate the knowledge and skills acquired in their fundamental studies oral communications course with new training to help their peers become outstanding listeners and speakers. Students will also engage in a group research project designed to extend knowledge in peer consulting best practices.


id: COMM312
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Peer Mentoring in Oral Communication Formerly:COMM398U. Provides training in the principles and practices of peer mentoring in the context of the Oral Communication Center in the Department of Communication. As peer mentors, students will apply and integrate the knowledge and skills acquired in COMM311 to help train and develop new peer consultants. Specifically, peer mentors will utilize communicative best practices, focusing on: the establishment of shared goals; performance reviews; project management and evaluation; and negotiating the mentor/mentee relationship.


id: COMM320
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Strategic Communication Formerly:COMM498J. Presents a system of strategies that underlie communication. It is a practice-based framework with definitions, conditions, risks, and rewards that inform the moves and motives of influence professionals. Using case studies, interactive discussions, industry insights, and practical exercises, students will develop the critical thinking, analytical, and ethical decision-making skills necessary to succeed in today's complex communication landscape.


id: COMM324
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Communication and Gender Explores how communication shapes constructions of gender, sex, sexuality and other identity markers. Topics include issues of oppression, identity, and power and social, political, and economic situations and examines how these issues impact our daily lives.


id: COMM330
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Argumentation and Public Policy Contemporary theories of argumentation with special emphasis on methods of formulating and critiquing public policy argument.


id: COMM331
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News Writing and Reporting for Public Relations Formerly:COMM231. Writing and researching news and information media for public relations; laboratory in news-gathering tools and writing techniques for public relations.


id: COMM345
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Foundations of Public Dialogue and Deliberation Dialogue and deliberation, a form of relational communication, strengthens democracy in diverse, pluralistic communities. Students analyze case studies and practice relevant skills to support the productive exchange of arguments and work through civic issues.


id: COMM351
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Public Relations Techniques The techniques of public relations, including news releases, publications and printed materials, audio-visual techniques, speeches and special events. Application of these techniques in laboratory and field projects.


id: COMM353
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New Media Writing for Public Relations Formerly:COMM352. Students learn the uses and influence of new media on public relations practice and expand their ability to write using new and traditional media platforms and tools


id: COMM360
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The Rhetoric of Black America An historical-critical survey of the rhetoric of Black Americans from the colonial period to the present.


id: COMM364
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Communication, Sport, and Media Formerly:COMM449E. Communication and culture are central to sport and sports media. From youth athletics to the professional level, sport is a multi-billion dollar industry. Indeed, sport is deeply embedded within American culture. In this course, we examine the connections amongst communication, culture, sport, and media. Specifically, we examine how communication, culture, sport, and media shape our understanding of cultural identities such as gender, race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, (dis)ability, and/or nationality, as well as issues of commodification, gaming, and more.


id: COMM365
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Social Media & Digital Culture An examination of the relationship between social media, communication, culture, economics, and politics. Emphasizes critical analysis of social media texts, platforms, and technologies. Engages contemporary theories of digital media alongside practical lessons on social media production.


id: COMM370
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Mediated Communication Analysis and critique of structure, performance, content, effects, and future of mediated communication.


id: COMM371
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Communication and Digital Media A basic introduction to communication in the digital age. Through class lectures, assignments and projects, students will learn to effectively use new media for the purpose of strategic message creation and management used in the field of communication. Students will apply the basics of visual layout skills and the principles of visual design to create messages using words and images.


id: COMM372
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Communication, Meaning, and Digital Media An exploration of visual communication and meaning creation. A theoretical and practical application of communication concepts and techniques in the production of visual content.


id: COMM373
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Communication and Digital Visual Narrative Examination of the traditional style of visual communication, its practices and theoretical underpinnings juxtaposed against contemporary digital media aesthetics and techniques. Utilizing a variety of communication skills and new media tools, students will plan, write, shoot, edit, and upload digital visual narratives.


id: COMM382
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Essentials of Intercultural Communication Introduction of major theories and concepts of intercultural communication; examination of processes that make up cultural differences; and use of intercultural communication competence skills.


id: COMM385
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Influence Formerly:COMM498I (Spring 2014). Explores contemporary theories of influence and their implications for communication practice. Topics include power and influence, logical theory, rhetorical theory, persuasion theory, framing theory, social influence theory, and propagation of influence in mediated social networks.


id: COMM386
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Experiential Learning Supervised internship experience with communication professionals. Relation of academic training to professional experience.


id: COMM390
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Health Communication Formerly:COMM398E. Designed to introduce students to the academic and practical fields of health communication. It blends theoretical concepts and practical concerns that impact upon health communication processes. To be specific, this course extensively covers influential theories and models of behavior change as well as cutting-edge research on health communication interventions or campaigns, exposing students to authoritative work done in both areas. Students in this class will also learn about the process of planning a comprehensive health communication campaign and have the opportunity to work in groups to develop their own campaign plans addressing an urgent health problem.


id: COMM398G
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Selected Topics in Communication; Game Studies Digital games are at the forefront of many cultural, economic, and technological shifts our society has undergone over the last few decades. This includes an explosion in the uses of "games" to do a range of things that have reframed what a game is or what a game does - be it the "gamification" of work, games as a medium for art, the reinvention of capitalist accumulation in media industries, or the rise of independent games. What even is a game? What can a game do? This course reviews concepts and issues foundational for "game studies" as a field of research in media and communication, and relates the traditions of this field with emerging interdisciplinary concerns that link games with education, rhetoric, political economy, and contemporary art.


id: COMM398L
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Selected Topics in Communication; Latina/o/x Communication Studies This course explores relationships among culture, identity, and communication in Latin/e America. Specifically, it examines how communication scholars have studied the rhetorical, performative, and mediated dimensions of Latinidad, mestizaje, and citizenship vis--vis intersecting colonial systems of race, class, gender, and sexuality. Special attention will be given to both the ways in which discourses of coloniality shape contemporary issues affecting identity, culture, and communication in Latin/x America, as well as to the critical efforts to decolonize intellectual and cultural practices in our communities.


id: COMM424
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Communication in Complex Organizations Structure and function of communication within organizations: organizational climate and culture, information flow, networks and role relationships.


id: COMM425
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Negotiation and Conflict Management Role of communication in shaping negotiation and conflict processes and outcomes.


id: COMM426
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Conflict Management Recommended:COMM425 and COMM250. Role of communication in managing conflict processes.


id: COMM427
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Crisis Communication Explores theories and research related to communication before, during, and after a crisis. Students examine the fundamentals of organizational communication, crisis management, and strategic and crisis communication planning before examining case studies of a number of real-life crises: organizational crises, natural disasters, accidents, terrorism incidents, health crises, and major crises of credibility.


id: COMM448C
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Special Topics in Public Relations; Public Relations and Corporate Social Responsibility Restricted to students with Junior standing or higher.There is growing interest in business ethics and corporate social responsibility, but how a company can strategically be involved in CSR practices and communicate examine the following questions: What is CSR? What is the theoretical background relevant to CSR? What has previous research on CSR found? What are the dominant and/or ideal strategies and tactics for CSR? Without prescribing simple solutions, we will seek answers to these questions. The exploration is intended to be interactive, with the journey of exploration involving an analysis of CSR-related issues and case studies.


id: COMM449A
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Special Topics in Digital Communication; Artificial Intelligence in the Digital Age Communication majors only. Holdfile available for non-majors.Step into the future where humans and machines converge! This course takes you on an exciting journey to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes the way we connect, communicate, and collaborate. From chatbots that mimic human conversations to algorithms that decide what news you see, we'll analyze the fascinating relationship between AI and human communication. Learn how AI is rewriting the rules of media, influencing interpersonal interactions, and redefining cultural and societal norms. Immerse yourself in AI-driven communication and gain skills you can apply immediately!


id: COMM449B
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Special Topics in Digital Communication; Communication and Social Media Restricted to Communication Majors.Are you eager to master the art of social media? Do you want to learn how to craft impactful narratives in our digitally connected world? Thiscomprehensive course dives into the dynamic realm of digital communication, with a special emphasis on social media. A dominant forcein modern society, social media has transformed personal, corporate, and global communication. The course explores its evolution, far-reaching impact, and emerging trends. Students will engage with practical applications and ethical considerations, learning how to develop compelling narratives, effectively engage users, and strategically convey messages. Social media's influence spans all sectors, from world leaders to businesses and individuals. By the end ofthis course, students will be equipped to create meaningful content and master the ever-evolving social media landscape.


id: COMM449F
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Special Topics in Digital Communication; Media Campaign Message Design In this project-based course, students will learn about media campaigns by topics and design campaigns using different media platforms.


id: COMM449N
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Special Topics in Digital Communication; Influencer Culture Be they either renowned persona such as MrBeast, Emma Chamberlain, Ryan Kaji, and Jeffree Star, or those struggling to get attention online, thecentrality of influencers is unquestionable whenever we examine social media today. This course surveys both the history of the idea of "influence" as a cultural and communicative activity, as well as how social media transforms this legacy. Topics addressed will include: "conspicuous consumption," "opinion leaders," and "influentials" in twentieth-century marketing; the role of social media platforms in shaping attention and income; the increasing necessity of transforming one's identity into a personal "brand" to be consumed by others; fame and celebrity on social media; precarity, burnout, and exhaustion in thename of achieving fame; the production of image versus the "reality" behind social media celebrity.


id: COMM456
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Freedom of Speech & the First Amendment Formerly:COMM498Y. Examines the U.S. Supreme Court's rulings on freedom of speech cases as grounded in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It also considers the political and ideological role of "freedom of speech" as a rhetoric organizing and ordering U.S. political culture.


id: COMM459C
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Special Topics in Science Communication; Misinformation, Society, and Science Communication Credit only granted for COMM459C or COMM459H (in Fall 2024).This course explores misinformation and its impact on science communication and public attitudes towards science. We will examine how misinformation spreads in our current media environment, how people form attitudes about science, why people believe misinformation and what it means to be misinformed, and the challenges of correcting misinformation especially for new or uncertain areas of science. We will draw on theory and current science examples such as vaccines, nuclear energy, artificial intelligence, and gene editing.


id: COMM469C
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The Discourse of Social Movements; Climate Activism The climate crisis is the most profound threat to human life our species has ever encountered. How have the languages of global warming and climate change influenced our understanding of this existential crisis, and how have climate activists strategically leveraged rhetorical strategies to educate, advocate, and mobilize audiences to meet this challenge? This course explores the rhetoric of climate activism movements, along with the rhetoric of climate skepticism, from the 1960s to the present.


id: COMM476
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Language, Communication, and Action Communication as symbolic action through the study of communication ethics. Emerging ethical principles and decision-making in public discourse, interpersonal communication, organizational communication, public relations, health communication, and crisis communication.


id: COMM483
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Senior Seminar in Public Relations Additional information:Students who enrolled after Fall 2020 should not take COMM400 as a prerequisite. Integration of theory, techniques and research methods into the planning and execution of public relations campaigns for specific organizations. Analysis of research on the case studies of public relations.


id: COMM488I
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Communication Portfolio Project; Strategic Interviewing for the Career You Want This course introduces students to advanced techniques in interviewing for job opportunities and career progression. This online course focuses on the dynamics of the interview process, the communication theories and best practices behind influence and persuasion, and the communication aptitudes and skills that distinguish top candidates.


id: COMM498H
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Seminar; Rhetorics of the Body Restricted to Departmental Honor Students.This course examines the rhetorical dimensions of bodies and the embodied dimensions of rhetoric. In exploring the relationship between the body and rhetoric, this course will focus especially on the ways that bodies communicate rhetorical messages, the impact of intersecting dynamics of identity and power (especially race, gender, sexuality, ability, and body size) on bodies within a given culture, the ways in which particular bodies are categorized into frameworks of good/bad, right/wrong, and normal/abnormal.


id: COMM498J
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Seminar; Strategic Communication This course presents a system of strategies that underlie communication. It is a practice-based framework with definitions, conditions, risks and rewards that inform the moves and motives of influence professionals. Through a series of interactive lectures, landmark writings, group exercises and classroom simulations, students will learn to decode, defend, apply and ethically manage the ever-present plays of dynamic, media-driven markets.


id: COMM631
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Seminar in Public Relations Publics Formerly:JOUR631. Analysis of public relations programs aimed at organizational publics. Media, issue-related, community, employee, governmental, consumer, financial, and student/educator publics. Theories of the nature of publics, communication behavior of publics, and effects of public relations programs aimed at different publics.


