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id: TLTC399
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Independent Study in Academic Peer Mentoring Repeatable to 6 credits.Earn academic credit for the time spent supporting a course in TLTC's Academic Peer Mentoring Program (AMP). Click here for more course information.


id: TLTC499A
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Independent Study in Teaching and Learning Contact the department for information to register for this course.


id: URSP250
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The Sustainable City: Exploring Opportunities and Challenges An exploration, through an interdisciplinary approach, of a number of issues related to making cities more sustainable in terms of environmental protection, economic opportunity, and social justice. The course assist students to develop skills in critical analysis and systems thinking and to use those skills in analyzing sustainability related problems and potential solutions, and to expand students' understanding of the political implications of crafting and moving towards a sustainable urban future.


id: URSP601
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Research Methods Recommended:An undergraduate-level statistics course; and familiarity with Microsoft Excel.Formerly:URBS601. Use of measurement, statistics, quantitative analysis, and micro-computers in urban studies and planning.


id: URSP604
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The Planning Process Formerly:URBS604. Legal framework for U.S. planning; approaches to the planning process; tools and technology; systems thinking; defining problems and issues; soliciting goals and values; developing and making good presentations; public participation; developing and evaluating alternatives and scenarios; plan evaluation; developing RFPs.


id: URSP605
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Planning History and Theory Examination of key, selected major events and issues in U.S. planning history and the development of the [planning profession; exploration of major themes in planning theory and practical applications of them; and analysis of the relationship of history and theory.


id: URSP606
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Planning Economics Formerly:URBS606. Resource allocation in a market economy, the nature of market failures, and the justifications for public sector intervention. The limits and possibilities for planning in a market economy.


id: URSP688L
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Recent Developments in Urban Studies; Planning Technology An introduction to technologies that are vital for contemporary planners. Whether planners work at the local, state, or federal level, for-profit or non-profit, urban or rural, or with targeted neighborhoods or regional entities, the necessity for planners to, at a minimum, understand technologies is paramount. These technologies are used to plan, develop, manage, and analyze geographic areas and their respective populations. Given the past, present, and assuredly future ubiquity of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), this course's major focus will be on developing analytical and visual GIS skills. Parallel to acquiring initial GIS skills using the most current and widespread software platforms for GIS, students will employ real-life 'hands-on' experience alongside instruction for analysis and visualization both in the static/desktop environments as well as in more dynamic/web environments.


id: URSP688Z
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Recent Developments in Urban Studies; Planning & Design in the Multicultural Metropolis This course explores theoretical, ethical, and practical questions abouttoday's multicultural metropolis. It addresses trends racial and ethnic inequality and draws on theories of justice, multicultural and intercultural planning, and the politics of difference to explore opportunities for change. It examines planners' roles in dealing with conflicting and competing uses and users, fostering spaces that meet theneeds of different groups, and promoting social and economic equity through the design of the built environment and urban policy.


id: URSP804
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Advanced Planning Theory Relations between theory and practice in planning. Ways of developing and using knowledge in collective action. Challenges to organizing for planning, finding knowledge useful for planning and balancing social attachments with free inquiry.


id: URSP810
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Contemporary Metropolitan Issues Introduces Ph.D. students to current metropolitan issues. Focus is on the historical development of the issue, problem definition, methodological approaches to its study, methodological dilemmas, and the ways that different conclusions are translated into policy. Topics vary from semester to semester but include such topics as the spatial mismatch hpothesis, the impact of urban design and form on travel behavior, the impact of technology on urban form, the justification for historic preservation, and sustainable development.


id: USLT201
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U.S. Latina/o Studies I: An Historical Overview to the 1960's Interdisciplinary course focusing on demographics, terminology and social constructs of race, class, ethnicity, indigeneity, gender, and sexuality associated with the historical and political roots of US Latinidades. Examines the formation, evolution an adaptation of US Latina/o communities as critical field of inquiry.


id: USLT398A
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Special Topics in Latino/a Studies; How to Read a Postcolonial Love Poem Cross-listed with ENGL358A. Credit will be only granted for USLT398A or ENGL358A.


id: USLT450
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Central Americans and the United States: Culture, Politics, and Community Formerly:USLT498D. With attention to history, memory, politics, and culture, this course examines the relationships, conflicts, and exchanges of people and power between 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 examine migration from Central America to North America and will conclude by exploring the lives and activities of Central Americans living in the USA.


id: VIPS208A
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Starting with Vertically Integrated Projects; Research/Research Students must apply through the VIP@Maryland application process in order to join a VIP team.How do undergraduate students come to see themselves as researchers? What shapes their experiences, builds their confidence, and helps them navigate challenges? Rooted in social and data sciences, the Research/Research VIP Team analyzes student experiences using multi- andmixed-methods approaches. In addition to addressing questions about undergraduate research experiences, our team works to better understand, test, and propose best practices for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance traditional qualitative research methods. Team members will develop hands-on skills in qualitative research, mixed-methods research, and experience analyzing data using AI & machine learning techniques. Click here for more course information.


id: VIPS208B
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Starting with Vertically Integrated Projects; Biosensors Students must apply through the VIP@Maryland application process in order to join a VIP team.Our research focuses on the design of nucleotide-based Biosensors and point-of-care diagnostics for human and Environmental health-related challenges. Students conduct research in the field of synthetic biology, which is an interdisciplinary field at the interface of engineering and biology. Students work in small teams to design, build, and test biosensors using molecular biology laboratory techniques. This research group actively collaborates and is co-located with a connected undergraduate research group - FIRE Molecular Diagnostics. Click here for more course information.


id: VIPS208D
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Starting with Vertically Integrated Projects; Researching Innovative Tools for Meaningful Digital Engagement Students must apply through the VIP@Maryland application process in order to join a VIP team.Interested in tackling the flood of information and distractions from mobile devices and social media that challenge our engagement with important information? Join the Digital Engagement Lab to design, build, and test innovative tools for communicating multimedia to diverse audiences. Students from all majors including computer and data science, communication, journalism, business, education, psychology, and statistics research cutting-edge solutions using AI, machine learning, data visualizations, and mobile apps. Click here for more course information.


id: VIPS208E
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Starting with Vertically Integrated Projects; Engineering on the Edge of Space Students must apply through the VIP@Maryland application process in order to join a VIP team.Design, build, test, and fly engineering experiments to the Edge of Space and beyond! Most of our flights are on latex weather balloons which can go up to an altitude of 100,000 ft or above, but we may also fly on high-altitude long-duration NASA balloons and sounding rockets. A common theme in all this research is designing light weight and low-cost experiments that can produce meaningful data and results in flight. We also like to share our enthusiasm for space engineering with kids, so we have a number of ongoing outreach activities that we encourage all participants to get involved in. Click here for more course information.


id: VIPS208F
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Starting with Vertically Integrated Projects; Go with the Flow! Students must apply through the VIP@Maryland application process in order to join a VIP team.Having a hands-on lab component to fluid dynamics courses has always been an important part of the pedagogy. Traditional instruction has required expensive room-sized equipment that is used by relatively large groups, limiting the time for exploration and real understanding of the important principles. This project is developing a series of instructional kits that can be purchased by individual students and used at home, permitting a more creative and individualized exploration of the material, and a greater sense of ownership and depth of understanding. If you have an interest in thinking about a new way of learning, and/or interest in remote-controlled vehicles and model construction/design, this project may be a good fit for you! Click here for more course information.


id: VIPS208Q
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Starting with Vertically Integrated Projects; Wind TERPines Students must apply through the VIP@Maryland application process in order to join a VIP team.Explore wind energy and its benefits! The VIP will apply as a team and prepare a proposal for the Department of Energy Collegiate Wind Competition. The VIP will look at both the design of a small offshore floating wind turbine and the siting of an offshore wind farm off the coast of Oregon. UMD students in this VIP will make connections with K-12 students by building educational awareness of wind energy and implementing outreach programs. The group will also interact with members of industry and government research. Click here for more course information.


id: VIPS208R
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Starting with Vertically Integrated Projects; 3D-Printed Video Game-Playing Soft Robots Students must apply through the VIP@Maryland application process in order to join a VIP team.Soft robots have emerged as powerful alternatives for applications that would be difficult or impossible to realize using traditional, rigid robots. Despite a number of inherent benefits for soft robots, particularly in terms of safety for human-robot interactions, challenges associated with controlling the underlying fluidics of such systems represent key barriers to utility. Dr. Sochol's laboratory introduced a strategy for 3D printing soft robots comprising fully integrated fluidic circuitry ina single print run and demonstrated a soft robotic "hand" beating the first level of Super Mario Bros. This approach relied on an expensive (>$100,000) 3D printer. The goal of this project is to extend this strategy to inexpensive (e.g., <$500) 3D printers to support accessibility and demonstrate efficacy by engineering soft robots capable of playing video games. Click here for more course information.


id: VIPS208T
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Starting with Vertically Integrated Projects; TestuGo: A Bluetooth Navigation and Exploration App Students must apply through the VIP@Maryland application process in order to join a VIP team.The goal of this project is to create a location-based tool for students, faculty, staff and visitors to inform them of general information and events happening around them in real time. For example, a prospective student visiting campus can take an App guided tour based upon the major(s) they are interested in, visiting the facilities and learning about all the major has to offer. Based upon App-collected data, including where they visited and how long they spent at each location, a follow-up email can introduce them to staff that can answer questions. Another example would be letting a student passing a buildingknow that there is currently free pizza at an event inside. Current project goals include developing the prototype app, exploring the potential of sensor technologies, designing data collection processes, developing additional use cases, and setting up and conducting field tests. Click here for more course information.


id: VIPS208X
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Starting with Vertically Integrated Projects; Exoskeleton Explorers Students must apply through th VIP@Maryland application process in order to join a VIP team.Study arthropods through 3D printing! Arthropods, including spiders, crabs, insects, and isopods, are a phylum of invertebrates with bodie built of hardened segments connected by membranous joints. These hard-soft compliant structures, which can be driven by internal hydraulic systems, are a fantastic model for bio-inspiration of soft robots and lightweight actuators. Click here for more course information.


id: VIPS308A
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Engaging with Vertically Integrated Projects; Research/Research Students must apply through the VIP@Maryland application process in order to join a VIP team.How do undergraduate students come to see themselves as researchers? What shapes their experiences, builds their confidence, and helps them navigate challenges? Rooted in social and data sciences, the Research/Research VIP Team analyzes student experiences using multi- andmixed-methods approaches. In addition to addressing questions about undergraduate research experiences, our team works to better understand, test, and propose best practices for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance traditional qualitative research methods. Team members will develop hands-on skills in qualitative research, mixed-methods research, and experience analyzing data using AI & machine learning techniques. Click here for more course information.


id: VIPS308B
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Engaging with Vertically Integrated Projects; Biosensors Students must apply through the VIP@Maryland application process in order to join a VIP team.Our research focuses on the design of nucleotide-based Biosensors and point-of-care diagnostics for human and Environmental health-related challenges. Students conduct research in the field of synthetic biology, which is an interdisciplinary field at the interface of engineering and biology. Students work in small teams to design, build, and test biosensors using molecular biology laboratory techniques. This research group actively collaborates and is co-located with a connected undergraduate research group - FIRE Molecular Diagnostics. Click here for more course information.


id: VIPS308D
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Engaging with Vertically Integrated Projects; Researching Innovative Tools for Meaningful Digital Engagement Students must apply through the  VIP@Maryland application process in order to join a VIP team.Interested in tackling the flood of information and distractions from  mobile devices and social media that challenge our engagement with  important information? Join the Digital Engagement Lab to design, build  and test innovative tools for communicating multimedia to diverse  audiences. Students from all majors including computer and data science  communication, journalism, business, education, psychology, and  statistics research cutting-edge solutions using AI, machine learning,  data visualizations, and mobile apps. Click here for more course information.


id: VIPS308E
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Engaging with Vertically Integrated Projects; Engineering on the Edge of Space Students must apply through the VIP@Maryland application process in order to join a VIP team.Design, build, test, and fly engineering experiments to the Edge of Space and beyond! Most of our flights are on latex weather balloons which can go up to an altitude of 100,000 ft or above, but we may also fly on high-altitude long-duration NASA balloons and sounding rockets. A common theme in all this research is designing light weight and low-cost experiments that can produce meaningful data and results in flight. We also like to share our enthusiasm for space engineering with kids, so we have a number of ongoing outreach activities that we encourage all participants to get involved in. Click here for more course information.


id: VIPS308F
content:
Engaging with Vertically Integrated Projects; Go with the Flow! Students must apply through the VIP@Maryland application process in order to join a VIP team.Having a hands-on lab component to fluid dynamics courses has always been an important part of the pedagogy. Traditional instruction has required expensive room-sized equipment that is used by relatively large groups, limiting the time for exploration and real understanding of the important principles. This project is developing a series of instructional kits that can be purchased by individual students and used at home, permitting a more creative and individualized exploration of the material, and a greater sense of ownership and depth of understanding. If you have an interest in thinking about a new way of learning, and/or interest in remote-controlled vehicles and model construction/design, this project may be a good fit for you! Click here for more course information.


id: VIPS308Q
content:
Engaging with Vertically Integrated Projects; Wind TERPines Students must apply through the VIP@Maryland application process in order to join a VIP team.Explore wind energy and its benefits! The VIP will apply as a team and prepare a proposal for the Department of Energy Collegiate Wind Competition. The VIP will look at both the design of a small offshore floating wind turbine and the siting of an offshore wind farm off the coast of Oregon. UMD students in this VIP will make connections with K-12 students by building educational awareness of wind energy and implementing outreach programs. The group will also interact with members of industry and government research. Click here for more course information.


id: VIPS308R
content:
Engaging with Vertically Integrated Projects; 3D-Printed Video Game-Playing Soft Robots Students must apply through the VIP@Maryland application process in order to join a VIP team.Soft robots have emerged as powerful alternatives for applications that would be difficult or impossible to realize using traditional, rigid robots. Despite a number of inherent benefits for soft robots, particularly in terms of safety for human-robot interactions, challenges associated with controlling the underlying fluidics of such systems represent key barriers to utility. Dr. Sochol's laboratory introduced a strategy for 3D printing soft robots comprising fully integrated fluidic circuitry ina single print run and demonstrated a soft robotic "hand" beating the first level of Super Mario Bros. This approach relied on an expensive (>$100,000) 3D printer. The goal of this project is to extend this strategy to inexpensive (e.g., <$500) 3D printers to support accessibility and demonstrate efficacy by engineering soft robots capable of playing video games. Click here for more course information.


id: VIPS308T
content:
Engaging with Vertically Integrated Projects; TestuGo: A Bluetooth Navigation and Exploration App Students must apply through the VIP@Maryland application process in order to join a VIP team.The goal of this project is to create a location-based tool for students, faculty, staff and visitors to inform them of general information and events happening around them in real time. For example, a prospective student visiting campus can take an App guided tour based upon the major(s) they are interested in, visiting the facilities and learning about all the major has to offer. Based upon App-collected data, including where they visited and how long they spent at each location, a follow-up email can introduce them to staff that can answer questions. Another example would be letting a student passing a buildingknow that there is currently free pizza at an event inside. Current project goals include developing the prototype app, exploring the potential of sensor technologies, designing data collection processes, developing additional use cases, and setting up and conducting field tests. Click here for more course information.


id: VIPS308X
content:
Engaging with Vertically Integrated Projects; Exoskeleton Explorers Students must apply through the VIP@Maryland application process in order to join a VIP team.Study arthropods through 3D printing! Arthropods, including spiders, crabs, insects, and isopods, are a phylum of invertebrates with bodie built of hardened segments connected by membranous joints. These hard-soft compliant structures, which can be driven by internal hydraulic systems, are a fantastic model for bio-inspiration of soft robots and lightweight actuators. Click here for more course information.


id: VIPS408A
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Leading with Vertically Integrated Projects; Research/Research Students must apply through the VIP@Maryland application process in order to join a VIP team.How do undergraduate students come to see themselves as researchers? What shapes their experiences, builds their confidence, and helps them navigate challenges? Rooted in social and data sciences, the Research/Research VIP Team analyzes student experiences using multi- andmixed-methods approaches. In addition to addressing questions about undergraduate research experiences, our team works to better understand, test, and propose best practices for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance traditional qualitative research methods. Team members will develop hands-on skills in qualitative research, mixed-methods research, and experience analyzing data using AI & machine learning techniques. Click here for more course information.


id: VIPS408B
content:
Leading with Vertically Integrated Projects; Biosensors Students must apply through the VIP@Maryland application process in order to join a VIP team.Our research focuses on the design of nucleotide-based Biosensors and point-of-care diagnostics for human and Environmental health-related challenges. Students conduct research in the field of synthetic biology, which is an interdisciplinary field at the interface of engineering and biology. Students work in small teams to design, build, and test biosensors using molecular biology laboratory techniques. This research group actively collaborates and is co-located with a connected undergraduate research group - FIRE Molecular Diagnostics. Click here for more course information.


id: VIPS408D
content:
Leading with Vertically Integrated Projects; Researching Innovative Tools for Meaningful Digital Engagement Students must apply through the  VIP@Maryland application process in order to join a VIP team.Interested in tackling the flood of information and distractions from  mobile devices and social media that challenge our engagement with  important information? Join the Digital Engagement Lab to design, build  and test innovative tools for communicating multimedia to diverse  audiences. Students from all majors including computer and data science  communication, journalism, business, education, psychology, and  statistics research cutting-edge solutions using AI, machine learning,  data visualizations, and mobile apps. Click here for more course information.


id: VIPS408E
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Leading with Vertically Integrated Projects; Engineering on the Edge of Space Students must apply through the VIP@Maryland application process in order to join a VIP team.Design, build, test, and fly engineering experiments to the Edge of Space and beyond! Most of our flights are on latex weather balloons which can go up to an altitude of 100,000 ft or above, but we may also fly on high-altitude long-duration NASA balloons and sounding rockets. A common theme in all this research is designing light weight and low-cost experiments that can produce meaningful data and results in flight. We also like to share our enthusiasm for space engineering with kids, so we have a number of ongoing outreach activities that we encourage all participants to get involved in. Click here for more course information.


id: VIPS408F
content:
Leading with Vertically Integrated Projects; Go with the Flow! Students must apply through the VIP@Maryland application process in order to join a VIP team.Having a hands-on lab component to fluid dynamics courses has always been an important part of the pedagogy. Traditional instruction has required expensive room-sized equipment that is used by relatively large groups, limiting the time for exploration and real understanding of the important principles. This project is developing a series of instructional kits that can be purchased by individual students and used at home, permitting a more creative and individualized exploration of the material, and a greater sense of ownership and depth of understanding. If you have an interest in thinking about a new way of learning, and/or interest in remote-controlled vehicles and model construction/design, this project may be a good fit for you! Click here for more course information.


id: VIPS408Q
content:
Leading with Vertically Integrated Projects; Wind TERPines Students must apply through the VIP@Maryland application process in order to join a VIP team.Explore wind energy and its benefits! The VIP will apply as a team and prepare a proposal for the Department of Energy Collegiate Wind Competition. The VIP will look at both the design of a small offshore floating wind turbine and the siting of an offshore wind farm off the coast of Oregon. UMD students in this VIP will make connections with K-12 students by building educational awareness of wind energy and implementing outreach programs. The group will also interact with members of industry and government research. Click here for more course information.


id: VIPS408R
content:
Leading with Vertically Integrated Projects; 3D-Printed Video Game-Playing Soft Robots Students must apply through the VIP@Maryland application process in order to join a VIP team.Soft robots have emerged as powerful alternatives for applications that would be difficult or impossible to realize using traditional, rigid robots. Despite a number of inherent benefits for soft robots, particularly in terms of safety for human-robot interactions, challenges associated with controlling the underlying fluidics of such systems represent key barriers to utility. Dr. Sochol's laboratory introduced a strategy for 3D printing soft robots comprising fully integrated fluidic circuitry ina single print run and demonstrated a soft robotic "hand" beating the first level of Super Mario Bros. This approach relied on an expensive (>$100,000) 3D printer. The goal of this project is to extend this strategy to inexpensive (e.g., <$500) 3D printers to support accessibility and demonstrate efficacy by engineering soft robots capable of playing video games. Click here for more course information.


id: VIPS408T
content:
Leading with Vertically Integrated Projects; TestuGo: A Bluetooth Navigation and Exploration App Students must apply through the VIP@Maryland application process in order to join a VIP team.The goal of this project is to create a location-based tool for students, faculty, staff and visitors to inform them of general information and events happening around them in real time. For example, a prospective student visiting campus can take an App guided tour based upon the major(s) they are interested in, visiting the facilities and learning about all the major has to offer. Based upon App-collected data, including where they visited and how long they spent at each location, a follow-up email can introduce them to staff that can answer questions. Another example would be letting a student passing a buildingknow that there is currently free pizza at an event inside. Current project goals include developing the prototype app, exploring the potential of sensor technologies, designing data collection processes, developing additional use cases, and setting up and conducting field tests. Click here for more course information.


id: VIPS408X
content:
Leading with Vertically Integrated Projects; Exoskeleton Explorers Students must apply through the VIP@Maryland application process in order to join a VIP team.Study arthropods through 3D printing! Arthropods, including spiders, crabs, insects, and isopods, are a phylum of invertebrates with bodies built of hardened segments connected by membranous joints. These hard-soft compliant structures, which can be driven by internal hydraulic systems, are a fantastic model for bio-inspiration of soft robots and lightweight actuators. Click here for more course information.


id: VMSC610
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Recombinant Viral Vectors A comprehensive presentation of information on the molecular biology of the most relevent viral vectors developed to date and give insight on vector contruction, purification and utilization. Also intended for students in virology and related fields as well as to those interested in the application of viral vectors to basic research.


id: VMSC670
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Molecular Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases Molecular epidemiology is a discipline that uses molecular microbiology tools to study the distribution and determinants of diseases in human and animal populations. This course will provide a comprehensive overview and detailed discussion of the core molecular approaches and recent technological advances that are and can be used to investigate the etiology, transmission, and control of infectious diseases in veterinary medicine and public health. Theoretical and practical aspects of various molecular biology methods will be discussed in the context of epidemiological studies of infectious diseases including both bacterial and viral infections of veterinary and zoonotic significance. Lecture topics will cover the principles and application of various molecular techniques to problems of infectious diseases; population and evolutionary genetics of pathogenic microorganisms; data analysis and interpretation. Lecture materials will also be supported with practical data analysis, literature review discussions, which will be student-driven that will critique relevant manuscripts via group discussions in the classroom.


id: VMSC780
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Parasites of Medical and Veterinary Importance Provides students with the basic knowledge of parasites as well as research advancement in important parasites of humans and animals. Particular attention will be given to parasite biology, pathogenesis, and host responses to parasitic infection. A selection of parasites of medical and veterinary importance will be specifically covered with emphasis on recent research breakthroughs in the field.


id: WEID139B
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Navigating Difference through Intergroup Dialogue; Race, Gender, Socioeconomic Status, or Body Size Click here for more informtion.


id: WGSS200
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Introduction to WGSS: Gender, Power, and Society Formerly:WMST200. Examines constructions of race, class, sexuality, ability, and gender relations from a social science multi-disciplinary perspective. The course interrogates the ways that systems of hierarchy and privilege are created, enforced, and intersect through the language of race, class, sexuality, and national belonging. The course will provide students with the skills to examine how systems of power manifest in areas such as poverty, division of labor, health disparities, policing, violence. In addition to examining the impact of systems of power, students will reflect on their own location within the exercise of racialized, and gendered power relations.  This course encourages students to understand and critique these systems both personally and politically.


id: WGSS205
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Reproductive Justice: An Introduction Developed by feminists of color, reproductive justice frameworks offer a roadmap for economic, social, and medical justice advocacy attentive to the intersections of race, class, gender, sexuality, and disability. This course reviews the historical, legal, and social bases of reproductive rights in the U.S.; discusses the history of feminist organizing for reproductive freedom; surveys critical theories of reproductive justice that go beyond abortion law to advocate for broader social transformation; and evaluates the possible futures of intersectional feminist activism after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.


id: WGSS230
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Introduction to Humanities, Health, and Medicine An overview of the historical, cultural, ethical, and spiritual dimensions of medicine, human health, disease, and death from the points of view of various humanistic disciplines.


id: WGSS250
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Introduction to WGSS: Art and Culture Formerly:WMST250. Provides students with a critical introduction to the ways that art and art activism have served as a conduit to understanding and challenging systems of inequity and practices of normativity. Interrogating the categories of gender, sexuality, race, class, ability, the course will provide students with an examination of how artists have responded to pressing social justice issues of their eras. While the course centers visual art, students will also engage genres such as music, plays, literature, digital and performance art as arenas of social change.


id: WGSS255
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Reading Women Writing Formerly:WMST255. Explores literary and cultural expressions by women and their receptions within a range of historical periods and genres. Topics such as what does a woman need in order to write, what role does gender play in the production, consumption, and interpretation of texts, and to what extent do women comprise a distinct literary subculture. Interpretation of texts will be guided by feminist and gender theory, ways of reading that have emerged as important to literary studies over the last four decades.


id: WGSS263
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Introduction to Black Women's Studies Formerly:WMST263. Interdisciplinary exploration of Black women, culture and society in the United States. Drawn primarily from the social sciences and history with complementary material from literature and the arts.


id: WGSS280
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Gender and Science in Film and Media Isaac Azimov once said of science fiction that it is the genre that "deals with the reaction of human beings to changes in science and technology." With this definition in mind, we will embark on a critical exploration of sci-fi film and other media, using it as a lens for analyzing society's deepest fears and most furtive hopes. Our investigation will center on the liminal space between hegemonic culture and its prescribed excesses. These liminal spaces--between self and other, disability and enhancement, cultural hybridization, and gender crossing--shift in response to real-world sociopolitical tensions. We will consider feminist and anti-racist media scholars' concerns over representation, authorship and ideology alongside questions of technological change. Students will use analytical and creative assignments to explore not only how the scientific imaginary serves as fertile ground for feminist, disability, and anti-racist critique, but also provides a locus for alternative futures.


id: WGSS290
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Bodies in Contention Formerly:WMST298D. Explores the contributions of feminist scholarship in framing and resolving contemporary controversies concerning gendered bodies. It includes the ways in which knowledge about the human body has been shaped by cultural ideas of gender, race, sexuality and ability.


id: WGSS291
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Racialized Gender and Rebel Media Formerly:WMST298N. An introduction to the interdisciplinary field of women's studies and an exploration of the ways in which media has been used as a platform for racial justice, feminist activism, and cultural transformation, with a principal focus on the expressions of women of color. The goals of the course are to explore how  different forms of media shape the stories which circulate about race, femininities, masculinities, ethnicities, sexualities, religiosity, power and difference, and to examine how  various media formats been used to disrupt dominant stories, to tell new stories, and to create differing understandings of citizenship.


id: WGSS298Q
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Special Topics in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Stonewall and Beyond Explore queer & trans politics, identity, and culture though an interdisciplinary study of the historical and social context of personal, cultural and political aspects of sexuality, gender, and identity. Sources from a variety of fields, such as anthropology, history, psychology, sociology, and women's studies, focusing on writings by and about LGBT people.


id: WGSS301
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Introduction to Research in Gender, Race, and Queer Studies Formerly:WMST301. Primarily a research skills-building course, focusing especially on interdisciplinary approaches to research. Encompasses basic library skills, conceptualizing a research question. The course is not designed to teach a specific research method but rather to as an introduction to a range of research methods commonly employed in feminist, critical race, and queer studies with some opportunity to begin to apply them. Considers the ethical dilemmas and political implications embedded in research projects.


id: WGSS302
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Feminist, Critical Race, and Queer Theories cross-listed with these.Formerly:WMST302. Introduces students to some of the major concepts in feminist, critical race, and queer theories. It examines the questions: What is theory? What forms does theory take? What is the relationship between theory and practice? What is the role of theory in political and social action? In art? In personal life? What does it mean to do theory?


id: WGSS319F
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Workshops in Gender, Race, and Queer Studies; Fandom As a source of shared feeling, creative community, and collective action, fandom is a significant force in culture and politics. This course will explore the varied and ambiguous intersections of fandom with race,gender, and sexuality, centering on the contemporary US media landscape and how we arrived here. Students particular fandom interests will shapethe course of our collective study as well as providing material for research and creative projects.


id: WGSS336
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Psychology of Women Formerly:WMST336. A study of the biology, life span development, socialization, personality, mental health, and special issues of women.


id: WGSS358
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Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship Repeatable to 9 credits.Students work under the supervision of a faculty mentor to assist with an undergraduate LGBT or WMST course while also becoming conversant in feminist, critical race, and queer pedagogical debates and approaches.