id: COMM686
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Teaching Communication Formerly:SPCH686. Principles of effective teaching--content and process--in the college communication classroom.


id: COMM700
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Introduction to Graduate Study in Communication Formerly:SPCH700. Basic skills in communication research.


id: COMM712
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Advanced Historical/Critical Methods in Communication Research Critical assessment of qualitative approaches to communication. Introduction to significant schools of historical and critical research. Advanced techniques for inquiry and manuscript preparation. Students must have dissertation research project requiring historical or critical method.


id: COMM714
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Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Communication Research Methods for field research in communication including interiewing, ethnographic and participant intervention, focus groups, and content analysis. Formulation of significant research questions, systematic collection of field data, formulating substantial claims from the research, organizing and writing research from disciplinary outlets.


id: COMM738M
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Seminar in Mediated Communication; Media, Misinformation, and Public Opinion This course will examine misinformation in our evolving media environment across a range of science, health, and political contexts. We will draw on interdisciplinary research and theory to explore topics such as the factors that drive misinformation beliefs, the impacts and effects of misinformation on individuals and society, and current research-based and practical approaches for correcting misinformation.


id: COMM768R
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Seminar in Public Address; Rhetoric, History, and Memory This seminar offers an exploration of the complex relationship between rhetoric, history, and memory. Students will learn about theories and methods for gathering, analyzing, and writing about historical and commemorative artifacts, including close textual analysis, archival research, and rhetorical fieldwork. This seminar will benefit students eager to conduct historical research as well as those seeking to better understand the historical contexts underpinning contemporary communication phenomena.


id: CPBE100
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College Park Scholars: Business, Society & Entrepreneurship First-Year Colloquium Introductory colloquium: Examination of issues related to business, society and entrepreneurship.


id: CPBE225
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Enterprise Communications Formerly:CPSP220. Examines basic interpersonal communication processes within written and oral channels, with practical applications for the business environment.


id: CPCV100
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College Park Scholars: Civic Engagement for Social Good First-Year Colloquium I Formerly:BSCV181. Introductory colloquium: Examination of issues related to civic engagement.


id: CPCV200
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College Park Scholars: Civic Engagement for Social Good Second-Year Colloquium I Through substantive civic engagement work in local communities, in-person classes, and reflective practice, students will develop essential skills to collaborate with organizations and stakeholders in order to create meaningful change in their communities.


id: CPCV225
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Introduction to Civic Engagement for Social Good Formerly:BSCV191. Foundational concepts and principles of community engagement and social change.


id: CPDJ100
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College Park Scholars: Data Justice First-Year Colloquium I Colloquium I, the first course in the College Park Scholars Data Justice program curriculum, will introduce students to a wide range of information issue areas, with an overarching theme for them to consider opportunities to improve the world by making data less biased and more accessible.  The deliverables are intended as low-risk opportunities to write or design in response to the topics, and to engage students every week in creating something in response to what they are learning.


id: CPET100
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College Park Scholars: Environment, Technology & Economy First-Year Colloquium I Introductory colloquium: Examination of issues related to the convergence of the environment, technology and the economy.


id: CPET200
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College Park Scholars: Environment, Technology & Economy Second-Year Colloquium Advanced colloquium: Continued examination of issues related to sustainable development.


id: CPGH100
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College Park Scholars: Global Public Health First-Year Colloquium I Introductory colloquium: Examination of factors that determine the health status of populations around the world.


id: CPGH200
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College Park Scholars: Global Public Health Second-Year Colloquium Building on knowledge and skills gained from the first-year colloquia, students will develop public health interventions that address a public health issue of a particular community.


id: CPJT100
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College Park Scholars: Justice & Legal Thought: First-Year Colloquium Students will gain an experiential understanding of law and justice by investigating concepts and frameworks of justice and apply them to real-world experience.


id: CPJT200
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Justice and legal Thought Second Year Colloquium Additional information:When combined with the first year CPJT colloquia, students will learn how to research issues discussed and debated throughout year one. Advanced colloquium for second year students related to research skill development


id: CPMS100
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College Park Scholars: Media, Self & Society First-Year Colloquium I Introductory colloquium: Examination of issues related to the media.


id: CPMS225
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Analyzing Media Practice through Theory Formerly:CPSP222. Media analysis investigating patterns of ownership, the working of media organizations, patterns of coverage and the nature of audiences.


id: CPMS230
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College Park Scholars: Media, Self & Society - Internship Practicum Supervised internship project in an area related to media, self and society.


id: CPMS240
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College Park Scholars: Media, Self & Society - Service-Learning Practicum Supervised Service-Learning project in an area related to media, self and society.


id: CPPL100
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College Park Scholars: Public Leadership First-Year Colloquium I Introductory colloquium: Examination of issues related to public leadership.


id: CPPL200
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College Park Scholars: Public Leadership - Applied Leadership Capstone I Planning and initiation of team, community-based-learning projects.


id: CPSA100
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College Park Scholars: Arts First-Year Colloquium I Introductory colloquium: Aesthetic, intellectual and personal examination of the arts.


id: CPSA200
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College Park Scholars: Arts Second-Year Colloquium I Additional information:When paired with successful completion of CPSA 240, 250 or 260, students will earn General Education Scholarship-in-Practice credit. Advanced colloquium I: Examination of the arts in society; and preparation for "Scholarship-in-Practice" project.


id: CPSF100
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College Park Scholars: Life Sciences First-Year Colloquium l Introductory colloquium: Examination of issues related to the life sciences.


id: CPSF200
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College Park Scholars: Life Sciences Second-Year Colloquium Formerly:CPSP218L. This course is the final of a three-semester sequence within the College Park Scholars- Life Sciences Program. In the first semester, our content focused on community; we built community as a program of unique individuals to create a common identity and discussed the ways in which the science community exists. The second semester allowed us to explore the life sciences through our lenses of curiosity; we asked big questions and moved toward big answers. This semester is focused on engagement. We will take time to be fully present in the life sciences community and learn why it is important to gain practical knowledge and experiences to further the goals and aims of science.


id: CPSG100
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College Park Scholars: Science & Global Change First-Year Colloquium I Introductory colloquium: Examination of issues related to science and global change.


id: CPSG200
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College Park Scholars: Science & Global Change Second-Year Colloquium Advanced colloquium: Continued examination of issues related to science and global change.


id: CPSN100
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College Park Scholars: International Studies First-Year Colloquium I Introductory colloquium: Examination of issues related to international studies.


id: CPSN230
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College Park Scholars: International Studies - Internship Practicum Supervised internship project in an area related to international studies.


id: CPSN240
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College Park Scholars: International Studies - Service-Learning Practicum Supervised Service-Learning project in an area related to international studies.


id: CPSN250
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College Park Scholars: International Studies - Research Practicum Supervised research in an area related to international studies.


id: CPSP220
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Where the Waters Blend: Contemporary Indigenous Perspectives on History, Traditions, and Modern Issues Formerly:HNUH268W. In this unique cultural and personal learning experience, students will explore the history, traditions, and contemporary issues faced by Maryland's Indigenous people, particularly the Piscataway. The course emphasizes the interconnectedness of culture and environment, highlighting how Indigenous Ecological Knowledges shape our understanding of biodiversity and interconnected life. The experiential work of the course asks students to consider how the past matters, particularly when it is embodied in the land they live on, and their present obligations to it. On-campus and place-based learning focuses on the impacts of colonization on the Piscataway - cultural suppression, land displacement, and their effects today - and fosters students' capacity to challenge paradigms that marginalize Indigenous people in our region, nation, and world. Students will emerge with a greater understanding of Maryland's land, the critical role of biodiversity, and the resilience of the Piscataway culture.


id: CPSS100
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College Park Scholars: Science, Technology & Society First-Year Colloquium I Introductory colloquium: Examination of issues related to science, technology and society.


id: CPSS220
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The Future of Communicating Science How can scientists communicate their work effectively? The field of science communication ventures that the answer is not simply a matter of improving capacity (e.g., because people lack scientific information, scientists lack communication skills, or both). Rather, it calls for sustained collaboration and empathy between laypersons and experts. In this hands-on, experiential course, we use a model of cultural competency to put forth solutions to bridge the expert-lay divide. We investigate typical venues in which science is communicated (museums, YouTube videos, federal agency websites, and much much more) and study best practices for communication. Then we explore emerging venues that support sustained contact between so-called "lay citizens" and scientific or technical experts (dance/improv techniques, ethnographic methods and citizen science). Students learn to use cross-cultural perspectives as a basis to pilot and test ways of strengthening relationships and improving communication.


id: CPSS225
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College Park Scholars Capstone: Science, Technology, and Society Formerly:CPSP227. Exploration and understanding of ways science and technology shape and are shaped by society.


id: CPSS240
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College Park Scholars: Science, Technology & Society - Service-Learning Practicum Supervised Service-Learning practicum in issues related to science, technology and society.


id: CPSS340
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College Park Scholars: Infrastructure and Society Formerly:CPSP349T. One of the most important, and underappreciated, aspects of our society is its infrastructure (roads, buildings, communication systems, water delivery systems, sanitation systems, energy systems, etc.). We often take for granted the services infrastructure bring us. As a consequence, the United States, which at one time was a world leader in creating infrastructure, is experiencing an infrastructure crisis. Furthermore, not everyone experiences this issue equally. This course is designed to identify the root causes of the crisis. You will explore emerging social, political, legal, cultural, and social justice issues associated with the building and maintenance of infrastructure from the perspective of Science and Technology Studies (STS) and engineers. You will work with a volunteer corps of professional engineers from a variety of disciplines on a service-learning project designed to assess the safety and vitality of infrastructure.


id: CRLN101
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The Carillon Studio: Creative Problem Solving and Designing Your Maryland Experience Formerly:IDEA101. Students learn creative problem solving and collaborative strategies that will drive academic success and empower students to tackle big questions.


id: DANC119
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Introduction to American Social Dance Students must pay a $25 lab fee. This course explores American social dance as a powerful expression of gathering, celebration, joy, protest, communication, artistry, and embodied cultural history. Through movement practice, students will examine how social dance serves as a practice, students will examine how social dance serves as a living archive of identity, resistance, and community.


id: DANC200
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Introduction to Dance A study of dance as a form of communication and as an art form; a survey of the theories and styles of dance, and their relationships to other art forms.


id: DANC228
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Ballet I Students must pay a $25.00 lab fee. Email Susan Miller at smille13@umd.edu for permission to register.


id: DANC229
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Ballet II Students must pay a $25.00 lab fee. Email Susan Miller at smille13@umd.edu for permission to register.


id: DANC304
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Dance Education I: Foundations Organization and content of the studio dance class. Structuring developmentally appropriate dance experiences for students ages 3-18.


id: DANC328
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Ballet III Students must pay a $25 lab fee.Email Susan Miller at smille13@umd.edu for permission to register.


id: DANC329
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Ballet IV Students must pay a $25 lab fee.Email Susan Miller at smille13@umd.edu for permission to register.


id: DANC479
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Advanced Practicum in Dance Designed to mirror professional rehearsal and performance processes, the course focuses on the physical and artistic demands of touring professional dance work.This semester centers on Turn, Turning, Turnt by acclaimed choreographer Cynthia Oliver-a triptych of three dynamic works that challenge dancers cardiovascularly, musically, and performatively. Under the direction of faculty member Kendra Portier, who also performs in the work, students will engage in repertory rehearsals, receive targeted physical training, and learn choreography for all three pieces. The course emphasizes the stamina, precision, and artistry required for professional dance practice in preparation for premiere and touring performances.


id: DANC600
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Graduate Dance Research Supervised writing of reports and articles on selected dance subjects. Study of library resources and interviewing techniques. Preparation for written documentation of thesis project.


id: DANC604
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Graduate Studies in Dance Pedagogy Curriculum writing, lesson planning, class structure, assessment/grading, and practice in dance pedagogy. Includes preparation of syllabi and studio teaching practice. This course counts towards teaching ceritification in the State of Maryland.


id: DANC608
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Graduate Choreography I: Creative Process Students must pay a $25.00 lab fee.Developing and defining individual choreographic voice and vision in a s ared studio setting.


id: DANC610
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Workshop in the Direction of Dance Production A lecture/laboratory course dealing with the relationship of the director to all of the activities involved in the presentation of a dance concert.