id: WGSS378
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Undergraduate Research and Creative Works Assistantship Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs. Formerly: WMST378.


id: WGSS379J
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Topics in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Black Women in Twentieth Century America Cross-listed with HIST319X, AMST498D, 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: WGSS488C
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Senior Seminar; Tenderness in Black Expressive Culture Restricted to WGSS undergraduate students. Cross-listed with AAAS498K. Credit granted for WGSS488C or AAAS498K.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; listento Black music, podcasts, and interviews; and watch documentary, film, and music videos. Questions to explore include, what is tenderness? Whatis affect theory s relationship to gender, race, and sexuality? Whatqualities of Black/queer life come into focus when artists subvert assumptions of their (in)capacity? What do they risk when uncommon formsof tenderness resist racial/gender norms and deviate from what is deemed respectable?


id: WGSS497
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Professional Development Formerly:WMST497. To assist students in thinking about the next step post-undergraduate degree and to think long term about the importance of their WMST degree in lifelong career, personal, and political development. This course will provide students an opportunity to reflect upon where they are going beyond the B.A. and develop ways to communicate how their coursework and experiences at UMD have prepared them for the next step. The course will focus on the practicalities of resume writing, internship or job searches, etc. but also on the specific challenges/opportunities of translating interdisciplinary training to professional internship or beyond-the B.A. sites. Students may take this course in preparation for their internship (working to select an appropriate internship that can translate well to post-undergraduate aspirations) or they may take it post-internship as they determine their post-graduation steps.


id: WGSS498A
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Advanced Special Topics in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Community Interventions: Domestic Violence I Restricted to Psychology or Women Studies majors only. Cross-listing with WGSS498A. Credit only granted for PSYC318D, WGSS498A, or WMST498A.Theories and researchrelated to domestic violence and interventions with abused womenwill bestudied, and students will think critically regarding ethical andmulticultural issues related to domestic violence. Community resources  and strategies for ending domestic violence in the United States will be discussed.


id: WGSS498D
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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: WGSS498E
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Advanced Special Topics in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Gender and Difference in the Arab World Cross-listed with ARAB499D. Credit will be only granted for WGSS498E and ARAB499D.


id: WGSS498I
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Advanced Special Topics in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Asian American Women and Gender Cross-listed with AAST424. Credit only granted for AAST498G, AAST422, or WGSS498I.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: WGSS498Y
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Advanced Special Topics in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Dickinson, Erotics, Poetics, Biopics: Some (Queer) Ways We Read Poetry Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs. Also offered as ENGL439D, LGBT448Y and WGSS498Y. Credit granted for ENGL439D, LGBT448Y, WGSS498Y or WMST498Y.


id: WGSS601
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Theoretical Foundations in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Formerly:WMST601. Examines fundamental concepts in the interdisciplinary field of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Engages intersectionality as a critical analytic and set of responses to structural power and domination. Provides students with a theoretical foundation for understanding gender, race, and sexuality as analytic categories operating in transnational and global contexts and intersecting with other categories of difference.


id: WGSS698D
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Special Topics in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Cross-listed with PERS498M, PERS689M, CMLT679D, HIST419C, RELS429B, WGSS498D and WGSS698D. Credit only granted for PERS498M, PERS689M, CMLT679D, HIST419C, RELS429B, WGSS498D or WGSS698D.


id: XPER444
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Xperiment II: Bringing Your Idea to Life Additional information:For more information on Xperiment, visit: xfoundry.umd.edu/programs/xperience/xperiment. Students will work in teams to design, develop, and iterate on solutions for the grand challenge problem. This course aims to equip students with the strategic skills essential for the successful design and implementation of effective solutions. They will explore methodologies for validating the feasibility and viability of proposed solutions, with a strong emphasis on conducting thorough customer feedback analysis to refine and validate product concepts. By the end of this course, students will have a working and tested prototype of their solution, showcasing their applied knowledge and practical skills in addressing complex challenges. This is the second course in xFoundry's signature academic program.


id: AAAS100
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Introduction to African American and Africana Studies Formerly:AASP100. Significant aspects of the history of African Americans with particular emphasis on the evolution and development of black communities from slavery to the present. Interdisciplinary introduction to social, political, legal and economic roots of contemporary problems faced by blacks in the United States with applications to the lives of other racial and ethnic minorities in the Americas and in other societies.


id: AAAS101
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Public Policy and the Black Community Formerly:AASP101. The impact of public policies on the Black community and the role of the policy process in affecting the social, economic and political well-being of minorities. Particular attention given to the post-1960 to present era.


id: AAAS187
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The New Jim Crow: African-Americans, Mass Incarceration and the Prison Industrial Complex Recommended:AASP100.Formerly:AASP187. Students will examine the birth of the racial caste system following the abolition of slavery, the parallels between the racial hierarchy of the Jim Crow system and contemporary mass incarceration, and the rise of the prison industrial complex as a multi-billon business which thrives on the oppression of low-income populations and poor communities of color.


id: AAAS200
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African Civilization Formerly:AASP200. A survey of African civilizations from 4500 B.C. to present. Analysis of traditional social systems. Discussion of the impact of European colonization on these civilizations. Analysis of the influence of traditional African social systems on modern African institutions as well as discussion of contemporary processes of Africanization.


id: AAAS202
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Black Culture in the United States Formerly:AASP202. The course examines important aspects of African American life and thought which are reflected in African American literature, drama, music and art. Beginning with the cultural heritage of slavery, the course surveys the changing modes of Black creative expression from the 19th-century to the present.


id: AAAS211
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Get Out: The Sunken Place of Race Relations in the Post-Racial Era Formerly:AASP211. Prevailing thought suggests that we live in an era that is post-racial, particularly after the election of Barack Obama. Media often serves to drive our assessment of where our nation stands on issues like race, gender and sexuality. This course uses the film Get Out to delve into the production, evolution and significance of race in present day America. The course will engage multiple forms of media to investigate life in "Post-Racial" America, including but not limited to the role of stereotypes, interracial relationships, police-community relations, etc.


id: AAAS230
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Social (In)Justice and African-American Health and Well-Being Formerly:AASP230. African Americans suffer worse outcomes than non-Hispanic whites on nearly every health measure and outcomes that link to overall well-being like depressive symptoms or homicides. Health disparities are experienced by other underrepresented minority groups, but because of the unique historic and current experiences of African Americans, the determinants and solutions to African American health disparities are unique. The premise of this course is that African American health disparities are due to social injustices perpetuated on the institutional level that have permeated the lived experiences of African Americans leading to racial disparities in health and well-being. As such, the solutions on the both policy, and community, level must have a social justice approach.


id: AAAS234
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African-American Literature and Culture An exploration of the stories black authors tell about themselves, their communities, and the nation as informed by time and place, gender, sexuality, and class. African American perspective themes such as art, childhood, sexuality, marriage, alienation and mortality, as well as representations of slavery, Reconstruction, racial violence and the Nadir, legalized racism and segregation, black patriotism and black ex-patriots, the optimism of integration, and the prospects of a post-racial America.


id: AAAS310
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African Slave Trade Formerly:AASP310. The relationship of the slave trade of Africans to the development of British capitalism and its industrial revolution; and to the economic and social development of the Americas.


id: AAAS320
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Poverty and African American Children Formerly:AASP298P. The United States has high levels of child poverty compared to other industrialized nations. Poverty rates are particularly high among African American children. This course focuses on how poverty and race intersect to influence the development of children and youth. Specific topics that we will consider include definitions of poverty, theories about the causes of poverty, racial disparities in child poverty, family functioning in the context of poverty, neighborhood influences, risk and protective processes, and social policies and programs designed to mitigate the impact of poverty.


id: AAAS397
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Senior Thesis Formerly:AASP397. Directed research in African American Studies resulting in the completion and defense of a senior thesis.


id: AAAS398B
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Selected Topics in the African Diaspora; Black Immigrants: Challenges and Impacts How does immigration affect Black communities in the United States? How are foreign Blacks affected by living in the United States? Students will learn about: US history of immigration policy; pull and push factors driving Black migration; comparisons in socioeconomic outcomes between foreign and native Blacks; and differences between 1st and 2nd generation Black immigrants.


id: AAAS398D
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Selected Topics in the African Diaspora Cross-listed with HIST338K. Credit will be only granted for AAAS398D or HIST338K.


id: AAAS398W
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Selected Topics in the African Diaspora; Menace 2 Society: Structural Racism in Nihilistic Urban     and Brown Films 


id: AAAS400
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Directed Readings in African American and Africana Studies Formerly:AASP400. The readings will be directed by the faculty of African American Studies. Topics to be covered will be chosen to meet the needs and interests of individual students.


id: AAAS415
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"Through The Wire": The Politics and Policies of a Chocolate City Recommended:AAAS101 or AAAS100. We will use the HBO television series, The Wire, as a thread to integrate topics that form the basis of a thorough understanding of urban politics. Each week will have a different thematic focus - i.e., community development, inequality, crime, incarceration, policing, labor, education, and racial relations - and will couple scholarly work with in-class discussions to examine the social and political dynamics that emerge in the series. All of the assignments work together to expose students to social science, how social science is conducted, and how political science can help us better understand the world around us.


id: AAAS498D
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Special Topics in Black Culture; 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: AAAS498K
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Special Topics in Black Culture; Tenderness in Black Expressive Culture Cross-listed with WGSS488C. Credit granted for WGSS488C or AAAS498K.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; listento Black music, podcasts, and interviews; and watch documentary, film, and music videos. Questions to explore include, what is tenderness? Whatis affect theory s relationship to gender, race, and sexuality? Whatqualities of Black/queer life come into focus when artists subvert assumptions of their (in)capacity? What do they risk when uncommon formsof tenderness resist racial/gender norms and deviate from what is deemed respectable?


id: AAAS498Y
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Special Topics in Black Culture; Black Queer Studies Black Queer Studies is an intersectional and interdisciplinary approach to LGBTQ+ Studies and Black Studies. In this course, we will center Blackness to meditate upon the overlapping and interwoven categories of race, gender, and sexuality with the goal of decoupling whiteness from LGBTQ+ studies and decoupling heterosexuality from Black studies. We will look at texts from the humanities and social sciences as well literature and film in order to trace topical trajectories of Black queer thought. We will explore the meaning of queerness in relation to blackness, touch upon moments in black queer history, analyze questions of black queer representation and erasure, and press upon hot button topics such as queer identity and the black church, African and global queer and trans identities, Blackness and homophobia, white LGBTQ+ racism, and Black queer pleasure. Throughout we will consider how Black queer liberation can and has provided tools and a guide for our collective liberation.


id: AAAS499N
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Advanced Topics in Public Policy and the Black Community; Media Coverage of Diversity Cross-listed with JOUR453. Credit only granted for JOUR453 or AAAS499N.Analysis of media coverage of issues relating to diversity in the United States, with special attention to race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation and religious affiliation.


id: ARCH170
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Design Thinking and Architecture Examines conceptual, perceptual, behavioral, and technical aspects of the built environment, and methods of analysis, problem-solving, and design implementation.


id: ARCH171
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Design Thinking and Making in Architecture Examines iterative design processes and critical thinking skills through active learning and design thinking methodologies to solve problems and apply design as a lens of inquiry and exploration. Students will understand Design Thinking through interactive and experiential learning.


id: ARCH201
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Elements and Principles of Architecture Survey of fundamental elements and principals of architecture and architectural education.  Frames study of architecture as a profession, discipline and critical practice.


id: ARCH226
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History of World Architecture II Post-1500 - History of Architecture survey course - History of Architecture structured to develop critical thinking and visually literacy with regard to the worldwide legacy of design thinking and building innovation in architecture


id: ARCH270
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Design in Practice Case studies and hands-on design projects ranging in scale from a product to a building to give students insight into the process by which architects work both individually and collaboratively to put disciplinary knowledge and expertise into practice to shape our built environment.


id: ARCH300
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Design Media and Representation II Study of architectural representation in physical and digital design media. Examine visual communications and speculative visual studies through applied drawing, modeling and making to explore expanded roles of representation in design and design thinking.


id: ARCH350
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Intro to Creative Placemaking: Practices & Principles Formerly:ARCH458.Additional information:Priority will be given to students in the Creative Placemaking Minor or interested in the minor. Course may include off-campus field trips. This case-study based seminar introduces students to Creative Placemaking as a practice that leverages the power of the arts, culture, and design to support equitable, vibrant, and sustainable communities. Students analyze Creative Placemaking initiatives that elevate our shared humanity and address critical challenges, such as conversations about racial injustice, inequitable development, climate change or celebrations of the diverse communities and cultures around us. Such projects enable us to consider and imagine ethical development practices, especially in underserved and historically marginalized neighborhoods. Based on participation in creative placemaking and presentations from practitioners, they will capture the ways that artists and designers in partnership with local culture bearers and knowledge keepers can play a vital role in shaping, keeping, and making meaningful places.


id: ARCH401
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Architecture Design Studio II S.) program. Continuation of ARCH 400 with introduction to building typology, urban and contextual issues, design of the vertical surface, and architectural interiors.


id: ARCH403
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Architecture Design Studio IV S.) program. Investigations into the relationship between the man-made and the natural world including introductory issues of assembly and material value. Design of the site and the building are combined into an integral process delimiting and probing the boundaries of each and exploring their reciprocal relationship. The architect's obligations to the natural and urban contexts are explored in many dimensions including historical, typological, environmental, and physical.


id: ARCH404
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Graduate Architecture Design Studio I Recommended:For 3 1/2 year graduate students only. Introduction to architectural design with particular emphasis on conventions and principles of architecture , visual and verbal communication skills, formal analysis, design process, spatial composition, architectural promenade, basic program distribution, and elementary constructional and environmental responses. Offered fall only.


id: ARCH406
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Graduate Architecture Design Studio III Investigations into the relationship between the man-made and the natural world including introductory issues of assembly and material value. Design of the site and the building are combined into an integral process delimiting and probing the boundaries of each and exploring their reciprocal relationship. The architect's obligations to the natural and urban contexts are explored in many dimensions including historical, typological, environmental, and physical.


id: ARCH418J
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Selected Topics in Architectural Technology; Artificial Intelligence and Architecture: Background, Applications, and the Design Process 


id: ARCH426
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History of Architecture II Additional information:Graduate architecture history course requires additional recitation section and additional coursework tied to survey lectures. Post-1500 - History of Architecture survey course - History of Architecture structured to develop critical thinking and visually literacy with regard to the worldwide legacy of design thinking and building innovation in architecture. Structured to nurture critical thinking and visually literacy with regard to the worldwide legacy of architecture. The work in the course will involve the evaluation of sources and arguments in reading architectural history. Architecture will be framed relative to ways of thinking, religious beliefs, cultural heritage, and cultural values.


id: ARCH428K
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Selected Topics in Architectural History; Cities of the Early Modern Mediterranean (1450-1750) The Mediterranean Sea forms a framework for exploring architecture and cities in the early modern period, focusing mainly on the 16th century and examining key cities such as Venice, Istanbul, Rome, Aleppo, Seville, Granada, with the aim of discovering parallels and contrasts between urban form, architecture, and society under Christian and Islamic rule. Themes include religious complexes as urban design, sociallife and public space, trade and commerce, building practices and cultures, and the impact of disaster (war, epidemics, earthquakes, fire)on urban form. Wider global connections such as the intertwined histories of coffee, sugar, and slaves will be considered. Students will learn different approaches to studying cities and architecture, along with methods for analyzing them in cross-cultural context through a mix of lectures, workshops, and discussions. Sustained attendance and engagement required.


id: ARCH430
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Measuring Sustainability in Architecture Studies metrics of sustainability as included in rating standards, including LEED. All students will take the LEED GA test.


id: ARCH443
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Visual Communication For Architects ARCH program. Investigation of the relationship between drawing from life and architectural drawing, the conventions of architectural drawing and the role of architectural drawing as a means to develop, communicate, and generate architectural ideas.


id: ARCH460
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Site Analysis and Design Principles and methods of site analysis; the influence of natural and man-made site factors on site design and architectural form.


id: ARCH462
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Methods & Materials of Building Construction Building Construction methods and materials are examined through case studies to explore the means and techniques applied to the material execution of buildings and BIM. Focus on an understanding of the organization of the design and construction process and awareness of building and zoning codes, material systems and types.


id: ARCH464
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Architectural Structures I Corequisite:ARCH401 or ARCH406.Architecture Program. This course covers the basic principles of architectural structures, including the influence of geometric, sectional, and material properties related to flexure and shear in beam and framed systems; vector mechanics with application to analysis of trusses, catenaries, and arches; diagrammatic analysis of beams for bending moment, shear, and deflection as well as the study of structural framing systems for vertical and lateral loads.


id: ARCH466
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Environmental Systems in Architecture Corequisite:ARCH403 or ARCH406. Architecture Program. Environmental systems in architecture presents the theory, quantification, and architectural design implications for heating ventilating and air conditioning, water and waste, fire protection, electricity, illumination, acoustics, and vertical transportation.


id: ARCH468G
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Selected Topics in Architecture; Building Craft & The Architectural Detail This advanced seminar explores the role of building craft and architectural detail in contemporary design through lectures, readings, and seminar discussions. Students will engage in visual analysis, case studies, and research presentations, supported by texts from Ford, Frampton, and Cadwell. Field trips and guest lectures by leading practitioners will offer real-world insight into the making of finely crafted architecture.


id: ARCH470
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Computer Applications in Architecture Introduction to computer utilization, with emphasis on architectural applications.


id: ARCH472
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Building Information Modeling Communication and Collaboration Building Information Modeling is explored as pertains to collaboration and communication in the design and construction of buildings and building systems. Practical and empirical learning using BIM software and case studies of real world projects and construction scenarios.


id: ARCH478J
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Selected Topics in Architecture; Adaptation This seminar investigates adaptation as both philosophy and practice. It explores adaptive processes at various scales (materials, buildings, cities, landscapes) and of various types (reuse, reframing, addition/subtraction, infill, preservation, recovery, erasure). Topics include memory and the artifact; building as palimpsest; obsolescence and renewal; adaptation and sustainability; new architecture in historic contexts; urban/suburban retrofits; and recovered landscapes. Students delve into case studies and theoretical writings, as well as the practical aspects of engaging in adaptive reuse and renovation. Involving close reading and discussion of complex texts, lectures, workshops, and individual and group research, this course requires sustained attendance and engagement.


id: ARCH478Z
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Selected Topics in Architecture; Environmental Psychology Focuses on the role of design in human behavior, exploring people-place relationships centered on human physical, physiological, psychological, sociological, and intellectual responses to elements of the built environment.


id: ARCH600
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Integrated Design Studio V Corequisite:ARCH611. Integrated and comprehensive building and site design. Course content bridges the gap between design and technology, between practice and education, in a studio setting. Explorations include the integration of conceptual and technical aspects of architectural form and assembly, highlighting the ways in which multiple layers of a building design are developed, coordinated and resolved.


id: ARCH611
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Advanced Architecture Technology Seminar Corequisite:ARCH600. Technology in design of buildings. Application of technological issues in building design; integration of technology in architecture; technology as a form determinant in architecture; other conceptual and philosophical issues related to the application of technology in the design, construction, and use of buildings.


id: ARCH655
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Urban Design Seminar Advanced investigation into problems of analysis and evaluation of the design of urban areas, spaces, and complexes with emphasis on physical and social considerations; effects of public policies through case studies. Field observations.


id: ARCH668G
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Advanced Selected Topics in Architecture; Building Craft & The Architectural Detail This advanced seminar explores the role of building craft and architectural detail in contemporary design through lectures, readings, and seminar discussions. Students will engage in visual analysis, case studies, and research presentations, supported by texts from Ford, Frampton, and Cadwell. Field trips and guest lectures by leading practitioners will offer real-world insight into the making of finely crafted architecture.


id: ARCH678J
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Advanced Selected Topics in Architecture; Adaptation This seminar investigates adaptation as both philosophy and practice. It explores adaptive processes at various scales (materials, buildings, cities, landscapes) and of various types (reuse, reframing, addition/subtraction, infill, preservation, recovery, erasure). Topics include memory and the artifact; building as palimpsest; obsolescence and renewal; adaptation and sustainability; new architecture in historic contexts; urban/suburban retrofits; and recovered landscapes. Students delve into case studies and theoretical writings, as well as the practical aspects of engaging in adaptive reuse and renovation. Involving close reading and discussion of complex texts, lectures, workshops, and individual and group research, this course requires sustained attendance and engagement.


id: ARCH678Z
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Advanced Selected Topics in Architecture; Environmental Psychology Focuses on the role of design in human behavior, exploring people-place relationships centered on human physical, physiological, psychological, sociological, and intellectual responses to elements of the built environment.


id: ARCH700
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Urban Design Studio VII Studio problems and theories concentrating on urbanism and urban design techniques. Issues and sites range from high density urban in-fill to suburban and greenfield development in American and other contexts. Studio theories explore such topics as Contextualism, Neo-Traditional design, Transit-Oriented Development, density, sustainable development building typology, and street design.


id: ARCH770
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Professional Practice of Architecture Project management, organizational, legal, economic and ethical aspects of architecture.


id: ARHU158D
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Explorations in Arts and Humanities; Mapping Biographies of the Enslaved in America Restricted to first semester first year students in the College of Arts and Humanities.This course engages students in first-hand archival, historical, and digital work on the history of enslavement in America so that we might better understand its long-reaching effects. Students will work with public databases and biographical materials in an effort to recover what we can of the histories of the enslaved and the industries of enslavement. Though this course takes a broad approach to American slavery, we will also pay special attention to the history of slavery in Maryland.


id: ARHU158I
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Explorations in Arts and Humanities; How to Panic Productively Restricted to first semester first year students in the College of Arts and Humanities.Does it sometimes feel like the world is falling apart? With a variety of crises facing humanity, it can be easy to give in to existential dread. In this course, we will seek to uncover ways to embrace panic as a productive exercise in humanizing. Drawing from disciplines such as ethics, philosophy, history, and politics, we will explore ways to existin the liminal space between fear and action and consider how to channel feelings of panic or despair in a way that allows us to build a more humane society together.


id: ARHU158K
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Explorations in Arts and Humanities; From Parasite to Mutualist: Redesigning Human Relations with Earth Restricted to first semester first year students in the College of Arts and Humanities.How can human societies shift from parasitic to mutualistic environmental behaviors? This interdisciplinary course examines paths to solve our great challenges: climate change and habitat degradation caused by fossil fuels and rampant consumer culture. Themes include evolutionary mutualism, group selection, permaculture, Indigenous knowledge, post-petroculture, closed loops, and zero waste. These mutualisms reveal how humanist subjects like identity, culture, narrative, and environmental injustice affect our relationship with Earth. Creative assignments and guest speakers will inform in-depth projects that redesign parasitisms to be mutualisms in green infrastructure, sustainable agriculture, greenwashing, environmental psychology and sociology, and creative "righting."


id: ARHU158M
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Explorations in Arts and Humanities; Theatre as a Tool for Societal Transformation Restricted to first semester first year students in the College of Arts and Humanities.Because theatre is a live, character-driven art form, it is uniquely situated to encourage audience members and collaborators to put themselves in someone else's shoes and empathetically engage with different backgrounds and perspectives. Theatre can be a powerful tool to wrestle with the great societal and political challenges of our times, and pave the way for societal transformation. Through field trips to see productions at DC-area professional theatres, guest artist visits, play analysis and creative projects, students will gain firsthand knowledge of the creative roles in theatre, including the contributions and processes of a director, designer, actor, and playwright.


id: ARHU158N
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Explorations in Arts and Humanities; The Art of Public Health Restricted to first semester first year students in the College of Arts and Humanities.Artists explore and document public health disparities by collectively creating a multiverse of expression. Public health offers a technical framework to address the challenges faced in the United States and beyond. Artists, over the ages, have expanded our understanding of health inequities through advocacy and giving voice to the experiences of marginalized communities. Through literature, film, music and visual art, students will explore the power and essentiality of the humanities in public health.


id: ARHU158R
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Explorations in Arts and Humanities; We Are the World: The Arts and Humanities of a Single Song Restricted to first semester first year students in the College of Arts and Humanities.We will explore the cultural, artistic, and humanitarian significance of  the 1985 charity single "We Are the World." Written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and performed by an unprecedented ensemble of major American artists, the song served as a powerful artistic response to the Ethiopian famine. We will situate "We Are the World" within broader conversations about celebrity activism, media spectacle, and the role of the arts in global humanitarian efforts. Students will consider how the song reflects the political and cultural climate of the 1980s, especially in relation to race, power, and global inequality. Drawing from disciplines such as musicology, history, cultural studies, literature, foreign policy, and ethics, the class invites students to think critically abouthow popular culture can inspire collective action and social awareness.


id: ARHU158W
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Explorations in Arts and Humanities; Language and Antiracism Restricted to first semester first year students in the College of Arts and Humanities.This sociolinguistics seminar is addressed to incoming ARHU majors, particularly those seeking a degree that will allow them to teach any language (including both L1 and L2) at any educational level. It is anchored in a critical interdisciplinary approach -- sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, Hispanic applied linguistics, linguistic anthropology, sociology, social psychology, race studies, Latinx studies, language acquisition, education, Hip-Hop studies -- that emphasizes the social, political and ideological dimensions of language. Its objective is to raise linguistic awareness through the implementation of antiracist language teaching methods in the language classroom.


id: ARHU240
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Arts Organizations and Audiences in the United States Formerly:TDPS258C. An introduction to the history and role of arts organizations in the U.S., as well as the respective audiences and populations they serve. This grounding allows artists and emerging administrators to understand the events and questions that have shaped the field, and develop strategies for advancing sustainable arts organizations in the future.


id: ARHU275
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Writing for the Stage and Screen: An Introductory Workshop Introduction to the theory and practice of scriptwriting with an opportunity to read, view, evaluate, write, and revise texts meant to be performed. Students will practice writing for the stage, film, and television and also examine selected scripts, performances, and film and television clips as models for their own creative work. Students will complete frequent writing exercises, participate in workshops, and learn to apply scholarship to the analysis and critique of scripts.


id: ARHU286
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Experiential Learning Designed for students who are in their first semester at the University of Maryland and/or students who wish to complete legislative internships, some start-up internships and some remote internships. All students must be enrolled in an ARHU major or minor and the internship must be in one of the academic fields covered within the College of Arts and Humanities. In addition to completing their required hours on site, students will be required to attend three bi-weekly seminars at the beginning of the semester to help develop their para-professional goals and understandings.


id: ARHU300
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Writers' House Colloquium: Welcome to Writers' House; Writing Your Manifesto Welcomes new students into Jimenez-Porter Writers' House, a literary center for the study of creative writing across cultures and languages, and helps them to understand, develop and write their own artist statement (aka Artist Manifesto). Students will explore the creative and intellectual traditions of our community, their craft and future careers, understand what these traditions are, how they have evolved over time and place, and why they matter. Emphasis will be placed on community building, engagement and participation, with presentations from the editorial staff of Stylus, executive board of Terpoets, Novelist Support Group as well as other professional development opportunities.


id: ARHU309
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Writers' House Colloquium: Creative Writing in Community Restricted to Jimenez-Porter Writers' House students.


id: ARHU319D
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Writers' House Second Year Colloquium: Form and Theory of Creative Writing; Exploring the Contemporary Revolution in Poetic Practice Restricted to Jimenez-Porter Writers' House students.


id: ARHU338
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Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship in a Living Learning Program Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.Offers exceptional students the opportunity to work closely with a faculty member and gain valuable experience. ARHU Living learning program UTAs also serve as peer mentors and program leaders. They assist with course planning, research, and student advising (as appropriate). We are also allowing for variable credit (1-3 cr hrs).


id: ARHU340
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Arts Entrepreneurship and the Creative Profession Recommended:ARHU240. Introduces students to arts entrepreneurship in preparation for diverse and ever-changing careers in the creative fields. Students will practice and develop their entrepreneurial mindsets and learn about different frameworks for audience engagement. Topics include financial management, revenue development, business planning, and the "need-to-knows" of the gig economy. Throughout the semester, students will have the opportunity to learn from a variety of entrepreneurs in the arts and to evaluate their future career paths.


id: ARHU358
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Becoming Worldwise and Worldready: Finding Success in College and Life Repeatable to 3 credits if content differs.Designed to help students navigate the various resources that exist at a large, Research 1 university like the University of Maryland. The course focus is helping them better understand the groundwork needed to transition successfully from underclassman to upperclassman, from an outside major into ARHU or from an external school to UMD, and ultimately from college into life post-graduation.