id: DANC689L
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Special Topics in Dance; Film as Performance Alternating between lecture & creative research on Week A and creative laboratories on Week B. Students must pay a $25 lab fee.A dynamic incubator for performing artists who crave new ways of seeing, making, and understanding their voice via cinema and beyond. Moving beyond conventional filmmaking methods, the course embraces performance, philosophy, research, intuitive storytelling, as well as technical exploration performance for camera, scripting, storyboarding, filming, editing, and beyond. The lens becomes a collaborator, a witness, and an accomplice in the act of process & creation.


id: DANC719
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Graduate Choreography III: Projects Students must pay a $25.00 lab fee.Research-based choreographic projects in preparation for the choreographed thesis project.


id: DANC777
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Internship in Dance Internship in dance advocacy, administration, education, community building, choreography, or performance with an agency off campus and with a national or international profile.


id: ECON111
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Thinking Like an Economist An introduction to the modes of thought of economics. Use of simple standard tools of economics to analyze important problems that arise frequently in public policy, the news media, and in daily life. An emphasis on how economists predict what choices societies make and how economists analyze whether those are good choices. Practical application of a variety of economic tools leading to a focus on the essential unity underlying these analytical tools, viewing economics as a discipline that applies a core methodology in different ways in different situations.


id: ECON175
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Inequality: Determinants and Policy Remedies History shows that the gap between the rich and the poor has varied over time within and between countries, most recently seeming to increase within many countries while somewhat decreasing between countries. This course challenges students to investigate why people make different amounts of money, why income inequality has changed dramatically in recent years, what public policy tools exist to counter inequality increases, and what different institutional arrangements different countries use to lower inequality. This course will introduce students to theoretical tools used by economists to understand the sources of inequality and will also examine various empirical measures of inequality.


id: ECON200
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Principles of Microeconomics Additional information:It is recommended that students complete ECON200 before taking ECON201. Introduces economic models used to analyze economic behavior by individuals and firms and consequent market outcomes. Applies conceptual analysis to several policy issues and surveys a variety of specific topics within the broad scope of microeconomics.


id: ECON201
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Principles of Macroeconomics Recommended:ECON200. An introduction to how market economies behave at the aggregate level. The determination of national income/output and the problems of unemployment inflation, will be examined, along with monetary and fiscal policy.


id: ECON230
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Applied Economic Statistics Recommended:Students should already have basic familiarity with Microsoft Excel or similar spreadsheet software. Introductory course to develop understanding of statistical concepts used in applied economics. Students will acquire skills needed to calculate and interpret statistical concepts, including descriptive statistics, probability, discrete and continuous distributions, sampling, point and interval estimations, hypothesis testing, basic analysis of variance, and simple linear regression models. Students will apply these concepts to data using both handheld calculators and spreadsheets(Excel), and students will be introduced to an econometric software package such as SPSS or SAS or R.


id: ECON298I
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Special Topics in Economics; Start-up Nation? Tech Entrepreneurship in Israel This interdisciplinary course will explore the unique ecosystem that has contributed to the creation and success of the Israeli tech sector. The course addresses cultural, historical, and social factors and examines key moments and individuals in the country's startup landscape. Through case studies, guest lectures, and interactive projects, students will gain practical insights into entrepreneurship. The course also addressesthe ethical considerations and social impacts of entrepreneurship in Israel, providing a well-rounded understanding of the complexities of starting a business in this dynamic environment.Cross-listed with ISRL249J and BMGT298L. Credit will be only granted for ECON298I, ISRL249J, or BMGT298L.


id: ECON300
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Methods and Tools for Economic Analysis Economic application of mathematical tools and concepts necessary for intermediate and advanced coursework in economics. Topics include: multivariable calculus, constrained optimization, foundational coverage of probability theory, and exponential/logarithmic functions.


id: ECON305
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Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory and Policy Analysis of the determination of national income, employment, and price levels. Discussion of consumption, investment, inflation, and government fiscal and monetary policy.


id: ECON306
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Intermediate Microeconomic Theory & Policy Analysis of the theories of consumer behavior, producer behavior, different market structures, and various sources of inefficient outcomes. Analysis of microeconomic policies designed to improve market outcomes.


id: ECON312
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American Economic History After the Civil War Topics include: the economics of the Civil War, the performance of southern agriculture in the late 19th century, the rise of large corporations, industrialization, the development of financial markets, the creation of the Federal Reserve Board, the economics of the Great Depression and the New Deal, the economic impact of World War II, and the rise of the modern service economy in the late 20th century. Utilizes basic economic theories to understand these episodes as well as the progress of the U.S. economy over this period.


id: ECON317
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Global Economic Policies Analysis of policy options and debates on fostering economic growth and development in a global economy where national boundaries are no longer relevant. Topics covered will include real loanable funds markets in both local and international contexts during normal conditions and during financial crises, the design of trade and industrial policies, and the role of the World Bank, IMF, WTO, and other international agencies as well as regional and bilateral trade agreements. Emerging economies will be emphasized.


id: ECON321
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Economic Statistics Introduction to the use of statistics in economics. Topics include: Probability, random variables and their distributions, sampling theory, estimation, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, regression analysis and correlation.


id: ECON325
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Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis Analysis of macroeconomic behavior and policy with emphasis on theoretical rigor. Topics include the determinants of economic growth, unemployment, inflation, and international economic flows.


id: ECON326
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Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis Analysis of economic decision-making by individuals and firms, the resulting market outcomes, and applications to real-world problems. Emphasis on analytical logic and theoretical rigor. Topics covered include consumer preferences and utility maximization, perfect competition and market power, uncertainty and risk, externalities, and asymmetric information.


id: ECON327
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Behavioral Economics Integrating the insights of psychology into economics. Analysis of the ways in which individuals make decisions that systematically depart from the so-called "standard model" of homo economicus, which assumes perfect rationality, perfect selfishness, and perfect willpower. Investigating the implications of the major findings of behavioral economics for policymakers.


id: ECON330
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Money and Banking The structure of financial institutions and their role in the provision of money and near money.  Analysis of the Federal Reserve System, the techniques of central banks, and the control of supply of financial assets in stabilization policy.  Relationship of money and credit to economic activity and the price level.


id: ECON371
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Economic Analysis of Good, Evil, and Fairness Examines how economic tools can be used to analyze and better understand issues of "Good", "Evil" and "Fairness". Considers questions such as: What is the relation between fairness and equal treatment? Between fairness and equality? What makes an economic or political system "fair" or "unfair"? What makes a system "good"?


id: ECON375
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Economics of Poverty and Discrimination Examination of various issues, including: the causes of persistent poverty over time for some groups within society; the relationship of poverty to technological change, to economic growth, and to education and training; economic results of discrimination; proposed remedies for poverty and discrimination.


id: ECON386
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Experiential Learning See Department Advising Office for course eligibility, course requirements, and application information.


id: ECON387
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Career Preparation for Economics Majors Increase student knowledge of career paths, job search tools, and strategies for successfully obtaining a job with a BA or BS in economics. Students will engage in a range of different activities which build their understanding of job opportunities in economics and hone their abilities to find positions they want. Students will reflect on specific skills employers seek from economics graduates and incorporate that knowledge in their own individual job search and career plan.


id: ECON396
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Independent Honors Study First semester of the departmental honors sequence. Students will develop and apply research skills required to carry out original research.  By the end of the semester students will have produced a complete draft of an honors thesis resembling a scholarly journal article.


id: ECON399
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Independent Study in Economics Permission of instructor must be arranged in advance. Open only to students who have previously earned 6 or more credits in upper division economics courses.


id: ECON401
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Current Issues in American Economic Policy Analysis of current economic problems and public policies. Topics could include poverty, income inequality, social insurance, education, environmental sustainability, immigration, and innovation. Other issues may be substituted depending on current events.


id: ECON410
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Comparative Economic Institutions Institutions are the sets of rules that constrain the decisions and interactions of economic agents. The course uses economic analysis to understand both formal institutions (e.g. laws) and informal institutions (e.g. cultural norms). Practical examples are drawn from economics, law, and politics, and reflect the experience of many different countries.


id: ECON414
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Game Theory Studies the competitive and cooperative behavior that results when several parties find that their individual outcomes are jointly determined. Students will learn how to use game theory to analyze situations of potential conflict. Applications are drawn from economics, business, and political science.


id: ECON418C
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Economic Development of Selected Areas; China Students may repeat "ECON418 Economics Development of Selected Areas" for a maximum of 6 credits.An introductory survey course of economic development in China with emphasis on understanding the process of economic reform in mainland China since 1978.


id: ECON422
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Econometrics Emphasizes the interaction between economic problems and the assumptions employed in statistical theory. Formulation, estimation, and testing of economic models, including single variable and multiple variable regression techniques, theory of identification, and issues relating to inference.


id: ECON424
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Applied Econometrics Provide the knowledge and skills necessary to accomplish and utilize basic applied econometric analysis utilized by many business service providers, government agencies, and nonprofits engaged in policy analysis. Topics include simple and multiple regressions using cross section, time series, and panel data, issues of heteroskedasticity, serial correlation, and multicollinearity, models with binary dependent variable, and program evaluation. Course emphasizes application of knowledge using software packages but still covers essential theoretical background.


id: ECON432
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Applied Machine Learning Offers a comprehensive examination of the concepts and techniques used in machine learning, with a specific emphasis on their applications in economics. Focuses on the practical aspects of machine learning, including the use of different methods, model selection, and performance evaluation. Students will explore both supervised and unsupervised learning techniques, such as linear and non-linear regression, k-nearest neighbors, tree-based approaches, support vector machines, neural networks, and dimensionality reduction methods. Additional advanced methods may be covered, depending on the time available. Hands-on implementation of these techniques will be conducted using the R programming language.


id: ECON433
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Economics of Big Data The importance of big data in the global economy is rising. Students will explore the definition and characteristics of big data, the impact of big data on individuals, use of big data by firms, entrepreneurs and non-profits, as well as how big data reshapes various public policies.


id: ECON442
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Globalization and Capital Markets Uses models of open-economy macroeconomics to explain the causes and consequences of international capital flows. Analysis is made of private consumption, investment, the government sector, current accounts, the labor market, and the money and foreign exchange markets in small open economies. This framework is then used to study examples of how speculative attacks on currencies, sudden reversals of capital inflows, and the effects of the lack of credibility of economic policy affect economic development.


id: ECON443
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International Trade and Trade Policy in the New Global Economy Examines the economics of international economic integration, including the theory of customs unions and free trade areas, the role of GATT and the WTO, changes in individual countries' foreign trade policies during the new era of globalization, the special role of multinational firms in world trade, and recent controversies about the benefits and costs of globalized trade.


id: ECON451
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Public Choice Analysis of collective decision making, economic models of government, program budgeting, and policy implementation; emphasis on models of public choice and institutions which affect decision making.


id: ECON456
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Law and Economics Relationship of the exchange process to the system of institutions and rules that society develops to carry out economic transactions. Topics covered include: Property rights; torts, negligence, and liability; contracts and exchanges; criminal control and enforcement; equity and efficiency issues .


id: ECON601
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Macroeconomic Analysis I Introductory technical treatment of standard Keynesian, classical and new classical macroeconomic models. Expectations formation and microeconomic foundations of consumption, investment, money demand, and labor market behavior.


id: ECON603
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Microeconomic Analysis I A detailed treatment of the theory of the consumer and of the firm, particularly emphasizing the duality approach. Topics include the household production model, imperfect competition, monopolistic and oligopolistic markets.


id: ECON616
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Economic Development II Survey of a variety of models explaining how market failures may lead to poverty and underdevelopment, with an emphasis on the empirical evaluation of constraints faced by individuals in developing countries and the programs that attempt to alleviate those constraints. Topics include: agricultural and land markets, labor markets, human capital in developing countries, credit markets, and consumption smoothing and risk coping.


id: ECON623
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Econometrics I Topics covered include problems of specification, estimation, hypothesis testing, and prediction in linear models. Topics include: classical linear regression and ordinary least squares, generalized linear models and generalized least squares, identification and estimation of simultaneous equation models including discussion of two-stage and three-stage least squares and other instrumental variable estimation methods. Both finite and large sample analysis of econometric procedures will be covered, and there will also be discussion of general hypothesis testing principles including discussion of misspecification tests. In addition, the course will provide instructions on the use of a major statistical package such as Stata.


id: ECON625
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Computational Economics Formerly:ECON698R. An examination of the specification, computation, estimation and interpretation of structural models that are widely used in Industrial Organization, and in a range of other applied microeconomic contexts (marketing and public, environmental, education and urban economics). The focus will be on the connections between these models and relevant economic theories, and on the details of their implementation in practice.


id: ECON626
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Empirical Microeconomics An overview is provided of modern microeconometric methods with a focus on reduced form causal inference. Tools discussed include linear regression and selection on observables, instrumental variables including LATE and the role of heterogeneity in causal inference, difference-in-difference, regression discontinuity, synthetic control, matching, propensity score methods, and inverse probability weighted estimation. In addition, inferential issues such as weak instruments and techniques for robust standard errors, clustering, bootstrap and randomized inference are discussed, time permitting. The course places strong emphasis on relating statistical methods to substantive empirical applications. Each topic is introduced with an empirical paper that uses the technique. The discussion of technical material is at an intuitive level that focuses on applications and recommendations for empirical practice. The course offers an opportunity to work on a number of extended empirical exercises that are based on published papers and original data. Students practice working with data, implementing code in Stata and conducting their own empirical analysis. These exercises also offer practice in scientific writing relevant for empirical work.


id: ECON630
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Computational Methods in Macroeconomics Essential computational methods used in macroeconomics. There will be particular focus on approximating the solution to dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models. Methods for representative-agent and heterogeneous-agent models will be extensively studied. Econometric methods such as Generalized Method of Moments, Maximum Likelihood, Vector Autoregressions wil also be covered.


id: ECON635
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Experimental Economics An introduction to the methodology of laboratory and field experiments. The course concentrates on a series of experiments to show how experiments build on one another, allowing researchers with different theoretical dispositions to narrow the range of potential disagreement.


id: ECON637
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Decision Theory Formerly:ECON698B. Decision making is a process in which we select a course of action among available options. This course will explore the various behavioral biases observed in decision making processes by adjusting our normative theories to capture these biases.


id: ECON641
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Microeconomic Analysis Prof.Studies: Applied Economics program; or permission of BSOS-Economics department.Formerly:ECON506. Microeconomic analysis applied to public policy problems with an emphasis on practical examples and how they illustrate microeconomic theories. Policy issues such as pollution, welfare and income distribution, market design, industry regulation, price controls, tax policy and health insurance are practical examples used to illustrate the abstract principles of microeconomics.


id: ECON642
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Topics in Applied Macroeconomics Prof.Studies: Applied Economics program; or permission of BSOS-Economics department. Focus is on applied macroeconomic models used by federal agencies to explain and predict economic behavior. Course emphasizes macroeconomic data: NIPA accounts, GDP, construction and application of CPI, labor force data and economic indicators. Students will also study a selected set of current macroeconomic topics including models of economic growth, economic fluctuations, monetary policy, inflation and financial markets.


id: ECON643
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Empirical Analysis I: Foundations of Empirical Research Formerly:ECON521. Fundamental aspects of data management and interpretation emphasizing sampling, descriptive statistics, index numbers and construction of aggregated variables. Students will learn probability theory, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing and regression analysis using the EXCEL spreadsheet program and STATA statistical software.


id: ECON645
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Empirical Analysis III: Econometric Modeling and Forecasting Formerly:ECON523. Study of empirical techniques that are particularly relevant to the analysis of microeconomic models. Emphasis is on advanced panel data methods, time series regressions, instrumental variables, limited dependent variables, and sample selection corrections.


id: ECON652
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Public Economics I The foundations of public economics, taxation, inequality, and behavioral public economics are reviewed. Major topics include welfare economics, tax incidence, behavioral responses to tax incentives and the efficiency cost of taxation, optimal taxation, income and wealth inequality, optimal tax systems and tax evasion, capital taxation and business income taxes, and taxation and behavioral economics. The course material is aimed to give students an understanding of both the foundations and methods of modern public economics, and important recent advances in our understanding of public economics. This is the first course in the two-part Ph.D. sequence in public economics.


id: ECON670
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Financial Economics Prof.Studies: Applied Economics program. The course applies microeconomic theory and applied econometric techniques to the study of financial institutions and markets for financial assets.  Students will learn how economists model and estimate the value of financial assets.  The economic and empirical models are of interest to public policy makers and private wealth managers.  Specific topics can include financial intermediation, the regulation of financial institutions, risk management, portfolio theory, the capital asset pricing model and the efficient markets hypothesis.


id: ECON673
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Information, Game Theory and Market Design A study of the strategic decision-making and the theory and practice of market design.  Focus is on the design of organized market and incentives created by market rules.  Topics include online auction markets, government auctions procurement auctions and matching markets. The analysis includes documenting the rules of real-world markets, game theoretic analysis, empirical analysis, and experimental work.


id: ECON674
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Economic Analysis of Law A study of the application of economics to law with a focus on game theory, strategic behavior and public policy.


id: ECON675
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Environmental Economics Application of microeconomics and econometrics to analysis of environmental regulation.  Many examples based on US policies, but the methods are broadly applicable in other contexts.


id: ECON683
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International Macroeconomics and Finance Prof.Studies: Applied Economics program. Economic analysis of international macroeconomic issues and policy. Topics can include the study of exchange rates, balance of payments, international financial markets, international business cycles, contagion, and the roles played by international economic institutions.


id: ECON687
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Economics Applications of R Programming Builds on the data analysis and econometric skills learned in the Empirical analysis sequence of ECON 643, 644, and 645. The STATA skills acquired in that sequence, such as basic data manipulation and econometric estimation, will be extended to the R programming language. The fundamentals of more advanced scientific programming--objects, data structures, loops, functions, simulation, parallel computing--will be introduced with applications to economics and the social sciences. Additional emphasis is placed on good coding practices and tools for version control and collaboration such as Git and R Markdown.


id: ECON701
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Advanced Macroeconomics I Recent developments in macroeconomics with an emphasis on topics and techniques useful for conducting research in macroeconomics. Topics include advanced treatment of fiscal and monetary policy issues; the role of imperfect competition; real, sectoral and nominal business cycle models.


id: ECON703
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Advanced Microeconomics I A formal treatment of game theory and its microeconomic applications is presented. Equilibrium concepts for static and dynamic games, and games with complete and incomplete information are studied. Topics also discussed: the relation between games in strategic form and games in extensive form, equilibrium refinement, Bayesian games, multi-dimensional mechanism design, dominant strategy and Bayesian implementation, Nash-in-Nash bargaining solutions.


id: ECON721
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Econometrics III Oriented towards macro-econometric methods. Topics covered will be selected from the following: Further discussion of topics covered in ECON624, non-stationary time series models (models with deterministic trends, unit roots, co-integration, error correction models, vector autoregressive models), econometric models of conditional heteroskedasticity (ARCH and GARCH models), Bayesian econometrics and methods for Bayesian computation, large-dimensional factor analysis, models of changes in regime, and methods for time series forecasting.


id: ECON741
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Advanced International Economics I International Business Cycles; Exchange Rate Determination; Imperfect Financial Markets; Deviations from Full Information Rational Expectations; Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy


id: ECON742
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Advanced International Economics II Comparative advantage, Heckscher-Ohlin theory, specific-factors model, empirical verification, economies of scale, imperfect competition, commercial policy, factor mobility.


id: ECON771
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Advanced Labor Economics: Theory and Evidence Provides students the theoretical background and econometric tools to engage and conduct research in labor economics. The course highlights the importance of a good balance between theory and solid empirical work. The topics include human capital, empirical earning functions, labor demand, incentive, discrimination, minimum wage, labor supply, tasks and skills, and inequality. In addition, it goes over essential topics in applied economics, including selection bias, instrumental variables, structural vs. reduced-form analysis, dynamic discrete choice models, and unobserved heterogeneity. During the term, students work with different data sets.


id: ECON808
content:
Workshop on Macroeconomics, International Macroeconomics and International Finance; Workshop in Applied Economics 


id: ECON868
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Workshop in Industrial Organization, Microeconomic Theory and Behavioral and Experimental Economics 


id: EDCP108I
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College and Career Advancement: Concepts and Skills; Academic Transitions to Internships Restricted to students with less than 105 cumulative credits.Recommended for students who have never had an internship and are actively searching for one. Students participating in this course will engage in the full experience of searching for an internship Course registration is closed to graduating seniors.


id: EDCP210
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Peer Counseling Skills and Mental Health Advocacy Introduction to core helping skills in peer counseling settings and three predominant theoretical approaches used in the counseling field (humanistic, psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral).  The course also explores mental health stigma and advocacy.  Students will build an understanding of the practical application of underlying principles and theory in counseling and the helping professions, while exploring their own, and societal, biases, assumptions, and attitudes toward mental health.


id: EDCP230
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The Science and Practice of Happiness and Psychological Well-Being An introduction to theory and research on positive psychology, subjective well-being, and the psychology of happiness. This will include examination of hedonic and eudaimonic models of well-being and sociocultural understandings of happiness, together with how it relates to health, relationships, money, religion, work, and social media. Students will also explore common misconceptions and myths about happiness and well-being and will engage in a variety of activities designed to deepen their understanding of happiness in their own lives and broader societal trends related to well-being.


id: EDCP420
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Advanced Topics in Human Diversity and Advocacy This course will build upon students' knowledge of diversity in American society and will examine contemporary topics related to multiculturalism in educational and community contexts as well as strategies for advocacy in such venues.


id: EDCP610
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Professional Orientation Survey of knowledge base and practices in counseling and personnel services specializations, professional ethics, credentialling relevant legislation, current issues.


id: EDCP614
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Counseling Skills: Introduction to Practicum Corequisite:EDCP616. Development and utilization of counseling skills.


id: EDCP615
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Counseling I: Appraisal Corequisite:EDCP618. Collection and interpretation of appraisal data, synthesis of data through case study procedures. Development of interview skills.


id: EDCP616
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Counseling II: Theory and Practice Corequisite:EDCP614. Counseling theories and the practices which stem from such theories.


id: EDCP622
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Human Development in the Counseling Context Formerly:EDCP789X. An examination of the development of individuals over the lifespan. A focus on human development theories and the ways in which those theories are utilized within the counseling process to promote optimal development of individuals and families across the lifespan.


id: EDCP624
content:
Foundations of School Consultation and Collaboration I This course has the objective of equipping future generations to promote strengths, change, and prevention at multiple ecological levels in schools. The course focuses on the theoretical and empirical underpinnings of consultation which is conceptualized as a collaborative partnership with consultees. The practicum part of this course involves the opportunity to learn how to assess school culture in addition to the development of preliminary consultation skills via hands-on consultation experiences in a school as a novice consultant.


id: EDCP640
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School Psychology Seminar: Overview of the Specialty Overviews the specialty of school psychology, including history of the specialty, roles and functions of school psychologists, and current professional issues related to the specialty.


id: EDCP641
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School Psychology Seminar: Professional Ethics Overviews ethical issues in the specialty of school psychology.


id: EDCP652
content:
Research in Counseling Formerly:EDCP789Y. An exploration of basic and applied research, program evaluation, and associated measurement and evaluation skills crucial for professional school counselors.


id: EDCP682
content:
Counseling Psychology Didactic Practicum in Group Interventions Formerly:EDCP718. In depth examination of theories and techniques of group interventions; supervised experience in group counseling.


id: EDCP685
content:
Counseling Psychology Didactic Practicum in Counseling Supervision Formerly:EDCP745. In depth examinatin of theories and techniques of counseling supervision, supervised experience in the process of supervising counselors.


id: EDCP695
content:
Ethical and Professional Issues in Counseling Psychology Also offered as:PSYC695.Formerly:EDCP669 and EDCP688. Exploration of ethical and professional issues in Counseling Psychology.


id: EDCP697
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Multicultural Issues in Counseling Psychology Formerly:EDCP699. Exploration of knowledge, attitudes and skills for providing counseling and psychological services to culturally diverse populations.


id: EDCP700
content:
Theories and Strategies of Counseling Psychology Formerly:EDCP789J. Introduction to the professional field, examination of pertinent scientific and philosophical backgrounds, and survey of the major theories, principles, and training models in counseling. Correlated laboratory analogue experiences in dydactic and group interrelationships.


id: EDCP717
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Evaluation of Research in Counseling Research on process and outcome in counseling. A review of research and appropriate research methodologies.


id: EDCP741
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Multicultural Practice in Student Affairs: Self, Education, and Society Formerly:EDCP789Z. Develop knowledge and skills in the area of multicultural practice in student affairs through the examination of oppression, power, and privilege and how these dynamics impact individuals, educational institutions, and societies.