id: ARHU375
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The TV Writers Room Screenwriting for Television and Video Additional information:Priority in enrollment will be given to students participating in the Jimenez-Porter Writers' House and Cinema & Media Studies programs. Students engage with the theory and practice of screenwriting for television and video. Students read and watch teleplays designed to teach advantages of the television format. Students apply what they learn to prepare frequent writing exercises, share and provide feedback for peers scripts in a workshop format, and work together as a Writers Room to prepare an original pilot episode.


id: ARHU376
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Writing the Feature Film Examines the creative process of developing and writing a feature-length screenplay. Students will experience a collaborative workshop environment, researching stories, pitching feature film ideas, creating a logline, developing a detailed beat sheet and, ultimately, writing a complete first draft of the screenplay.


id: ARHU441
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Arts Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice Recommended:ARHU440 or TDPS440.Jointly offered with:ARHU640, TDPS640.Formerly:TDPS458E. Establishes arts entrepreneurship as a unique discipline with the goal of connecting creative initiatives (products, artforms, and programs) to audiences, resources, and communities. Introduces students to the ways in which creative initiatives both create value and offer solutions to social, political, environmental, and cultural issues. Students will develop artist impact statements and identify different contexts and ways to apply their talents and creative initiatives in society.


id: ARHU458
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Graduate School Preparation Repeatable to 3 credits if content differs.Designed for Juniors and Seniors who are interested in applying to graduate school. Topics include skills needed for the graduate school search and application process, evaluation and reflection of application materials, preparation for GRE exam, and exploration into career options after graduate school. Focus on the Humanities fields.


id: ARHU468A
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Peer Mentoring Program; Arts and Humanities' Ambassador Program Restricted to current ARHU students who will serve as ambassadors for the College of Arts and Humanities.


id: ARHU486
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Internship Practicum in Arts and Humanities An internship intended for students who have already completed an internship for credit. ARHU486 must be a different experience from the internship students have already taken for credit. Generally students intern with a different company, but they may continue working for the same company if the job is significantly different. See ARHU internship coordinator for details.


id: ARHU640
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Arts Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice Formerly:THET669U. Establishes arts entrepreneurship as a unique discipline with the goal of connecting creative initiatives (products, artforms, and programs) to audiences, resources, and communities. Introduces students to the ways in which creative initiatives both create value and offer solutions to social, political, environmental, and cultural issues. Students will develop artist impact statements and identify different contexts and ways to apply their talents and creative initiatives in society.


id: BCHM461
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Biochemistry I First semester of a comprehensive introduction to modern biochemistry. Structure, chemical properties, and function of proteins and enzymes, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids. Basic enzyme kinetics and catalytic mechanisms.


id: BCHM462
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Biochemistry II A continuation of BCHM 461. Metabolic pathways and metabolic regulation, energy transduction in biological systems, enzyme catalytic mechanisms.


id: BCHM463
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Biochemistry of Physiology A one-semester introduction to general biochemistry. A study of protein structure, enzyme catalysis, metabolism, and metabolic regulation with respect to their relationship to physiology.


id: BCHM464
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Biochemistry Laboratory Corequisite:BCHM465. Biochemical and genetic methods for studying protein function. Site-directed mutagenesis and molecular cloning, protein purification, enzyme activity assays, computer modeling of protein structure.


id: BCHM465
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Biochemistry III Recommended:BCHM462. CORE Capstone (CS) Course. An advanced course in biochemistry. Biochemical approach to cellular information processing. DNA and RNA structure. DNA replication, transcription, and repair. Translation of mRNA to make proteins.


id: BCHM477
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Biomolecular Measurement and Data Analysis Covers a range of classic and modern biochemical assays and techniques as well as introducing data science approaches to "omics" data. Upon successful completion of this course, students should have the necessary preparation and experience to collaborate productively with research scientists in industrial, clinical or academic contexts.


id: BCHM661
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Nucleic Acids I Topics covered: Chemistry and structure of DNA and RNA, from nucleotides to chromatin, chromosomes, and genomes, and some methods for studying, synthesizing, sequencing and manipulating nucleic acids. Rudimentary genomics and bioinformatics. DNA Biology: selected aspects of the biochemistry and regulation of DNA replication, repair, and recombination, and how these processes interact with each other.


id: BCHM662
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Nucleic Acids II Topics covered: Interactions between nucleic acids and ligands such as cations, drugs, and especially proteins. Sources of binding affinity and specificity. Selection-amplification methods. Description of several classes of protein-nucleic acids complexes. DNA/RNA catalysis, the origin of life, mobile genetic elements.


id: BCHM669E
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Special Topics in Biochemistry; Biomolecular NMR: Theory and Applications Introduction to modern biomolecular NMR and its applications to biological systems, including determination of the structure and dynamics of biomacromolecules and characterization of macromolecular interactions. The course covers fundamentals of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), including vector models, quantum-mechanical treatment, spin density operator approach and product operator formalism. The students will learn NMR pulse sequence design (including product operator formalism), principles of multidimensional NMR, methods for protein signal assignmentand structure calculation, studies of protein-ligand interactions, and NMR approaches to protein dynamics.


id: BCHM671
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Protein Chemistry and Enzymic Catalysis Principles of protein structure, folding, and function, experimental characterization of structure, active sites, enzyme mechanisms and kinetics.


id: BIOE120
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Biology for Engineers Introduction to the functions and interactions of biological systems from a quantitative perspective. Introduction to the modern experimental techniques and methods of data analysis. Roles for bioengineers in biology, and the role of biology in bioengineering will be elucidated.


id: BIOE121
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Biology for Engineers Laboratory Bioengineering encompasses numerous sub-disciplines that apply engineering principles to analyze biological systems and that utilize engineering design strategies to solve biological and biomedical problems. This course is aimed at providing students with the opportunity to learn how biology and engineering can synergistically contribute to our understanding of such problems, and to gain hands-on experience in basic techniques relevant to Bioengineering.


id: BIOE221
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Academic and Career Planning Provides practical tools to help Bioengineering majors think critically about their goals and career paths. Guides Bioengineering students through accessing useful resources both on- and off-campus.


id: BIOE232
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Bioengineering Thermodynamics A quantitative introduction to thermodynamic analysis of bioengineering systems. Bioengineering encompasses a wide range of applications from nanoscale interactions (e.g. reactions between molecules), to cellular interactions (e.g. membrane electrical currents), to overall balances on organisms, all the way to large scale manufacturing. Each of these applications (and many others not mentioned) involve energy interactions which is the domain of thermodynamics. The basic laws of thermodynamics will be introduced and explained through a series of examples related to bioengineering systems.


id: BIOE241
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Biocomputational Methods Application of computer technology to biological and natural resource systems considering engineering aspects. Designed to help students in the use of computer technology for problem solving. The course will cover 4-5 software packages important for later use by the student.


id: BIOE246
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Differential Equations for Bioengineering Prerequisite:Minimum grade of C- in MATH243 . Students will learn to solve differential equations, including linear first order differential equations, higher order differential equations, and partial differential equations. In addition, students will learn to apply differential equations to concepts in bioengineering.


id: BIOE331
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Biofluids Principles and applications of fluid mechanics with a focus on bioengineering topics. Content includes conservation of mass, momentum, and energy, as well as the application of these fundamental relations to hydrostatics, control volume analysis, internal and external flow, and boundary layers. Applications to biological and bioengineering problems such as tissue engineering, bioprocessing, imaging, and drug delivery.


id: BIOE340
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Modeling Physiological Systems and Lab Topics covered will include cell and general physiology, membrane physiology, blood cells and clotting, circulation, metabolism, respiration, and the nervous system. A lab component will also be included.


id: BIOE371
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Linear Systems and Ordinary Differential Equations for Bioengineering Applications This class utilizes fundamentals in linear systems, including eigenvalues and eigenvectors, as well as linear differential equations, to study various problems in bioengineering and biological systems, with a particular emphasis on feedback, stability, controllability, and control design.


id: BIOE372
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Biostatistics for Experimental Design and Data Analysis Recommended:MATH246. This course will instruct students in the fundamentals of probability and statistics through examples in biological phenomenon, the design of bioengineering experiments, and clinical data analysis.  Fundamentals covered in the course include probability distributions, hypothesis testing, power analysis, regression analysis, and correlation analysis.


id: BIOE389M
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Special Projects in Bioengineering; Research Skills and Professional Development for MARC Scholars The course will provide instruction and opportunities for development in research skills and scientific communication, along with individualized preparation towards graduate school and a career in biomedical research.


id: BIOE411
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Tissue Engineering Or permission of ENGR-Fischell Department of Bioengineering department.Recommended:BSCI330 and BIOE340. A review of the fundamental principles involved in the design of engineered tissues and organs. Both biological and engineering fundamentals will be considered.


id: BIOE413
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Stem Cell Engineering Jointly offered with:BIOE613. Provides an introduction to the role of stem cells in tissue growth and development, the engineering of stem cells and their environments for regenerative medicine applications, and disease modeling. Topics covered will include basic stem cell biology and mechanobiology; experimental methods for growing, differentiating, studying, and characterizing stem cells; stem cell integration into engineered microenvironments (e.g., tissue scaffolds and biomaterials, organ-on-chip devices, 3D-printed biomaterials); stem cell engineering in clinical applications and disease models; and ethical, commercialization, and regulatory issues in the field of stem cell engineering.


id: BIOE420
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Bioimaging Covers the fundamental principles of major biomedical imaging techniques, including X-ray Imaging, Computer Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Ultrasound Imaging, Nuclear Medicine Imaging (SPECT/PET/CT), Optical Coherent Tomography (OCT), and Optical and Hyperspectral Imaging. The course will explore the underlying concepts of imaging system architectures, image reconstruction algorithms, and software implementation. Additionally, it will discuss the clinical interpretation of biomedical images and newer ways to use images for bio-related applications for diagnosis and analysis.


id: BIOE437
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Computer-Aided Design in Bioengineering Formerly:BIOE689V. Introduction to Computer-Aided Design (CAD). Lecture topics will summarize design methodology, review best-practices in hardware development, and discuss engineering applications. The course will culminate in a student-selected project leveraging CAD.


id: BIOE442
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Python: Introduction to Programming and 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: BIOE453
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Biomaterials Examination of the structure and function of natural biomaterials, and cell-extracellular matrix interactions. Study physical properties of synthetic biomaterials for biomedical applications. Understanding molecular level interactions between biomolecules and biomaterials to design novel biomaterials with desirable characteristics. Application of biomaterials as implants, drug delivery systems, biosensors, engineered materials such as artificial skin and bone growth scaffolds will be covered.


id: BIOE457
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Biomedical Electronics & Instrumentation Students learn fundamental concepts of electronics, assembly of electronic components into functional circuits, and integration of functional electronic devices and circuits into a system. In the lab component, students will learn to assemble and evaluate circuits and systems.


id: BIOE461
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Synthetic Biology and Biological Engineering Recommended:Completion of BSCI222 and/or BSCI330 recommended. Students are introduce to the scientific foundation and concepts of synthetic biology and biological engineering. Current examples that apply synthetic biology to fundamental and practical challenges will be emphasized. The course will also address the societal issues of synthetic biology, and briefly examine interests to regulate research in this area.


id: BIOE462
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Therapeutic Development and Delivery Formerly:BIOE489P. The ultimate purpose of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries is the development and delivery of therapeutics. This course covers fundamentals of engineering and the pharmaceutical sciences related to therapeutics, including basic pharmaceutics/drug delivery, pharmacokinetics, biomolecular kinetics, and regulatory issues. Specific focus is placed on biotherapeutics, including antibodies and protein engineering,RNA and DNA therapeutics (gene therapy and RNAi), extracellular vesicle biotechnology (exosomes), and cell-based therapies, including stem cells. The use of delivery technologies to enable therapeutics (e.g. nanomedicine) will also be discussed.


id: BIOE485
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Capstone Design I: Entrepreneurship, Regulatory Issues, and Ethics This is the first part of a two-semester senior capstone design course which covers principles involved in engineering design, design approaches, economics of design, ethics in engineering, and patent regulations. It also helps students learn team work and write design project proposals under the mentorship of a faculty advisor.


id: BIOE488B
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Research Methods in Bioengineering; Biotechnology Prerequisites: BIOE120, BIOE121, and BSCI330. This course prepares students for a broad range of opportunities by delivering a practical, hands-on experience appropriate for a student interested in biotechnology. Students will gain exposure to: recombinant DNA, cell culture, transfection/transformation, and molecular biology assayssuch as: PCR/sequencing, gels/blots, reporter gene expression. This course provides students with a working research laboratory environment experience.


id: BIOE489H
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Special Topics in Bioengineering; Bioengineering Honors Seminar Restricted to students in the BIOE Honors Proram.


id: BIOE602
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Cellular and Tissue Biomechanics Introduction to the fundamentals of biomechanics including force analysis, mechanics of deformable bodies, stress and strain, multiaxial deformations, stress analysis, and viscoelasticity. Biomechanics of soft and hard tissues.


id: BIOE605
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BIOE Graduate Studies I Introduction to the bioengineering graduate program.  Students gain exposure to departmental research through lab rotation and to current research in the field through seminar. Students will also gain preparation and guidance on other first-year academic requirements.


id: BIOE610
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Mathematical Methods in Bioengineering From diffusion problems to light-matter interactions, students will learn basic skills needed to create mathematical models in bioengineering. Students will first be exposed to simplified problems in analytical form, and then more complex problems with the help of computer software programs.


id: BIOE651
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Applied Mathematics in Bioengineering Formerly:BIOE658M. Students will use and learn mathematical concepts that are directly relevant to their career as a bioengineer. They will apply these concepts to various bioengineering applications while also learning industry-relevant analytical software.


id: BIOE658J
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Special Topics in Bioengineering (M.Eng.); Introduction to Programming and Data Analysis using Python Aims to provide an introduction to structured programming, computational  methods, and data analysis techniques, with the goal of equipping students with a foundation that allows them to confidently tackle problems in research and industry. The course begins with basic programming concepts such as data types, operators, logical flow control, debugging, and computational complexity using Python. It then delves into more advanced topics such as dynamic programming, algorithms, and object-oriented programming. Students will also be introduced to effective tools and libraries for data analysis and visualization. Towards the end of the course, there will be an overview of machine learning, artificial intelligence, neural networks, and convolution neural networks, along with some useful libraries and modules.