id: EDCP746
content:
Clinical Supervision of Pupil Personnel Services Supervision of role of psychologists and counselors in school settings; applied skills in supervision of services.


id: EDCP772
content:
Research in Student Affairs Research designs and approaches to research in student development and higher education. Development of research for research competency or dissertation proposal.


id: EDCP774
content:
Advanced Seminar in Theories of College Student Development An opportunity for in-depth study, dialogue, and reflection about theoretical frameworks for understanding the development of college students. Specific attention is given to enhancing knowledge and understanding of the development of students when social identities and their intersections are considered.


id: EDCP798A
content:
Special Problems in Counseling and Personnel Services; Research Design and Proposal Writing Seminar 


id: EDCP870
content:
Professional Issues Seminar Formerly:EDCP656. Examination of issues that bear on professional issues such as ethics, inter-professional relationships and research.


id: EDHD200
content:
Paradigms and Perspectives in Human Development An introduction to the paradigms and perspectives that guide the study of human development across the lifespan in cognitive, social, physical and emotional domains. Topics of study include overlying principles, concepts, assumptions, theoretical frameworks, and research methods that influence ways in which development is conceptualized. The course is designed to provide insight into major questions of the day in human development and how these prevailing perspectives have evolved over time.  This course will also help students understand how knowledge of theory and research is translated into practice in a variety of professional settings.


id: EDHD201
content:
Learning How to Learn Immerses students in the theoretical and empirical study of learning by engaging them in orchestrated experiences and activities drawn directly from the disciplinary research.  Students achieve deep understanding of their own learning, as well as the means of enhancing that learning both in school and out-of-school contexts.


id: EDHD210
content:
Foundations of Early Childhood Education Students explore historical and current research in early childhood education, primary models of curriculum and pedagogy in the field, and the relationship between critical aspects of young children's development and the creation of inclusive learning opportunities for all children, including children at risk. The concept of developmentally appropriate practice and its application across different developmental levels and early childhood classrooms will be introduced and connected with discussion in EDHD220 and EDSP211. Students examine issues in developing and implementing high quality early childhood education experiences for young children with and without disabilities, including the influence of family, culture, and community, the needs of children at risk (e.g., poverty, immigrant status, English Language Learners), and the role of assessment in early learning.


id: EDHD220
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Exploring Early Childhood General and Special Education Students who are considering a career in education will consider information about the teaching profession. Students reflect on their personal strengths, identify areas of growth, and examine their predisposition to work with young children with and without disabilities. They will discuss the nature of teaching, the moral and philosophic underpinnings that influenced their decision to enter into the teaching professions, as well as the roles and responsibilities of teachers and the characteristics and qualities for effective teachers (teaching styles and teacher's primary role in the classroom).


id: EDHD230
content:
Human Development and Societal Institutions Development of the individual in the context of relationships with the formal and informal institutions of society. An examination of various aspects of development from the broad perspective of the social sciences.


id: EDHD231
content:
Inside 21st Century Creativity:  How Creative Ideas, Concepts, and Products are Generated Mechanisms of the creative mind. Psychological, social, sociological, developmental, cultural, educational, genetic and neural based roots of creativity.


id: EDHD306
content:
Research Methods in Human Development Addresses the scientific concepts and principles central to the study of human behavior and development. Students will learn about basic research methods in studying human behavior in developmental context and will participate in experiential activities, such as conducting observations and collecting self-report data. Major themes: goals of developmental research, fundamental research designs, types of measurement, elements of good scientific writing, and ethical issues in the study of human development.


id: EDHD314
content:
Reading in the Early Childhood Classroom Corequisite:EDHD425; and corequisite: EDHD419 or EDSP420. Early childhood students introduced to current research/methods on teaching language arts. Focus on development of linguistic and cognitive processes in emergent literacy and beginning reading and writing. Application to models for the instruction and assessment of reading/writing in preschool-aged children. Also includes material on classroom-based interventions for young children at risk of reading failure due to learning difficulties. Includes Field Experiences.


id: EDHD320
content:
Human Development Through the Life Span Central concepts related to parameters of human development, individual and social, which arise throughout the life span. Continuity and change within the developing individual.


id: EDHD322
content:
The Young Child as Mathematician Corequisite:EDHD323, EDSP321, EDSP417, EDHD441, EDHD442, EDHD443, and EDHD444. Provides a theoretical and instructional framework for mathematics instruction in early childhood classrooms. Development of understanding of early childhood mathematics that emphasizes how and in what environment young children learn mathematics. Current thinking about both content and instructional strategies for mathematics curriculum, including identification and review of standards and expectations for learning outcomes for all children. Assessment strategies for evaluating all children will be addressed. Includes Phase 1 Field Experience.


id: EDHD323
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Children Study their World Corequisite:EDHD322, EDSP417, EDHD441, EDHD443, EDHD442, EDHD444, and EDSP321. Provides theoretical and instructional framework for social studies instruction in inclusive early childhood classrooms. Course will reflect current thinking about content and instructional strategies for social studies curriculum;  identification and review of standards/expectations for learning outcomes for all children; assessment strategies for evaluating of social studies objectives; use of data driven instruction to support all children; observation of children's understanding of their social world in field placements; opportunities to explore these understandings through interviews with children and the implementation of activities. Includes Phase 1 Field Experience.


id: EDHD390
content:
Career Paths and Internship Preparation in Human Development Prepares degree candidates in Human Development for career paths in the field including initial job seeking skills, knowledge necessary for entry into various professions and preparation for the program internship requirement


id: EDHD402
content:
Social Development Recommended:EDHD411. Social Development. Critical concepts and ideas of the study of child and adolescent social development. Focus on changes in interpersonal relationships, emotions, achievement-related behavior and competence, and functioning within the broader social context.


id: EDHD411
content:
Child Growth and Development Theoretical approaches to and empirical studies of physical, psychological and social development from conception to puberty. Implications for home, school and community.


id: EDHD412
content:
Infant Development Infant development across domains, including perceptual, motor, cognitive, language, social and emotional functioning from pre-natal through third year of life.


id: EDHD413
content:
Adolescent Development Adolescent development, including special problems encountered in contemporary culture. Observational component and individual case study.


id: EDHD414
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Development of the Scientific Mind Across the Lifespan Recommended:EDHD320. Study of the educational, cognitive, social, and cultural factors that underlie the development of the scientific mind across the lifespan.


id: EDHD420
content:
Cognitive Development and Learning Current developmental theories of cognitive processes such as language, memory, and intelligence and how differences in cognitive level (infancy through adolescence) mediate learning of educational subject matters.


id: EDHD425
content:
Language Development and Reading Acquisition This course focuses on young children's language development and the relationship between language and reading acquisition. Students will learn: concepts central to language development; language achievements at different ages; concepts of emergent literacy; models of reading acquisition and skilled reading.


id: EDHD440
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Adult Development Recommended:EDHD413. Major conceptual approaches to the study of adult development including physical, cognitive, social, emotional and self processes that take place within individuals as they progress from emerging adulthood through middle age.


id: EDHD441
content:
Data Driven Decision Making in EC/ECSE Corequisite:EDHD322, EDHD323, EDSP321, EDSP417, EDHD442, EDHD443, and EDHD444. Students will be exposed to formative (e.g., classroom based, ongoing) and summative (e.g., standardized testing) assessments. Students will collect and analyze formative assessment data from their internship classrooms as the bases of planning and delivering instruction to meet the diverse needs of all learners. They will also analyze standardized assessment data to gain an understanding of measures used to determined cross-school and cross-teacher effectiveness. Includes Phase I field experience.


id: EDHD442
content:
Interventions for Children with Behavioral Challenges Corequisite:EDSP321, EDSP417, EDHD322, EDHD323, EDHD441, EDHD443, and EDHD444. Students will expand knowledge of and develop skills to address challenging behaviors in inclusive early childhood classrooms. Students examine the causes underlying challenging behaviors during the early childhood years, and identify appropriate resources and support services for working with families to develop a unified approach when responding to behavioral challenges. Includes Phase I field experience.


id: EDHD443
content:
Interventions for Children with Social and Communication Challenges Corequisite:EDHD322, EDSP321, EDSP417, EDHD323, EDHD441, EDHD442, and EDHD444. Students will learn about the characteristics of children with autism spectrum disorder, pervasive developmental disorder, social communication disorder, and other related challenges and will be equipped to meet the needs of this group of children in the early childhood classroom. The utilization of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), Response to Intervention (RTI) and other early childhood special education approaches, as they apply to this specific group of children, will be addressed. Interventions designed to improve the functioning of children with autism spectrum disorders and related disorders will be reviewed. Includes Phase I field experience.


id: EDHD444
content:
Action Research in EC/ECSE Corequisite:EDHD322, EDHD323, EDHD441, EDHD442, EDHD443, EDSP417, and EDSP321. Students will become familiar with the EC/ECSE research process, literature and how teachers use action research to improve pedagogy and the experiences of children in classrooms or home-based contexts. Students will utilize this knowledge, as well as either a goal in an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) or Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) or School Improvement Plan (SIP), to develop an action research study commenced during the following semester. Includes Phase I field experience.


id: EDHD460
content:
Educational Psychology Application of psychology to learning processes and theories. Individual differences, measurement, motivation, emotions, intelligence, attitudes, problem solving, thinking and communicating in educational settings.


id: EDHD474
content:
Human Development Honors Seminar This seminar will have three overarching goals: (1) expose students to fundamental research questions in human development; (2) create professional development opportunities through invited speakers and (3) communicate an understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of the research process.


id: EDHD488D
content:
Special Topics in Human Development; Parenting, Fathering and Child Development This course will explore how fathers have distinct impacts on children's  development and what it means to be a father in contemporary society.


id: EDHD721
content:
Cognitive Development and Learning:  An Introduction Introductory survey into contemporary theory and research in cognitive development; applications to classroom learning.


id: EDHD779A
content:
Selected Topics in Human Development; How to Write More and Write Better: An Academic Writing Seminar 


id: EDHI605
content:
Comparative Education Formerly:EDPL605. Analyzes and compares leading issues in education in various countries of the world, particularly as they relate to crucial problems in American education.


id: EDHI606
content:
Political Economy of Education in a Global Context Formerly:EDPL606. Examination of alternative economics perspectives and their implications for education policy and practice internationally, from local to global levels. The connection of education to issues of development, inequality, poverty, gender, and race will be discussed.


id: EDHI650
content:
Professional Seminar in Higher and Adult Education Formerly:EDPL650. Introduction to higher and adult education as a field of study. Origins, current dimensions and problems, and emerging issues. Field trips to state and national capitols, and involvement in professional conferences.


id: EDHI652
content:
Higher Education in American Society Formerly:EDPL652. Examines the concepts of academic freedom, corporate autonomy and institutional accountability with emphasis on twentieth century relationships between higher education and government in the United States.


id: EDHI672
content:
Modes of Inquiry in Education Research Introduction to modes of inquiry appropriate to research on issues and problems in education. Examination of qualitative, quantitative and mixed research methods and designs with a focus on related standards of quality.


id: EDHI750
content:
International Higher Education Formerly:EDPL750. Comparison of higher education systems in several countries, and of the problems and issues in higher education faced by these countries.


id: EDHI788A
content:
Special Topics in Education Policy and Administration; Intro to Modeling Student Outcomes in Higher Education 


id: EDHI788W
content:
Special Topics in Education Policy and Administration; Doctoral Seminar This seminar provides structured support and instruction for students at various points in their dissertation development.


id: EDMS451
content:
Introduction to Educational Statistics Introduction to statistical reasoning; location and dispersion measures; computer applications; regression and correlation; formation of hypotheses tests; t-test; one-way analysis of variance; analysis of contingency tables.


id: EDMS623
content:
Applied Measurement: Issues and Practices And EDMS645; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department. Measurement theory and its application at an intermediate level; test development, validation and interpretation; issues and recent developments in measurement.


id: EDMS645
content:
Quantitative Research Methods I Research design and statistical applications in educational research: data representation; descriptive statistics; estimation and hypothesis testing. Application of statistical computer packages is emphasized.


id: EDMS646
content:
General Linear Models I A first post-introductory inferential statistics course, with emphasis on analysis of variance procedures and designs from within the general linear modeling framework. Assignments include student analysis of education and related data; application of statistical software packages is emphasized.


id: EDMS651
content:
General Linear Models II Multiple regression and correlation analysis; trend analysis; hierarchical and stepwise procedures; logistic regression; software for regression analysis.