id: BIOE658K
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Special Topics in Bioengineering (M.Eng.); Applied Computer Vision Prerequisites: BIOE651 and BIOE658J.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: BIOE658R
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Special Topics in Bioengineering (M.Eng.); Regulatory Affairs in Medical Product Development For Master of Engineering students only or with permission of department. Credit will only be granted for ANTH627 or BIOE658R.An introductory course on regulations associated with the development and production of medical devices and pharmaceuticals.


id: BIOE689E
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Special Topics in Bioengineering; Model-Based Public Policy Equivalent of differential equations, experience in coding is preferable.The first part of the class will be dedicated to learning what public policy is, a few case studies will be reviewed. In particular, we will analyze cases where the use of models can be contrasted with public policy without models. The use of different models used in public policy will be discussed. The course will focus on learning agent based modeling (ABM), which has been used in many areas of science, including social and health sciences. Specific examples will be presented and students will create a model for a specific policy need.


id: BIOE689F
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Special Topics in Bioengineering; Spatial Biology: Bioinformatics, Omics, and Technology Restrictions: Permission of the Fischell Department of BioengineeringIntroduction to modern spatial biology methods, beginning with clinical motivations and pathology, moving to the materials, imaging, and chemistries that enable spatial methods, and ending with spatial omics analysis and bioinformatics. This course will cover clinical and engineering background and theory, and practical spatial omics programming and analysis.


id: BMGT110
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Introduction to the Business Value Chain Students are provided with an introduction to the business value chain with an emphasis on inter-organizational and intra-organizational coordination of core business processes. Emphasis is on cross-functional integration and the efficient and effective management of core processes with an emphasis on marketing, operations and supply chain management.


id: BMGT161
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Creative Problem Solving Examines the concept of creative problem solving as it applies in today's and tomorrow's complex business environment. Students will develop an understanding of the creative problem solving process with its distinctive cognitive steps of Divergent Thinking, Emergent Thinking and Convergent Thinking.  Topics include creativity techniques for groups and individuals, creativity as a foundation to recognize business opportunities and develop innovative products and services, selecting ideas and making them stick, mental and organizational obstacles to creativity as well as an overview of electronic tools to increase creative capability.


id: BMGT162
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The Future of You, Business and Society Designed to help you (students) explore the future of you, business, and society. Even as the nature of business (the how) evolves with technology, the purpose of business --to create individual and social prosperity (the why) --remains the same. This course will integrate the "why" and the "how" to prepare students for the future of work. Students will learn the foundational concepts of how to lead themselves with purpose and develop win-win relationships. Students will also learn how organizations solve unmet needs in society, and how they develop and leverage the power of technology and new business practices to create value in a sound and ethical way.


id: BMGT207
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Ethics of Artificial Intelligence What ethical considerations should govern the creation, distribution, and use of artificial intelligence innovations in industry, polity, and society in the future?  New and emerging innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) are disrupting sectors as diverse as healthcare, medicine, finance, operations, supply chain, manufacturing, media and journalism, and the creative industries.  In the near future, the dependence of humans on AI for a myriad of social activities including companionship and care is also expected to accelerate.  This course deals with the question of how we should ensure AI will create ethical economic and social systems that reflect the kind of world we want to live in 20 to 30 years from now. The values and ethics of society will influence and govern how AI can either contribute to humanity or lead to a dystrophic future.


id: BMGT220
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Principles of Accounting I Basic theory and techniques of contemporary financial accounting. Includes the accounting cycle and the preparation of financial statements for single owner and partnership forms of business organizations operating as service companies or merchandisers.


id: BMGT221
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Principles of Accounting II Basic theory and techniques of accounting for managerial decision making. Involves the introduction of the corporation and manufacturing operations. Includes cost-volume-profit analysis and capital budgeting. Introduces the topics of income taxation and international accounting.


id: BMGT230
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Business Statistics Introductory course in probabilistic and statistical concepts including descriptive statistics, set-theoretic development of probability, the properties of discrete and continuous random variables, sampling theory, estimation, hypothesis testing, regression and decision theory and the application of these concepts to problem solving in business and management.


id: BMGT262
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The Enterprising Leader Designed to help students develop their leadership skills in order to identify their personal and professional purpose with an entrepreneurial mindset, and create strategies that will help them develop their abilities and achieve their aspirations by collaborating within teams and organizations.  Students will apply insights from recent scholarship in entrepreneurship, leadership and strategic management to themselves in order to identify solutions to problems they find meaningful to solve in their own world.  This self-discovery course will introduce students to the "CEO of ME, Inc." framework and tools such as the strategic initiatives matrix and business model canvas that they can use to help guide the choices that lie ahead, and develop collaborative, win-win relationships.  In doing so, students will learn how to unlock the value of business in society and develop entrepreneurial and leadership skills that enable personal happiness and upward mobility.


id: BMGT263
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Challenge your Thinking, Challenge the Conversation Provides conceptual frameworks and experiential opportunities that will enable students to engage in rational and respectful discourse.  The course uses the latest pedagogical techniques and relevant literature to develop skills such as thinking like a scientist, negotiating conflict, and giving and receiving constructive feedback.  Specific conversations will draw from current events and issues in business and in society.


id: BMGT289B
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How Do Innovators Think? In this course, students will learn about: a) the innovation process and the role of the individual in generating innovations and b) the attributes, habits, and skills of individuals who have successfully started innovative new businesses or significantly added value to an existing company.


id: BMGT289D
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Frauds, Scams, and Thefts: What, How and Why? "Why" does fraud happen? "How" does society address fraud? And "What" can you do to avoid and prevent fraud in your personal and future career life? This course is designed to give future professionals and managers of all disciplines a general background of fraud. Topics include the psychology of fraud, the mechanics of fraud, the legal landscape, securities fraud, cybercrime, and what all of us should know to protect ourselves from becoming victims of fraud. Additionally, students experience 21st century lessons in fraud examination that have practical application to our daily lives: avoiding cognitive biases, interviewing techniques, basic business controls, and opening our minds to see what others might miss...the red flags of fraud.


id: BMGT289E
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Entrepreneurial Thinking for Non-Business Majors: How Not to Miss Great Opportunities Your Life Throws at You In this course, students learn how to analyze the world around them and then notice and define new trends, emerging problems, impending gaps, and how to turn these into exciting opportunities by providing creative solutions.  Students will have a chance to not only sharpen their critical thinking skills, but also learn how to take initiative, develop a working solution, identify and resolve conflicts, and be confident and persistent, yet flexible enough to respond to changes. Student teams identify a compelling problem in present day life and then propose a creative solution taking into account possible difficulties in implementation.  In addition, students will also be given problems on a much smaller scale and asked to create and present a workable solution. Students will be exposed to how a visionary's mind works and the creative solution process.  In addition, students will also learn how entrepreneurial thinking can improve their day-to-day life.


id: BMGT289I
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Why Good Managers Make Bad Decisions This course provides an overview of the concepts, approaches, and vocabulary of evidence-based management (EBM) and provides an understanding of how experts in many disciplines can employ evidenced based decision making. EBM is an emerging movement in business to explicitly use the current best information in management decision making with special emphasis on relevant scientific findings and unbiased organizational facts. The course stresses how individuals practicing EBM learn how to rethink their approaches to data and knowledge in order to make more effective decisions.


id: BMGT298L
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Special Topics in Business and Management; Start-up Nation? Tech Entrepreneurship in Israel Cross-listed with ISRL249J and ECON298I. Credit only granted for ISRL249J, ECON298I, or BMGT298L.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 addresses the 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.


id: BMGT299D
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Student Initiated Special Topics; Introduction to Practical Financial Literacy This course equips students with essential financial skills to navigate real-world money matters with confidence. Covering budgeting, investing, taxes, credit cards, retirement savings, and more, students will learn how to make informed financial decisions that set them up for long-term success. Through practical exercises and current real-world examples, this course provides a solid foundation in personal finance. No prior financial knowledge is required.


id: BMGT301
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Introduction to Information Systems Smith School of Business.Additional information:CMSC majors will not receive credit for this course towards their upper level concentration in their CMSC major. All BMGT majors, including students who are a double major in CMSC, must complete BMGT301 for their BMGT degree. Comprehensive overview of information systems (IS), which explores the strategic and tactical nature of IS. The basic concepts in analyzing and designing information systems for business applications will be presented. Aspects of data management such as databases, data warehousing, data analysis, and data mining will be analyzed, and the basics of web page and web site design will be outlined. Students will also be introduced to modern information systems infrastructure such as telecommunications, networks, and information systems security. Knowledge of Excel or a similar spreadsheet tool.


id: BMGT302
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Essential Programming Skills for Business Analytics Smith School of Business. Smith School of Business; and must not be in the Computer Science major. The course introduces structured and object-oriented programming and its applications in business functions and analytics. Students will apply problem-solving skills to create software solutions using programming logic and data structures. The course especially emphasizes learning by doing exercises using a modern, high-level programming language and industry standard software.


id: BMGT310
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Intermediate Accounting I Comprehensive analysis of financial accounting topics related to financial statement preparation and external reporting.


id: BMGT313
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Financial Statement Analysis Provides students with the tools to conduct a financial statement analysis, which is part of an overall business analysis. Involves understanding and using the information that financial statements are communicating to users.


id: BMGT321
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Managerial Accounting A study of the basic concepts of product costing and cost analysis for management planning and control. Emphasis is placed on the role of the accountant in organizational management, analysis of cost behavior, standard cost budgeting, responsibility accounting and relevant costs for decision-making.


id: BMGT323
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Taxation of Individuals Federal taxation of individuals focusing on income, exclusions, deductions, depreciation, credits and capital transactions. Property coverage includes the tax consequences of sales and dispositions of investment and business assets. Both tax planning and compliance issues are covered.


id: BMGT332
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Quantitative Models for Management Decisions The aim of this course is to introduce management science techniques for informed decision-making that can be applied in spreadsheet models to assist in the decision-analysis process. Models include Linear Programming, Transportation and Assignment problems, network flow models, Integer and non-linear programming, Simulation and Decision Trees.


id: BMGT340
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Business Finance Topics include: the principles and practices involved in the organization, financing and rehabilitation of business enterprises; the various types of securities and their use in raising funds, apportioning income, risk and control; intercorporate relations; and new developments. Emphasis on solution of problems of financial policy faced by management.


id: BMGT341
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Financial Markets Shows the interconnectedness of the markets. The role of the Central bank and monetary policy is included in this context. Students develop an understanding of: (i) the determination of interest rates; (ii) financial instruments, markets and institutions; (iii) the impact of monetary policy on institutions; and (iv) how financial innovations create markets.


id: BMGT342F
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Wall Street Finance Using concepts and tools of finance, students will examine a wide range of business problems and explore possible solutions. The course is designed to improve a student's problem solving capabilities, business writing and communication skills, teamwork, and planning skills. Students will also gain experience in analyzing issues frequently faced by financial decision-makers.


id: BMGT343
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Investments Additional information:This course cannot be used to fulfill any requirements for majors in Economics. An introduction to financial investments. Topics include: securities and securities markets; investment risks, returns and constraints; portfolio policies; and institutional investment policies.


id: BMGT347
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Quantitative Financial Analysis Formerly:BMGT448G. Introduces students to data science for financial applications using an industry-standard programming language. Students will use tools ranging from regression models to machine learning to investigate questions across a variety of areas within finance including asset management, corporate finance and FinTech. The course will illustrate how big data and data analytics can improve financial decision-making by focusing on problems facing finance professionals.


id: BMGT350
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Marketing Principles and Organization Recommended:ECON200. An introduction to the concepts and principles of marketing including the marketing of service and nonprofit organizations. 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: BMGT351
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Marketing Research Methods Formerly:BMGT452. Focuses on aiding marketing decision-making through exploratory, descriptive and causal research. Develops student skills in designing market research studies, including selection of data collection method, development of data collection instrument, sample design, collection and statistical analysis of data and reporting the results, including data visualization.


id: BMGT354
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Consumer Analysis Formerly:BMGT451. Identifying buyer behavior concepts relevant to a specific marketing problem so that appropriate marketing decisions can be made. Conceptual frameworks are drawn from psychology, sociology, economics, and other social sciences to aid in understanding the behavior of ultimate and industrial buyers.


id: BMGT360
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Strategic Management of Human Capital Provides students with the basic knowledge needed to help organizations attract, select, develop, engage, evaluate, and retain talent. Topics covered may include strategic HRM, the role of globalization, legal issues in HRM, work analysis, HR planning, recruitment, personnel selection, performance management and appraisal, training and development, career development, compensation systems, motivating and rewarding performance, labor relations, and employee health and safety.


id: BMGT362
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Negotiations By using a variety of assessment tools, feedback sources, skill-building exercises, and exercise debriefings, this experiential course is designed to enhance students' negotiating self-confidence and improve students' analytical skills, interpersonal skills, creativity and persuasive abilities.


id: BMGT363
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Leadership and Teamwork in Organizations Provides a comprehensive understanding of fundamental leadership concepts, theories, and skills in organizations and applies to assessing and developing effective leadership practices in organizations.


id: BMGT364
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Managing People and Organizations An introduction to selected aspects of human behavior in organizations generally known as organizational behavior (OB). This course is designed to help students develop systematic and fundamental understanding of people and their behaviors in organizations, as well as useful abilities and skills required to effectively and ethically manage various individual, interpersonal, group, and organization-level processes.


id: BMGT365
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Entrepreneurial Finance and Private Equity Studies venture capital and private equity using a combination of cases, lectures and guest speakers. Addresses how venture capitalists provide capital to start-up firms in growing industries and how private equity markets provide capital to help established medium-sized firms (often family businesses) grow and restructure. Focuses on how financial, legal, and economic issues are dealt with in the financial contracts between venture capitalists and their limited partners and between capitalists (or other private equity investors) and the firms in which they invest.


id: BMGT366
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Growth Strategies for Emerging Companies Offers practical management tools that are needed to build a new venture into a significant enterprise. The competencies, strategies and structures of successful high performance businesses are studied through cases, videos and guest lecturers. Topics include leadership, internal growth strategies, merger, acquisition and franchising.


id: BMGT367
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Career Search Strategies in Business Smith School of Business. An overview and opportunity to practice job search skills critical to obtaining internships and full-time positions. Course will cover strategies for exploring career options, preparing job search materials, development of job search skills such as interviewing and networking. Students are encouraged to take this course in the sophomore or junior year.


id: BMGT370
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Introduction to Transportation An overview of the transportation field with an emphasis on freight movements from the perspective of both providers of capacity and users of freight services. Examines the characteristics of the freight modes and the role of each mode as a major component of logistics and supply chain management. Explores the economics, energy use, and finances of each mode as well as the impact of government policies on each mode's future. Discussion of infrastructure and capacity needs of the transportation system and its ability to support the economy.


id: BMGT372
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Introduction to Logistics and Supply Chain Management Supply chain management involves the coordination of suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers to ensure that products and services are available to the final consumer in a timely and cost-effective fashion. Logistics management is the subset of supply chain management dealing with the physical flows of product and includes such activities as transportation management, warehousing, materials handling, inventory management, and order fulfillment. Attention is paid to the logistics cost trade-offs within the firm and between members of the supply chain.


id: BMGT380
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Business Law I Legal aspects of business relationships. Examination of torts and business crimes, contracts and agency. The law of personal property and bailment relationships. Survey of public policy issues.


id: BMGT382
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Marketing and Innovation for Entrepreneurs Additional information:Course will not satisfy a Marketing major requirement. Marketing and Innovation are two critically important activities that determine success in any business venture. This course will focus on understanding the fundamentals of marketing and innovation from the perspective of an entrepreneur. At a broad level, we will apply proven marketing frameworks (STP and 4Ps) to effectively deliver innovation in an entrepreneurial context.


id: BMGT383
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The Business of Sports An overview of the history of sports management as a profession, while examining the many essential business principles necessary for effective leadership in the industry.


id: BMGT385
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Operations Analytics Designed to equip the student with analytical tools to make capacity, inventory, quality, and other operational decisions in both manufacturing and service business enterprises.  Examines the strategic role the operations function can play and offers techniques that the firm can use for execution using a systems approach.  Analyze operational systems to align supply with demand to maximize value for the organization.  Covers critical operations analytics concepts and models, including process flowcharting, capacity and bottleneck analysis, waiting line management, inventory management, Six Sigma, and Lean.


id: BMGT392
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Introduction to International Business Management A study of the domestic and foreign environmental factors affecting the international operations of U.S. business firms. The course also covers the administrative aspects of international marketing, finance and management.


id: BMGT397
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Mentoring Multidisciplinary Teams QUEST students practice essential skills for mentoring and coaching multidisciplinary teams. These include effective communications, facilitation, conflict resolution, and the ability to motivate. Students will practice these skills as mentors for student teams from BMGT/ENES 190H. In the process, they will strengthen their knowledge of design and quality techniques.


id: BMGT398A
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Individual Study in Business and Management; Internship Restricted to Smith School of Business students. Interested students should contact Erin Fields Saddler (esaddler@rhsmith.umd.edu) for details and permission. Click here for further information


id: BMGT398C
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Individual Study in Business and Management; Undergraduate Teaching Scholars Training Restricted to Accounting Teaching Scholars (FPTS).


id: BMGT398E
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Individual Study in Business and Management; Leadership Development and Mentorship in Business Restricted to Smith Business Leadership Fellows (SBLF)


id: BMGT398I
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Individual Study in Business and Management; Information Technology and Business Tranformation (iTBT) Fellows Restricted to Information Technology and Business Transformation Fellows.


id: BMGT398O
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Individual Study in Business and Management; Experiential Learning in Sports Management For students in the Sports Management Program.


id: BMGT398W
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Individual Study in Business and Management; Junior Wall Street Fellows Course restricted to Wall Street Fellows (FPWS).


id: BMGT399A
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Special Topics in Business and Management; Financial Peer Mentoring In this course, students will learn the process of providing financial wellness peer mentoring. We start with fundamentals financial literacy for the purpose of being able to help college students build their own path to financial wellness. As the class progresses, students will learnhow to engage with others to provide customized pointers to financial resources.


id: BMGT401
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Big Data and AI using Cloud Computing Formerly:BMGT408E. Big data represents unprecedented opportunities for companies to generate insights and create wealth. Artificial intelligence (AI) has penetrated our daily routines, showing promise in many business areas such as finance, transportation, and healthcare. With cloud computing advances, big data and AI tools are more accessible and cost effective to average businesses; however, key challenges exist in initiating, implementing, and managing AI projects that analyze large, unstructured data. This course provides students with essential knowledge of key big data and AI technologies through hands-on, experiential learning using cloud computing platforms. Students will be able to help guide the successful design and implementation of complex data strategies.


id: BMGT402
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Database Systems Recommended:BMGT302. The fundamentals of database management systems (DBMS), data models, query processing, and data warehouses, and their application in the development of business information systems will be covered. An important goal of this course is to understand the value of information resources and information management challenges within an organization.


id: BMGT403
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Systems Analysis and Design Recommended:BMGT302. Techniques and tools applicable to the analysis and design of computer-based information systems. System life cycle, requirements analysis, logical design of databases and performance evaluation. Emphasis on case studies. Project required that involves the design, analysis and implementation of an information system.


id: BMGT406
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Developing Applications for the Web and Social Media Smith School of Business. The design and development of Web applications and the underlying platforms and standards for Web application development will be covered. It will examine the phenomenon of social media, social networking and crowdsourcing and understand their use within organizations.


id: BMGT407
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Information Systems Projects Senior capstone course for the information systems major. Collected knowledge from the IS courses and application to significant problems of size and complexity. State-of-the-art research ideas and current business and industrial practices in information systems.


id: BMGT408C
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Emerging Topics in Information Systems; Quality Web Development in Business Restricted to students in the QUEST program.


id: BMGT411
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Ethics and Professionalism in Accounting Analysis and discussion of issues relating to ethics and professionalism in accounting.


id: BMGT417
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Taxation of Corporations, Partnerships and Estates Federal taxation of corporations using the life-cycle approach-formation, operation, assessment, merger, reorganization and liquidation. Overviews of pass-through entities - partnerships and s-corporations -using the life-cycle approach, and the tax consequences of wealth transfers by individuals - gift and estate taxation. Both tax planning and compliance issues are addressed.


id: BMGT422
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Auditing Theory and Practice A study of the independent accountant's attest function, generally accepted auditing standards, compliance and substantive tests and report forms and opinions.


id: BMGT428J
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Special Topics in Accounting; Accounting Advisory for Closely Held Businesses Prerequisites: BMGT220 and BMGT340. Restricted to Accounting and Finance majors.


id: BMGT430
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Data Modeling in Business Smith School of Business. Explores the role of statistical models in business analytics to drive managerial decision-making and improve performance through the use of relevant data-motivated examples.  Topics include regression models (both simple and multiple regression, as well as logistic regression for binary data), model validation, variable transformation, variable selection, discriminant analysis, and forecasting.  These topics are modeled using state-of-the-art data analytics software.


id: BMGT431
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Data Analytics An introduction to the tools and techniques that are central to the analysis of abundant data that is being collected in many forms including web traffic, social network data, and reviews and comments on websites.


id: BMGT434
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Analytics Consulting: Cases and Projects This course assumes that students have already been introduced to the concepts and techniques of operations research/business analytics (OR/BA). Published papers, short cases, and projects in OR/BA will be analyzed and discussed in a thoughtful way, taking into account the soft (people-related) issues and the hard (mathematical/optimization) issues.


id: BMGT435
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Business Process Simulation Covers the methods for computer simulation modeling and analysis of complex systems. Students are assumed to have been introduced to the basic techniques and applications in the field of operations management and business analytics. Course emphasis is on modeling of real-world systems (for example, inventory or queueing systems), implementing simulations in special purpose software, and analyzing simulation results.


id: BMGT440
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Advanced Financial Management Analysis and discussion of cases and readings relating to financial decisions of the firm. The application of finance concepts to the solution of financial problems is emphasized.


id: BMGT441
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Fixed Income Describes important financial instruments which have market values that are sensitive to interest rate movements. Develops tools to analyze interest rate sensitivity and value fixed income securities. Defines and explains the vocabulary of the bond management business.


id: BMGT443
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Applied Equity Analysis and Portfolio Management Study and application of the concepts, methods, models, and empirical findings to the analysis, valuation and selection of securities, especially common stock.


id: BMGT444
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Futures and Options Contracts The institutional features and economic rationale underlying markets in futures and options. Hedging, speculation, structure of futures prices, interest rate futures, efficiency in futures markets and stock and commodity options.


id: BMGT445
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Banking and Financial Institutions Recommended:ECON330 or BMGT341. Analysis and discussion of cases and readings in commercial bank management. The loan function is emphasized; also the management of liquidity reserves, investments for income and source of funds. Bank objectives, functions, policies, organization, structure, services and regulation are considered.


id: BMGT446
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International Finance Financial management from the perspective of the multinational corporation. Topics covered include the organization and functions of foreign exchange and international capital markets, international capital budgeting, financing foreign trade and designing a global financing strategy. Emphasis of the course is on how to manage exchange and political risks while maximizing benefits from global opportunity sets faced by the firm.


id: BMGT448X
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Special Topics in Finance; Private Equity Strategy & Execution Restricted to Finance majors with 60 or more credits completed. Students will need access to a Windows computer, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint.Provides comprehensive understanding of how to source, evaluate, grow, and liquidate private equity investments.


id: BMGT448Y
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Special Topics in Finance; Behavioral Finance Restricted to Finance majors with 72 credit hours completed. Discusses the interwoven effect of human psychology and how it can create unexpected results in financial markets. Focuses not only on how human behavior and decisioning that affects broader markets and transactions, but also delves into the relevancy on a personal financial level. Explores a myriad of real life cases and the consequences of irrational markets and decisioning.


id: BMGT450
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Integrated Marketing Communications Smith School of Business. In-depth study of coordinated marketing activities including advertising, sales promotion, Internet marketing, direct marketing and personal selling. Emphasizes strategic planning to effectively use these promotional tools to communicate with customers and meet marketing goals. Blends theory and current practice to provide managerial orientation.


id: BMGT453
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Retail Management Formerly:BMGT353. Planning and implementing retail marketing strategy. Application to store and non-store (catalog, internet) retailing. Evaluation of how environmental trends in the consumer market, competition, the economy and technology affect retail strategy in the U.S. and global market.


id: BMGT454
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Global Marketing Marketing functions from the global executive's viewpoint, including coverage of global marketing policies relating to product adaptation, data collection and analysis, channels of distribution, pricing, communications and cost analysis. Consideration is given to the cultural, legal, financial and organizational aspects of global marketing.


id: BMGT456
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Customer-Centric Innovation Formerly:BMGT352. Addresses the management of new products and services with a focus on the innovation process, specifically the development and launching of new products or services: Opportunity Identification, Concept Generation, Design, Testing and Launch.


id: BMGT457
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Marketing Policies and Strategies This capstone course ties together various marketing concepts using the fundamentals of strategic market planning as the framework. Application of these principles is accomplished by analyzing and discussing cases and by playing a marketing strategy computer simulation game. Analysis of current business articles to understand the link between theory and real-world problem solving.


id: BMGT458R
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Special Topics in Marketing; Advanced Computer Graphics Workshop Restricted to students in the Strategic Design and Innovation Fellows program.


id: BMGT461
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Entrepreneurship Process of creating new ventures, including evaluating the entrepreneurial team, the opportunity and the financing requirements. Skills, concepts, mental attitudes and knowledge relevant for starting a new business.


id: BMGT463
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Cross-cultural Challenges in Business Smith School of Business. Examines in depth the nature of international cultural value-differences and their behavioral-related effects in the workplace. Topics include decision-making and leadership styles and reactions to various work assignments and reward structures.


id: BMGT466
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Global Business Strategy Smith School of Business. Focuses on the strategic challenges that directly result from and are associated with the globalization of industries and companies. Topics include drivers of industry globalization, difference between global and multi-domestic industry, global expansion strategies, sources of competitive advantage in a global context, and coordination of a company across a global network.


id: BMGT468A
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Special Topics in Management and Organization; Making Better Business Decisions with Data: An Introduction to Causal Inference The goal of the course is to provide students with a toolkit for linking data analysis and strategic decision making.  Even while there is an increasing proliferation of data and analysis tools, making informed predictions about how and when policy decisions will influence performance outcomes is challenging. Making informed and useful predictions requires: a) understanding the basics of data structures, variables, and relationships; b) a nuanced understanding of the limits of statistical analysis as applied to causal reasoning; c) the application of research design solutions for common inferential pitfalls; and d) facility with credible research and reporting practices.


id: BMGT468B
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Special Topics in Management and Organization; Integrative Management Capstone Course restricted to Management majors (0503G).


id: BMGT468J
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Special Topics in Management and Organization; Fundamentals of Business Research Restricted to students with 60 credits completed.Demonstrated ability to think critically and challenge assumptions are vital skills for leaders across multiple domains. In this course students will expand their opportunities in the modern workplace by learning the fundamentals of business research, as well as learn about career-related opportunities business research skills can facilitate in both industry and academia. This course will provide students the opportunity to work closely with a faculty mentor, and gain the skills necessary to improve their responsible conduct of research as well as reflect on their growth as blossoming researchers and critical thinkers. In addition, this course will serve as a critical stepping stone towards conducting an honors thesis, for those students who wish to pursue additional research beyond this course.


id: BMGT468R
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Special Topics in Management and Organization; Fearless Founders: New Venture Practicum Click herefor more information and to seek permission to register for this course.


id: BMGT468V
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Special Topics in Management and Organization; Business Models and Methods to Affect Social Change Restricted to students with 30 or more credits.


id: BMGT468Y
content:
Special Topics in Management and Organization; Entrepreneurial Capitalism Around the World Restricted to students with 60 credit hours completed.


id: BMGT468Z
content:
Special Topics in Management and Organization; Create the Future through Systems Thinking and Design A Fearless Ideas Course from the Academy for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (AIE)Click here for more information on the Fearless Ideas Courses.


id: BMGT472
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Purchasing and Inbound Logistics Analysis of the resupply activities of logistics management, including purchasing policies, transportation planning, and inventory control. Attention is directed toward total cost minimization and the establishment of a sustainable competitive advantage based on procurement.


id: BMGT475
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Supply Chain Strategy and Network Design Analysis of the strategic aspects of supply chain management. Emphasis on the creation of end-user value through supply chain cost reductions, service improvements or both. Attention is directed toward the enabling role of technology in support of strategy evaluation and implementation.


id: BMGT476
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Technology Applications in Supply Chain Management An understanding of the role of technology in managing the supply chain. Provides students with hands-on experience in advanced software systems that build on top of enterprise resource planning systems. Major emphasis is placed on demonstrating that these systems result in supply chain cost reductions and service improvements.