id: EDMS655
content:
Introduction to Multilevel Modeling Introduction to multilevel models and methodology as strategies for modeling change and organizational effects.


id: EDMS657
content:
Exploratory Latent and Composite Variable Methods Development of models for exploratory factor analysis and their practical applications.  Additional topics will draw from latent class analysis, cluster analysis, mixture models, canonical correlation, multidimensional scaling, and configural frequency analysis.


id: EMBA788B
content:
Executive Skills Mastery; Doing Business in Brazil: Addressing Grand Challenges Through the Private Sector Cross-listed with BUSI788B, BUSM788B, and BUSO788B. Credit only granted for BUSI788B, BUSM788B, BUSO788B, or EMBA788B.


id: EMBA788W
content:
Executive Skills Mastery; Doing Business in Asia: Supply Chain Challenges and Opportunities Cross-listed with BUSI788W, BUSM788W, and BUSO788W. Credit only granted for BUSI788W, BUSM788W, BUSO788W, or EMBA788W.


id: ENAE100
content:
The Aerospace Engineering Profession Recommended:ENES100 and MATH140. Overview of salient aspects of professional practice of Aerospace Engineering. Introduction to the range of technical expertise needed to succeed in the profession and the objectives of the various parts of the Aerospace Engineering program at UMCP in supporting students' efforts in gaining the required knowledge and skills. Familiarization with departmental faculty and their areas of research, creation of links with other students, professional society student chapters, and available resources. Discussion of ethical issues, business requirements, and their interactions with technical developments.


id: ENAE202
content:
Computing Fundamentals for Engineers Corequisite:MATH141. Introduction to computer programming for the solution of engineering problems. Python & MATLAB languages including flow control, functions, file handling, arrays, and data structures. Students will be introduced to computing fundamentals, principles of software engineering, object-oriented programming, and algorithms.


id: ENAE283
content:
Introduction to Aerospace Systems Formerly:ENAE281 and ENAE282. Introduction to the fundamental disciplines of aerospace engineering, and the systems concepts that integrate these into conceptual designs for flight vehicles.  Course covers the foundations of aerodynamics, propulsion, aerospace materials, flight mechanics, orbital mechanics, vehicle stability and control.


id: ENAE288B
content:
Topics in Aerospace Engineering; Student Initiated Course Failures in Human Spaceflight Failures in Human Spaceflight: Apollo 1, Challenger, & Columbia provides  an introduction to fatal accidents in American spaceflight history. Students will study the engineering failures and management decisions leading to each disaster. Additionally, they will consider the investigations, public responses, and impacts prompted by the accidents.Readings will include official accident reports, internal NASAcommunications, and personal accounts. Students will discuss how these disasters shaped modern risk management and what lessons were learned - or ignored - along the way.


id: ENAE301
content:
Dynamics of Aerospace Systems Kinematics and dynamics of three dimensional motion of point masses and rigid bodies with introduction to more general systems. Primary emphasis on Newtonian methods. Practice in numerical solutions and computer animation of equations of motion using MATLAB.


id: ENAE311
content:
Compressible Aerodynamics Fundamentals of aerodynamics. Elements of compressible flow. Normal and oblique shock waves. Flows through nozzles, diffusers and wind tunnels. Elements of the method of characteristics and finite difference solutions for compressible flows. Aspects of hypersonic flow.


id: ENAE362
content:
Aerospace Instrumentation and Experimentation Basic instrumentation electronics including DC electronics, AC electronics, semiconductors, electro-optics and digital electronics. Sensing devices used to carry out experiments in Aerospace Engineering includes metrology, machine tool measurements, bridge circuits, optical devices, and introduction to computer based data acquisition. Topics chosen to support measurements in aerodynamics, flight structures and flight control.


id: ENAE380
content:
Flight Software Systems Avionics using advanced sensor and computing technologies are at the heart of every modern Aerospace vehicle. Advanced software systems to improve cockpit safety and enable unmanned and deep-space missions. Object-oriented programming and software engineering concepts required to design and build complex flight software systems. Software validation, verification and real-time performance analysis to assess flight software system reliability and robustness. Human-machine interface design for piloted systems. Automatic onboard data acquisition and decision-making for unmanned air and space vehicles.


id: ENAE403
content:
Aircraft Flight Dynamics Study of motion of aircraft, equations of motion, aerodynamic force representation, longitudinal and lateral motions, response to controls and to atmospheric disturbances, handling qualities criteria and other figures of merit.


id: ENAE414
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Incompressible Aerodynamics Aerodynamics of inviscid incompressible flows. Aerodynamic forces and moments. Fluid statics/buoyancy force. Vorticity, circulation, the stream function and the velocity potential. Bernoulli's and Laplace's equations. Flows in low speed wind tunnels and airspeed measurement. Potential flows involving sources and sinks, doublets, and vortices. Development of the theory of airfoils and wings.


id: ENAE423
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Vibration and Aeroelasticity Dynamic response of single and multiple degrees of freedom systems, finite element modeling, wing divergence, aileron reversal, wing and panel flutter.


id: ENAE441
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Space Navigation and Guidance Principles of navigation. Celestial, radio, and inertial navigation schemes. Navigational and guidance requirements for orbital, planetary, and atmospheric entry missions. Fundamentals of estimation theory, linear and nonlinear filtering techniques.


id: ENAE455
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Aircraft Propulsion and Power Thermodynamic cycle analysis, aerothermochemistry of fuels and propellants, operating principles of piston, turbojet, fanjet, and other variations of airbreathing aircraft power units.


id: ENAE457
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Space Propulsion and Power And senior standing. Thermodynamic cycle analysis, aerothermochemistry of fuels and propellants, operating principles of rocket, ion, and other exoatmospheric power units.


id: ENAE472
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Introduction to Hypersonics Corequisite:ENAE481 or ENAE483 (if not enrolled in hypersonics graduate certificate program).Formerly:ENAE488N. Introduces students to the various key aspects of flight at hypersonic speeds. Critical aerodynamic phenomena to be covered includes the qualitative behavior of flow fields in the high-Mach-numberlimit, approximate methods for quantifying surface pressure, and estimates of viscous drag and heating. High-speed air-breathing propulsion systems will be discussed, including cycle analysis and performance metrics for propulsion, with a main emphasis onthe fundamentals of ramjet and scramjet engines. Key Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) concepts for various hypersonic vehicle types will also be introduced, including the design of appropriate flight trajectories and control algorithms to achieve mission goals. Finally, students will be provided with an overview of high-temperature materials, structures, and thermal protection systems.


id: ENAE481
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Principles of Aircraft Design Corequisite:ENAE414. Aircraft design principles blending both synthesis and analysis. The iterative nature of the design process. Applied aerodynamics. Elements of aircraft performance calculation and optimization. Design of aircraft including payload, crew and avionics provisions, propulsion selection and sizing, aerodynamic configuration optimization, mass properties, stability and control characteristics, and vehicle subsystems. Individual student projects in aircraft design.


id: ENAE483
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Principles of Space Systems Design Principles of space systems analysis and vehicle design. Launch vehicle performance analysis and optimization. Design of vehicle systems including avionics, power, propulsion, life support, human factors, structures, actuator and mechanisms, and thermal control. Design processes and design synthesis. Individual student projects in vehicle design.


id: ENAE488I
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Topics in Aerospace Engineering; Wind Turbine Aeromechanics This course will cover the aerodynamics, hydrodynamics and structural dynamics of onshore and offshore wind turbines. The first part of the course will concentrate on wind turbine aerodynamics, covering details of blade element momentum theory. In addition, various simulation tools will be examined and utilized for practical applications. A brief introduction to the use of Computational Fluid Dynamics will be covered. The second part will look in detail at hydrodynamic effects on fixed and floating offshore wind platforms. In addition, interference effects for wind-plants will be introduced and several techniques for inclusion in wind plant design. The third part of the course will examine the structural dynamics of wind turbine blades, including aeroelastic effects, as well as wind turbine fixed and floating foundations. A final small team project will tie the various portions of the course together.


id: ENAE488V
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Topics in Aerospace Engineering; DTEVV Fundamentals Prerequisites: ENAE432 or ENME361 (or equivalent); or permission of instructor. Corequisite: ENAE403 (or equivalent); or permission of instructorCourse is designed to give students a basic understanding of Development, Test & Evaluation, Verification & Validation process used to produce new aviation systems.


id: ENAE601
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Astrodynamics Mathematics and applications of orbit theory, building upon the foundations developed in ENAE 404 and ENAE 441. Topics include two body orbits, solutions of Kepler's equation, the two-point boundary value problem, rendezvous techniques, and Encke's method.


id: ENAE603
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Near-Earth Object Exploration Formerly:ENAE788N. An overview of the near-Earth objects (NEOs) of our solar system--the asteroids and comets whose orbits closely approach Earth's orbit--and what we know about them, what we're learning about them, and how to design spacecraft missions to interact with them.


id: ENAE631
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Helicopter Aerodynamics I Or permission of ENGR-Aerospace Engineering department; and permission of instructor. A history of rotary-wing aircraft, introduction to hovering theory, hovering and axial flight performance, factors affecting hovering and vertical flight performance, autorotation in vertical descent, concepts of blade motion and control, aerodynamics of forward flight, forward flight performance, operational envelope, and introduction to rotor acoustics.


id: ENAE636
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Helicopter Dynamics II Formerly:ENAE788R. Aerodynamics, dynamics and aeromechanics of helicopters and tilt rotor aircraft. Experimental testing and mathematical modeling required for the design and analysis of such aircraft.


id: ENAE641
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Linear System Dynamics Linear systems; state space, multi-input, multi-output models; eigenstructure; controllability, observability, singular value analysis; multivariable Nyquist condition; observer design; introduction to Kalman filtering. Full state feedback techniques including pole placement and LQR/LQG techniques; introduction to loop shaping and robustness.


id: ENAE642
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Atmospheric Flight Control Exposure to flight guidance and control. Draws heavily from vehicle dynamics as well as feedback theory, and careful treatment of the non-linear aspects of the problem is critical. Conventional sythesis techniques are stressed, although modern methods are not ignored. Multivariable system analysis is included, along with flight-control design objectives and hardware limitations. Emphasis on aircraft and missiles.


id: ENAE655
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Structural Dynamics Advanced principles of dynamics necessary for structural analysis; solutions of eigenvalue problems for discrete and continuous elastic systems, solutions to forced response boundary value problems by direct, modal, and transform methods.


id: ENAE661
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Aircraft Propulsion and Power Jointly offered with:ENAE455. An introduction to air-breathing jet propulsion with the main emphasis on the fundamentals of gas turbine engines. It is intended for students with prerequisite knowledge of elementary fluid mechanics, gas dynamics, and thermodynamics.


id: ENAE662
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Space Propulsion and Power Jointly offered with:ENAE457. Thermodynamic cycle analysis, aerothermochemistry of fuels and propellants, operating principles of rocket, ion, and other exoatmospheric power units.


id: ENAE673
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Aerodynamics of Incompressible Fluids Introduces the fundamental concepts of incompressible flows. Topics to be addressed include the conservation equations, potential flow, lift and drag, Navier-Stokes equations, boundary layers and similarity solutions, and solutions to classical problems.


id: ENAE681
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Engineering Optimization Methods for unconstrained and constrained minimization of functions of several variables. Sensitivity analysis for systems of algebraic equations, eigenvalue problems, and systems of ordinary differential equations. Methods for transformation of an optimization problem into a sequence of approximate problems. Optimum design sensitivity analysis.


id: ENAE682
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Hypersonic Aerodynamics Hypersonic shock and expansion waves, Newtonian theory, Mach methods, numerical solutions to hypersonic inviscid flows, hypersonic boundary layer theory, viscous interactions, numerical solutions to hypersonic viscous flows. Applications to hypersonic vehicles.


id: ENAE684
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Computational Fluid Dynamics I Partial differential equations applied to flow modelling, fundamental numerical techniques for the solution of these equations, elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic equations, elements of finite difference solutions, explicit and implicit techniques. Applications to fundamental flow problems.


id: ENAE686
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Computational and Experimental Methods for Hypersonic Flows Recommended:ENAE682. Provides a comprehensive framework on computational and experimental methods for investigating hypersonic flows, covering essential topics and providing a balanced mix of theory and practical applications.


id: ENAE692
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Introduction to Space Robotics Recommended:ENAE432. Introduction to the kinematics, dynamics, and control of robot manipulators.  DH parameters, serial and parallel manipulators, kinematic redundancy, sensors, actuators, and mechanism design. Control concepts introduced ranging from independent joint control to impedance control.  Examples drawn from space robotics, wearable robotics, and other areas.


id: ENAE788F
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Selected Topics in Aerospace Engineering; Development, Test & Evaluation, Verification & Validation (DTEVV) Fundamentals for Aviation Campus - University System of Maryland at Southern Maryland Address - 44219 Airport Road, Building 3, California, MD 20619 Room - 2256


id: ENAE788I
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Selected Topics in Aerospace Engineering; Wind Turbine Aeromechanics This course will cover the aerodynamics, hydrodynamics and structural dynamics of onshore and offshore wind turbines. The first part of the course will concentrate on wind turbine aerodynamics, covering details of blade element momentum theory. In addition, various simulation tools will be examined and utilized for practical applications. A brief introduction to the use of Computational Fluid Dynamics will be covered. The second part will look in detail at hydrodynamic effects on fixed and floating offshore wind platforms. In addition, interference effects for wind-plants will be introduced and several techniques for inclusion in wind plant design. The third part of the course will examine the structural dynamics of wind turbine blades, including aeroelastic effects, as well as wind turbine fixed and floating foundations. A final small team project will tie the various portions of the course together.


id: ENAE788K
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Selected Topics in Aerospace Engineering; Estimation and Control of Stochastic Systems Those sections that begin with a letter are designated for Master of Engineering students and are not intended for Master of Science or Ph.D.Students.


id: ENAE788P
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Selected Topics in Aerospace Engineering; Optical Remote Sensing Prerequisites: Programming experience, orbital dynamics (ENAE404 or ENAE601, can be co-requisite).This course will cover topics in electromagnetic radiation, sensor systems, sensing architectures, and sensor data processing. Focus application areas include earth observation from space sensors and detections of space objects from ground sensors. Students will be introduced to practical approaches to common design and analysis problems in optical remote sensing.


id: ENAI600
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Probability and Statistics for Engineering AI Provides a solid foundation to concepts of Probability Theory, Random Processes and Statistics required for Engineers designing and using AI. The course starts with axiomatic definition of probability metric and uses this to build the foundation on conditional probability, Baye's Theorem, and definition of probability density and distribution functions of discrete and continuous random variables. This foundation is then used to understand analyses of functions of one or more random variables, define moments and conditional moments of random variables and apply these concepts to parameter estimation and prediction. The class will emphasize the importance and wide applicability of Gaussian random variables. Hypothesis testing and its applicability to Artificial Intelligence will be explored. The class concludes with fundamentals concepts of Random Processes and use of Markov Chains for analyzing state transitions.


id: ENAI601
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Numerical Methods for Engineering AI Covers the fundamentals of optimization, from formulating a mathematical optimization problem from a problem description, to solving a mathematical optimization problem using numerical algorithms in optimization software, with an emphasis on convex optimization. The main topics include: linear algebra overview; convex sets and convex functions; convex optimization; duality theory and optimality criteria, Karush-Kuhn-Tucker conditions; reinforcement learning; unconstrained optimization algorithms: gradient method, Newton's method, quasi-Newton methods; constrained optimization algorithms: conditional gradient method, gradient projection method, alternating direction method of multipliers, interior point method, primal-dual method; stochastic gradient descent; distributed optimization; global search algorithms. Students will acquire not only theoretical knowledge of optimization, but also hands-on experience with optimization methods and software through assignments and a project.


id: ENAI607
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Python Applications for Engineering AI Provides a comprehensive introduction to Python programming, covering fundamental concepts such as program structure, variables, assignments, and built-in data types, including strings, lists, tuples, and dictionaries. Students explore control flow, functions, modules, and basic I/O and file operations. The course also introduces object-oriented programming, classes, and exception handling. Beyond the basics, students delve into algorithms and data structures, including recursion, searching, graph algorithms, priority queues, search trees, and hash tables. The course explores algorithms used in artificial intelligence and machine learning, such as regression, classification, and clustering. Students gain hands-on experience with essential scientific computing libraries, including NumPy, SciPy, and Matplotlib. By the end of the course, students will have a solid foundation in Python programming and its applications in data structures, algorithms, and AI-driven problem-solving.


id: ENBC301
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Introduction to Biocomputational Engineering Provides practical tools to help Biocomputational Engineering majors to think critically about their goals and career paths and to utilize their major to set their career trajectory.


id: ENBC311
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Python for Data Analysis Provides an introduction to structured programming, computational methods, and data analysis techniques with the goal of building a foundation allowing students to confidently address problems in research and industry. Fundamentals of programming, algorithms, and simulation are covered from a general computer science perspective, while the applied data analysis and visualization portion makes use of the Python SciPy stack.


id: ENBC322
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Algorithms Corequisite:Must have completed with a minimum grade of C- or be concurrently enrolled in ENBC311. Presents an introduction to the techniques for designing efficient computer algorithms and analyzing their complexity using the Python programming language. Students will gain insight into principles and data-structures useful in algorithm design. General topics include asymptotics, sorting and searching, hashing, algorithm design techniques, graph algorithms, and dynamic programming.


id: ENBC331
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Applied Linear Systems and Differential Equations Applications of linear algebra and differential equations to bioengineering and biomolecular systems.  Designed to instruct students to relate mathematical approaches in bioengineering to their physical systems.  Examples will emphasize fluid mechanics, mass transfer, and physiological systems.


id: ENBC332
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Statistics, Data Analysis, and Data Visualization Instructs students in the fundamentals of probability and statistics through examples in biological phenomenon and clinical data analysis. Data visualization strategies will also be covered.


id: ENBC341
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Biomolecular Engineering Thermodynamics A quantitative introduction to thermodynamic analysis of biomolecular systems. The basic laws of thermodynamics will be introduced and explained through a series of examples related to biomolecular systems.


id: ENBC353
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Synthetic Biology Introduces students to the scientific foundation and concepts driving the fast-paced field of synthetic biology.  This course aims to apply engineering principles, measurement science, and modern molecular biology to increase understanding of complex biological systems and to develop novel applications that address global challenges in health, manufacturing, energy, agriculture, and the environment. Students will explore the principles and applications of the field via in-depth analysis. The course will also address the societal issues of synthetic biology, and briefly examine interests to regulate research in this area.


id: ENBC423
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Applied Computer Vision Introduction to the basics and modern deep learning models in the Artificial Intelligence field of computer vision. The course emphasizes applications of computer vision in medical imaging. Computer vision techniques will be demonstrated using software packages implementing bioimage informatics methods.


id: ENBC425
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Imaging and Image Processing Instructs students in the fundamentals of biomedical imaging and image processing methods through the physical principles behind major medical imaging modalities, including X-Ray, Computed Tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This course is designed to instruct students in mathematical tools for extracting information from images. There will be real-world assignments and images, which aid in learning complex theories, applications, and coding libraries in a simple way.


id: ENBC431
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Finite Element Analysis An introduction to the theory, programming and application of the finite element method that is used to solve problems in engineering analysis and design. Modeling, analysis, and design using the FEA software SolidWorks. The objective of the course is to teach the fundamentals of the finite element method with emphasis on the underlying theory, assumption, and modeling issues as well as providing hands-on experience using finite element software to model, analyze, and design systems.


id: ENCO099
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Co-Op/Intern Work Experience If dropping course, see Withdrawal and Refund of Fees - Special Refund Deadlines in the Financial Information section of the Schedule of Classes.


id: ENEB302
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Analog Circuits Foundations of circuits, focusing on applications including signal amplification, power amplification, instrumentation and filters. Fundamental concepts of analog circuits including analysis methods in time and complex domains, with emphasis on circuit topologies relevant in embedded systems. Intensive application of simulations and hands-on laboratory exercises.


id: ENEB340
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Intermediate Programming Concepts and Applications for Embedded Systems Principles of programming for embedded systems development. Includes principles of software development in Unix, C and other high level languages, input/output, data types and variables, operators and expressions, program selection, repetition, functions, arrays, strings, introduction to algorithms, software projects, debugging, documentation. Includes hands-on applications in microprocessor environments.


id: ENEB341
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Introduction to Internet of Things An introduction to the foundations of Internet of Things (IoT), including IoT devices, communications, connection considerations, back-end services/applications, and business models. This course looks at the IoTs as the general theme of physical/real-world things becoming increasingly visible and actionable via Internet and Web technologies. It also covers networking protocols and gateways, security and privacy, data analytics and cloud computing platforms.


id: ENEB344
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Digital Logic Design for Embedded Systems Corequisite:ENEB340; and permission from the Cyber-Physical Systems Engineering program. Hands on approach on foundations of digital logic for embedded systems applications; including input/output, logic gates, Karnaugh maps, latches, flip-flops and state-machines. This course also covers design and analysis of synchronous sequential systems, implementation with PLA's, multiplexers, decoders, encoders, binary arithmetic units such as adders and subtractors, conversions between decimal and arbitrary radix numbers, especially octal, hexadecimal, and binary representations, radix and diminished radix arithmetic, and character codes.


id: ENEB346
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Linear Algebra for Machine Learning Applications Foundations of linear algebra for machine learning and data science applications with emphasis on implementing machine learning data science algorithms in a computer programming environment with linear algebra software tools and libraries as this course aims to provide a hands-on experience and learning environment for students. Students will learn the fundamental concepts in linear algebra that are directly relevant to machine learning and big data modeling and computations. These include vector and matrix operations, determinants, factorization methods, principal component analysis, eigenvalues, and singular value decomposition.


id: ENEB354
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Discrete Mathematics for Information Technology Foundations of discrete mathematics for information technology and embedded computing. Topics include sets, relations, functions and algorithms, proof techniques and induction, number theory, counting and combinatorics, and Graph theory.


id: ENEB444
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Operating Systems for Embedded Systems Theory, design, implementation and analysis of low-resource computer operating systems for IoT applications. Through classroom lectures, homework, and projects, students learn the fundamentals of concurrency, process management, interprocess communication and synchronization, job scheduling algorithms, memory management, input-output devices, file systems, and real-time operating systems. Optional topics may include communications protocols and computer security.


id: ENEB454
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Embedded Systems This course will provide students with the essential knowledge base that will enable them to tackle complex problems encountered in embedded systems design. The course will provide an overview of associated hardware components and software methodologies as well as the tools used in the development of modern embedded systems. Student will be exposed to the theoretical foundations which will be reinforced with carefully selected hands-on laboratory exercises, thereby getting a sense of how the theoretical concepts connect with the real-world embedded systems applications.


id: ENED101
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Exploring Engineering Majors Additional information:. Designed to expose students to all engineering majors and assist them in narrowing down which engineering major they want to pursue. Students will self reflect, conduct interviews and tour engineering facilities to get a better understanding of what major their interests align with the most.


id: ENED290H
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Introduction to Design and Quality Formerly:BMGT190 and ENES190. The first QUEST course introduces foundational principles of design and quality, emphasizing their impact on product development and customer satisfaction. Working in multidisciplinary teams, students will explore design thinking, project management techniques, and quality tools, applying these frameworks to real-world product redesigns and innovations.


id: ENED390H
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Designing Innovative Systems Formerly:ENES390. The QUEST systems thinking course challenges students to analyze how processes interact in larger systems. Students will learn how to use process improvement tools and a systems thinking approach to solve problems and design innovative solutions. By drawing upon their multidisciplinary backgrounds, students will be able to understand and reframe problems from multiple perspectives to uncover new solutions.


id: ENED394H
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Applied Quantitative Analysis Formerly:BMGT438A and ENES489A. The QUEST data analysis course takes a human-centered approach to data analysis and focuses on teaching students how to frame the core problem, choose the right data, and uncover deep insights from data to build an understanding of people and expose opportunities for innovation. Students will use visualization and statistical techniques to explore data, generate insights, and share the human stories behind the data to move people to action.


id: ENEE101
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Introduction to Electrical & Computer Engineering Corequisite:MATH140. And corequisite: ENEE140 or CMSC131; or a score of 5 on the A Java AP exam; or a score of 4 or 5 on the AB Java AP exam; or satisfactory performance on the department's placement exam. An exploration of topics within Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE). Students will be introduced to key elements of both the Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering curriculum, including: circuits, computing systems and software, communications and controls, electrodynamics and waves, microelectronics, signal processing, and power systems.


id: ENEE140
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Introduction to Programming Concepts for Engineers Introduction to the programming environment: editing, compiling, UNIX, data types and variable scope; program selection, formatted/unformatted input/output, repetition, functions, arrays and strings.


id: ENEE150
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Intermediate Programming Concepts for Engineers And ENEE140 or CMSC131; or score of 5 on the A Java AP exam; or score of 4 or 5 on the AB Java AP exam; or satisfactory performance on the department's placement exam.Corequisite:MATH140. Advanced programming concepts: coding conventions and style; pointers; dynamic memory allocation and data structures; linked lists; graphs; abstract data types; object-oriented design. There will be team-based software projects and group presentations.


id: ENEE200
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Technology and Consequences: Engineering, Ethics, and Humanity What makes a technology socially responsible? At UMD, the Fearless Ideas campaign asks us to aim our enthusiasm for technology at big real problems. At the same time, we are coming to appreciate the increasingly complex nature of technological systems as they become integrated into all forms of infrastructure, we realize they may be unpredictable, interdependent on social and biological systems, and have unintended consequences. In this midst of this complexity, people make decisions with far reaching impacts. How then do we follow our passion for technology and innovation but also stay skeptical in a way that allows us to consider the potential and shortcomings of technology? Designed for both engineering and non-engineering students wishing to explore and assess the impact of engineering technology on society and the role of society in generating that technology.


id: ENEE205
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Electric Circuits Corequisite:MATH246 or ENEE290. Design, analysis, simulation, construction and evaluation of electric circuits. Terminal Relationships. Kirchoff's laws. DC and AC steady state analysis. Node and mesh methods. Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits. Transient behavior of first- and second-order circuits. Frequency response and transfer functions. Ideal op-amp circuits. Diode and transistor circuits.


id: ENEE222
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Elements of Discrete Signal Analysis Corequisite:ENEE290; or coursework approved by the department. Discrete- and continuous-time signals, sampling of sinusoids.  Discrete Fourier transform: properties and applications. Periodic signals and Fourier series. Discrete-time linear filters in time and frequency domains. Numerical applications and implementation of algorithms (using MATLAB).


id: ENEE244
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Digital Logic Design The design and analysis of combinational and synchronous sequential systems comprising digital logic gates and flip-flop memory devices; underlying tools such as switching and Boolean algebras and Karnaugh map simplification of gate networks; design and use of decoders, multiplexers, encoders, adders, registers, counters, sequence recognizers, programmable logic arrays (PLAs), read-only memories (ROMS, PROMS), and similar devices. Arbitrary radix conversion.


id: ENEE245
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Digital Circuits and Systems Laboratory And minimum grade of C- in ENEE150; or minimum grade of C- in CMSC132. And permission of ENGR-Electrical & Computer Engineering department. Introduction to basic measurement techniques and electrical laboratory equipment (power supplies, oscilloscopes, voltmeters, etc.). Design, construction, and characterization of digital circuits containing logic gates, sequential elements, oscillators, and digital integrated circuits. Introduction to digital design and simulation with the Verilog Hardware Description Language (HDL).


id: ENEE290
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Introduction to Differential Equations and Linear Algebra for Engineers First-order differential equations, matrices and systems of linear equations, finite-dimensional vector spaces, inner product spaces, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, linear differential equations of higher order, and systems of differential equations. This course covers important topics in mathematics for Electrical and Computer Engineers. Specifically, several topics are covered, including first-order differential equations, matrices and systems of linear equations, finite-dimensional vector spaces, inner product spaces, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, linear differential equations of higher order, and systems of differential equations.  Theoretical topics presented in the lectures will be reinforced by laboratory exercises.


id: ENEE301
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Current Trends in Electrical and Computer Engineering A survey course on the current trends in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). Students will be introduced to foundational knowledge of key technologies, providing them with technical information and a broad principled understanding of the relevance of these technologies to society. Students will acquire these knowledge bases through high-level lectures and hands-on experiential learning involving key technologies, including: energy generation and utilization, communication, advanced computing, information processing and machine intelligence, and autonomy.


id: ENEE304
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Introduction to Micro and Nanoelectronics Introduction to semiconductor device physics: drift-diffusion model, pn junction properties, BJTs and FETs. Electronic circuits: diode circuits, BJT and MOSFET amplifiers, logic gates and multi-transistor circuits (such as differential amplifiers and current mirrors).


id: ENEE305
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Introduction to Micro and Nanoelectronics Lab Introductory laboratory in semiconductors and electronics. Characterization of diodes followed by design and testing of analog and digital circuits at the transistor (FET and BJT) level.


id: ENEE322
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Signal and System Theory Must be in the following program (Engineering: Computer). This is a course on signals and systems. The course lectures cover concepts in linear systems, and time and frequency domain analysis of signals and linear systems. Signal analysis topics: discrete- and continuous-time Fourier transforms, Laplace and z-transforms. Dynamical system properties: linearity, time-invariance, stability and invertibility. Analysis of linear time-invariant systems in the time domain (impulse response and convolution) and transform domain (transfer function and frequency response). Applications in signal processing, communications and control.


id: ENEE323
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Signals and Systems: Theory and Applications This is a course and laboratory on signals and systems.  The course lectures cover concepts in linear systems, and time and frequency domain analysis of signals and linear systems.  Signal analysis topics: discrete- and continuous-time Fourier transforms, Laplace and z-transforms. Dynamical system properties: linearity, time-invariance, stability and invertibility.  Analysis of linear time-invariant systems in the time domain (impulse response and convolution) and transform domain (transfer function and frequency response).  Applications in signal processing, communications and control.


id: ENEE324
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Engineering Probability Additional information:Electrical Engineering majors may NOT substitute STAT400 for ENEE324. Axioms of probability; conditional probability and Bayes' rules; random variables, probability distribution and densities: functions of random variables: weak law of large numbers and central limit theorem. Introduction to random processes; correlation functions, spectral densities, and linear systems. Applications to noise in electrical systems, filtering of signals from noise, estimation, and digital communications.


id: ENEE350
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Computer Organization Structure and organization of digital computers. Registers, memory, control and I/O. Data and instruction formats, addressing modes, assembly language programming. Elements of system software, subroutines and their linkages.


id: ENEE382
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Electromagnetics Theory and tools needed to solve electromagnetic problems and understand how electromagnetic waves propagate and interact with materials.  Fields and potentials. Maxwell's equations and wave propagation. Reflection and transmission. Transmission lines. Antennas and radiation.


id: ENEE408A
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Capstone Design Project:Microprocessor-Based Design This course provides a team-based experience in the design and implementation of a microprocessor-based system to solve a real-world problem. A product specification or client requirement forms the basis for the student teams development of an initial technical design specification. The team then divides into smaller groups for the parallel development of hardware and software subsystems of the product device. Upon completion and test of the various subsystems, software and hardware components are integrated into the system prototype and the system is tested and documented.


id: ENEE408C
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Capstone Design Project: Modern Digital System Design A real-world digital system design experience that prepares students for careers in FPGA and ASIC design. Student teams use the Verilog hardware description language together with industry-standard simulation and synthesis tools to design medium-complexity digital chips that are ultimately configured and tested on FPGAs with real-world applications. Results from these projects will be presented through in-class presentations and written reports.


id: ENEE408I
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Capstone Design Project: Autonomous Control of Interacting Robots Co-requisite: ENEE460 is recommended.The course involves students in the design,development, and application of autonomous robotic systems.The robots are 4 wheeled vehicles with on-board sensors (cameras, acoustic sensors),computers and wireless communications capabilities. The students work in teams to program the the robots to accomplish a task individually and in teams of 2 or more robots. Applications vary from semester to semester, including racing with passing, soccer, search and identify.


id: ENEE408V
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Capstone Design Project; Smart Submersible Marine Vehicles Students will design and build small marine crafts (baby submarines) capable of communication, autonomous navigation, computer vision and swarm formations. Students will learn the fundamentals of underwater depth control, propulsion and dynamics, localization and navigation, wireless above and underwater communication and others. Students will utilize skills in microprocessors hardware/software codesign, electromagnetics, acoustics, optics, power, BLM techniques, image/video processing and controls, including elements of mechanical design. Teams will work together to specialize in various subsystems; and following standards for compatibility and systems integration. As an authentic design process mimicking product development, strict deadlines and milestones will be imposed and students may be expected to do work outside the regular meeting times.


id: ENEE411
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Advanced Analog and Digital Electronics Examination of analog and digital device models for analysis, design, and simulation of transistor level electronic circuits, emphasizing Metal Oxide Silicon Field Effect Transistors (MOSFETs); fundamental single transistor configurations; frequency response, feedback, and stability of multi-transistor circuits, such as current mirrors, differential amplifiers, voltage references, operational amplifiers and data converters; complementary Metal Oxide Silicon (CMOS) implementations of static and clocked digital as well as mixed signal circuits.


id: ENEE416
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Integrated Circuit Fabrication Laboratory Characterization of wafers and fabrication steps. Oxide growth, lithography, dopant diffusion, and metal deposition and patterning will be discussed in the lectures and carried out in the lab in fabricating NMOS transistor circuits. The transistor characteristics will be measured and related to the fabrication parameters.


id: ENEE419D
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Topics in Microelectronics; Embedded Machine Learning Prerequisites: Minimum grade of C- in ENEE303 or ENEE304.An introduction to the design and deployment of machine learning models optimized for edge devices and energy-efficient hardware accelerators. The course covers advanced model reduction techniques, such as quantization and pruning, to streamline complex models for deployment onresource-constrained platforms. Students will gain hands-on experience with Cadence Virtuoso to build circuits and systems that leverage in-memory computing architectures, facilitating efficient computation and reduced energy consumption.


id: ENEE420
content:
Communication Systems Fourier series, Fourier transforms and linear system analysis; random signals, autocorrelation functions and power spectral densities; analog communication systems: amplitude modulation, single-sideband modulation, frequency and phase modulation, sampling theorem and pulse-amplitude modulation; digital communication systems pulse-code modulation, phase-shift keying, differential phase shift keying, frequency shift keying; performance of analog and digital communication systems in the presence of noise.


id: ENEE425
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Digital Signal Processing Sampling as a modulation process; aliasing; the sampling theorem; the Z-transform and discrete-time system analysis; direct and computer-aided design of recursive and nonrecursive digital filters; the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) and Fast Fourier Transform (FFT); digital filtering using the FFT; analog-to-digital and digital-to analog conversion; effects of quantization and finite-word-length arithmetic.


id: ENEE429Z
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Topics in Communications; Introduction to Wireless Networking Prerequisites: Minimum of C- or better ENEE324 or STAT400; and completion of all lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum.An introduction to wireless networking technologies through an in-depth exploration of fundamental architectural and design principles. It covers key concepts, including ALOHA, CSMA, and 802.11, with a focus on their performance analysis using formal analytical methods and realistic simulations. The course leverages the industry and research-relevant NS-3 network simulator to develop and analyze real-world wireless network projects, providing hands-on practical experience.


id: ENEE436
content:
Foundations of Machine Learning And must be in one of the following programs (Engineering: Electrical; Engineering: Computer) ; or must be in the ECE Department's Machine Learning notation program.Formerly:ENEE439M. A broad introduction to the foundations of Machine Learning (ML), as well as hands-on experience in applying ML algorithms to real-world data sets. Topics include various techniques in supervised and unsupervised learning, as well as applications to computer vision, data mining, and speech recognition.


id: ENEE440
content:
Microprocessors Microprocessor architectures, instruction sets, and applications. Bus structures, memory, I/O interfacing. Assembly language programming, LSI device configuration, and the embedding of microprocessors in systems.


id: ENEE445
content:
Computer Laboratory This laboratory course focuses on the hardware/software interface in computer systems. Hands-on experiments are used to teach design, construction, analysis, and measurement of both hardware and software for embedded systems. Projects emphasize using microcontrollers for control, sensing, and communication through various I/O devices.


id: ENEE446
content:
Digital Computer Design Hardware design of digital computers. Arithmetic and logic units, adders, multipliers and dividers. Floating-point arithmetic units. Bus and register structures. Control units, both hardwired and microprogrammed. Index registers, stacks, and other addressing schemes. Interrupts, DMA and interfacing.


id: ENEE457
content:
Computer Systems Security Theoretical and practical aspects of computer systems security. Topics covered include symmetric/asymmetric encryption, message authentication, digital signatures, access control, as well as network security, web security and cloud security. Students acquire tools necessary for designing secure computer systems and programs and for defending against malicious threats (e.g., viruses, worms, denial of service).