id: BMGT477
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International Supply Chain Management The study of the importance of the supply chain management within a global context. Topics covered include: the structure, service, pricing and competitive relationships among international carriers and transport intermediaries as well as documentation, location decisions, international sourcing/distribution and management of inventory throughout the international supply chain.


id: BMGT478I
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Special Topics in Supply Chain Management; Intermodal Transportation Restricted to Supply Chain Management majors.


id: BMGT484
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Digital Marketing 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 through digital means, including the web, social media, and mobile apps. Both the development and analysis of digital media for marketing will be discussed.


id: BMGT485
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Project Management Smith School of Business. Modern project management techniques that are used by modern practicing professionals will be covered. Particular attention is given to the management of technology based systems and projects in a business enterprise. The topics covered include: defining project scope, alignment of projects with enterprise strategy, managing project cost, time and risks using tools such as CPM/PERT, and measuring project performance.


id: BMGT490H
content:
QUEST Capstone Professional Practicum Formerly:ENES490. The capstone course for the QUEST Honors Program provides students with an opportunity to learn in multidisciplinary teams of business, engineering, and science students in a real-world setting. Companies engage teams of QUEST students with real organizational challenges and dedicate resources to help students address these problems. Student teams must enhance their skills in quality management, process improvement, and systems design and will apply these to add value to a client. In the process, students will improve their teamwork skills.


id: BMGT491
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Scoping Experiential Learning Projects QUEST students cultivate relationships with new and current corporate partners and prepare project scopes for QUEST's introductory course, BMGT/ENES 190H, and capstone course, BMGT/ENES 490H. Requires independent work communicating with clients and class visits to a variety of potential project sites.


id: BMGT495
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Strategic Management A case-based course where students learn to play the role of the "strategic manager" who defines the scope of its business operations and, within the chosen scope, how the firm will compete against rivals.  This course focuses on how a firm can both formulate effective business-level and corporate-level strategies to achieve competitive advantage and earn above average profits.


id: BMGT498X
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Special Topics in Business and Management; The Future of Business BMGT-Shady Grove students. Other students may request enrollment on a space available basis. UMCP undergraduate BMGT students are not eligible to enroll at Shady Grove.


id: BMGT600
content:
Leadership and Teamwork Smith School of Business; or must be in Business and Management (Master's) program. 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: BMGT610
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Financial Management Smith School of Business; or must be in Business and Management (Master's) program. Focuses on the valuation of the real assets of firms as well as the valuation of stocks and bonds, the primary financial assets in an economy. While details vary, the conceptual foundations of valuation boil down to three themes: time value of money, no-arbitrage, and systematic risk.


id: BMGT612
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Marketing Management Smith School of Business; or must be in Business and Management (Master's) program. 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: BMGT808R
content:
Special Topics in Information Systems; Research Seminar in Decision, Operations and Information Technologies 


id: BMGT818Y
content:
Special Topics in Accounting and Information Assurance; Management Accounting and Cyber Risk Management 


id: BMGT835
content:
Simulation of Discrete-Event Systems Simulation modeling and analysis of stochastic discrete-event systems such as manufacturing systems, inventory control systems, and computer/ communications networks.


id: BMGT838R
content:
Special Topics in Operations Management/Management Science; Research Seminar in Decision, Operations and Information Technologies 


id: BMGT840
content:
Seminar in Financial Theory Smith School of Business. Seminar in selected classic and current theoretical and empirical research in the foundations of finance.


id: BMGT858R
content:
Special Topics in Marketing; Marketing Research Seminar Course restricted to Marketing PhD students only


id: BMGT868C
content:
Special Topics in Organizational Behavior/Human Resource Management; Career and Professionalization Workshop in Management and Organization 


id: BMGT868P
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Special Topics in Organizational Behavior/Human Resource Management; Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Presentations 


id: BMGT878P
content:
Special Topics in Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship; Strategy and Entrepreneurship PhD Presentations 


id: BMGT878R
content:
Special Topics in Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship; Strategy and Entrepreneurship Research Design 


id: CCJS100
content:
Introduction to Criminal Justice Introduction to the administration of criminal justice in a democratic society, with emphasis on the theoretical and historical development of law enforcement. The principles of organization and administration for law enforcement; functions and specific activities; planning and research; public relations; personnel and training; inspection and control; direction; policy formulation.


id: CCJS105
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Introduction to Criminology Criminal behavior and the methods of its study; causation; typologies of criminal acts and offenders; punishment, correction and incapacitation; prevention of crime.


id: CCJS200
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Statistics for Criminology and Criminal Justice Introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics, graphical techniques, and the computer analysis of criminology and criminal justice data. Basic procedures of hypothesis testing, correlation and regression analysis, and the analysis of continuous and binary dependent variables. Emphasis upon the examination of research problems and issues in criminology and criminal justice.


id: CCJS225
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Responses to Violence What are the dimensions of violence in the United States and worldwide, and how has humanity responded to violence? Conflict is unfortunately resolved through violence in a number of settings. It ranges from interpersonal to international in its scope. This course investigates the strengths and weaknesses of a number of resolutions to reducing violence over the course of history using both state centered and informal control.


id: CCJS230
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Criminal Law in Action Law as one of the methods of social control. Criminal law: its nature, sources and types; theories and historical developments. Behavioral and legal aspects of criminal acts. Classification and analysis of selected criminal offenses.


id: CCJS300
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Criminological and Criminal Justice Research Methods Introduction to the formulation of research questions covering crime and justice, research designs, data collection, and interpretation and reporting in criminological and justice-system settings.


id: CCJS301
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Fundamentals in Criminal Justice Provides an overview of the three major components of the American criminal justice system: police, courts, and corrections. Each component will be explored in its development over time as well as various issues surrounding each component. This course will also cover important issues that are relevant to current debates including race, reentry, technology and crime, juvenile justice, and future directions for criminal justice.


id: CCJS320
content:
Introduction to Criminalistics An introduction to modern methods used in the detection, investigation and solution of crimes. Practical analysis of evidence in a crime laboratory, including fingerprints and other impressions, firearms ID and ballistics, hairs and fibers, document examination, and use of polygraph.


id: CCJS321
content:
Computer and Digital Forensics Formerly:CCJS498I. An introduction to the methods used in the seizure and forensic analysis of computers, cell phones, and other digital evidence. Students will be familiarized with the use of digital evidence in criminal investigations, relevant case law in computer crime and digital evidence, and the challenges faced by law enforcement. Students will be introduced to the computer forensic tools used by today's law enforcement agencies and basic computer/data storage concepts. This course will include some basic practical application of these tools and concepts in a computer lab environment.


id: CCJS325
content:
Slavery in the Twenty First Century: Combating Human Trafficking What is human trafficking and how do we stop it? An introduction to the trafficking of human beings in its historical, legal, economic, political and social contexts. Scope of the global problem, different forms of human trafficking, and regional trends and practices. Roles of government, the international community and individual actors. Strategies to combat trafficking.


id: CCJS330
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Contemporary Criminological Issues Topics may include career criminals, prison overcrowding, prediction, ecological studies of crimes, family and delinquency, entrepreneurship in criminal justice and criminology, and similar criminological problems.


id: CCJS332
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Major Transitions: From Undergraduate to Professional This course is designed to assist criminology and criminal justice students explore career opportunities. Topics will include: graduate school, law school, career opportunities in federal, state, local, and public agencies, resume writing, and internships.


id: CCJS340
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Policing Critical issues relating to policing. Topics include police discretion, role of police, use of force, misconduct, police research, administration, personnel, and etc.


id: CCJS342
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Corrections Examination of the American correctional system.  Identification of historical and contemporary themes, issues, and trends.  Evaluation of correctional policies,  practices and research.


id: CCJS345
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Courts and Sentencing Contemporary issues in the American court system such as prosecution, sentencing and punishment.  Theoretical perspectives on courtroom decision-making integrated with empirical research. Courts and sentencing processes, including initial charging, pretrial detention and final sentencing outcomes. Innovations in courts and sentencing.


id: CCJS346
content:
Domestic Violence Formerly:CCJS498Y. A thorough and critical examination of family violence. Topics include the historical background to family violence, methods of studying this serious issue, elder abuse, child abuse, the cultural factors involved in intimate partner violence, violence in same-sex relationships, and the criminal justice response to family violence. Although the course focuses on the American family, illustrations from other cultures are provided.


id: CCJS359
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Field Training in Criminology and Corrections Prerequisites: CCJS 105 or CRIM 220; and CCJS 350 or CRIM 450; and permission of department. For majors only.


id: CCJS360
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Victimology Overview of the history and theory of victimology.  Analysis of victimization patterns with special emphasis on types of victims and crimes. The interaction between victims of crime and the criminal justice system with respect to the role of the victim and the services offered to the victim.


id: CCJS367
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Professional Preparation in Law Enforcement Corequisite:CCJS369.Additional information:Students must show proof of acceptance into the Montgomery County Public Safety Training Academy. The Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice (CCJS) is collaborating with the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) and Montgomery County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) to offer 15 academic (elective) credits for eligible UMD students participation in entry level police officer training conducted at MCPD's Public Safety Training Academy (PSTA). Eligible students can attend MCPD's PSTA and earn UMD academic credit while progressing through the PSTA curriculum and gaining practical experience under conditions conducive to educational and professional development.  CCJS367 is a co-requisite to CCJS369 and includes a series of mandatory seminars. Students are required to attend the scheduled seminars in addition to completing 600 hours at MCPD's PSTA and completing all academic work.


id: CCJS370
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Race, Crime and Criminal Justice Role and treatment of racial/ethnic minorities in the criminal justice system. Course will provide students with historical and theoretical framework for understanding this dynamic.


id: CCJS418F
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Seminar in Criminology and Criminal Justice; Crime on TV Prerequisites: CCJS100, CCJS105, and CCJS300.


id: CCJS418M
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Seminar in Criminology and Criminal Justice; A Critical Examination of Contemporary Debates in Crime, Law, and Justice Prerequisites: CCJS100, CCJS105, and CCJS300. By permission only.


id: CCJS418U
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Seminar in Criminology and Criminal Justice; Community Corrections Prerequisites:  CCJS100, CCJS105, and CCJS300.


id: CCJS440
content:
Security Administration Formerly:CCJS498Z. Designed to introduce students to the complex issues of Security Administration and the critical terrorism issues facing the nation. Emphasis is placed on understanding the historical and contemporary issues effecting U.S. Counterterrorism Policy. It also explores the challenges facing today's security administrators including: ethics, classified information, intelligence, terrorist organizations and incidents, physical and personnel security, transportation and border security issues.


id: CCJS444
content:
Advanced Law Enforcement Administration The structuring of manpower, material, and systems to accomplish the major goals of social control. Personnel and systems management. Political controls and limitations on authority and jurisdiction.


id: CCJS450
content:
Advanced Juvenile Delinquency Examination of juvenile delinquency in the United States. Nature and extent of juvenile delinquency, historical approaches, sociological and criminological theories and research, social contexts including the institutions of families, schools, and peers, and social responses. Prevention, punishment, and treatment programs, both within and outside of the juvenile justice and criminal justice systems.


id: CCJS454
content:
Contemporary Criminological Theory Examination of the main theoretical accounts that explain the underlying causes of criminal behaviors. Explore how individual choices, socialization experiences, biological factors and social structure affect criminal behaviors.


id: CCJS498Z
content:
Selected Topics in Criminology and Criminal Justice; A Matter of Life and Death: Criminal Sentencing Issues 


id: CCJS600
content:
Criminal Justice Formerly:CJUS600. Current concept of criminal justice in relationship to other concepts in the field. Historical perspective. Criminal justice and social control. Operational implications. Systemic aspects. Issues of evaluation.


id: CCJS604
content:
Policy Analysis Project An application of statistical and conceptual tools to criminal justice data in the student's area of concentration, resulting in a paper reporting the conceptualization, analytic methods and results. The topic of the independent study will be chosen through individual consultation with the instructor.


id: CCJS620
content:
Fundamentals of Criminological Research Formerly:CCJS498D. Designed to help criminology students understand and apply three important components of statistics: decriptive statistics (including probability theory), fundamentals of statistical inference, and regression analysis. Course assumes familiarity with basic descriptive statistics. The emphasis of the classes on descriptive statistics is the calculation and interpretation of summary statistical measures for describing raw data. Covers the basic rules of probability and different probabilistic processes that could describe criminal activity. The sessions on fundamentals of statistical inferences are designed to provide background for executing and interpreting hypothesis tests and confidence intervals. The latter portion of the course focuses on regession analysis. Uses the statistical software, Stata.


id: CCJS654
content:
History of Criminological Thought Formerly:CRIM654. A study of the development of criminological thought from antiquity to the present.


id: CCJS710
content:
Advanced Statistics Methods - Limited Dependent Variables Formerly:CRIM710. Application of advanced data analysis strategies to criminological and criminal justice problems, with specific focus on limited dependent variables.


id: CCJS720
content:
Criminal Justice System Planning: Policy Analysis for Crime Control Formerly:CJUS720. System theory and method; examination of planning methods and models based primarily on a systems approach to the operations of the criminal justice system.


id: CINE245
content:
Film Form and Culture Formerly:FILM245. Introduction to film as art form and how films create meaning. Basic film terminology; fundamental principles of film form, film narrative, and film history. Examination of film technique and style over past one hundred years. Social and economic functions of film within broader institutional, economic, and cultural contexts.


id: CINE298A
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Special Topics in International Film Studies; Masterpieces in French and Francophone Cinemas XLed with FREN243. Credits granted for CINE298A or FREN243 only.This course, taught in English, will present a large array of films directed by famous French directors (Jean Renoir, Robert Bresson, Jean-Luc Godard, Agnes Varda, etc..) and Francophone filmmakers (Arcand,Sembene) who were internationally known in their time and have had a considerable influence on today's filmmakers in the U.S. (Tarantino, Lynch, Lee, etc..) and abroad (Sissoko, Angelopoulos, VonTrier, ect..).


id: CINE299L
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Special Topics in Film Studies; The 'Jew' in American Literature and Culture Cross listed with ENGL289L and JWST219L. Credit only granted for JWST219L or ENGL289L or CINE299L.An exploration of the role played by literature in the development of American Jewish ethnic identity. Primary materials include essays, poetry, plays, short stories, novels, films and music.


id: CINE301
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Cinema History I: The Silent Era Formerly:FILM301. Examines the development of silent cinema from the 1890s to the early 1930s drawing on at least five distinct national traditions (French, German, Russian, British, and American). Introduces students to key cinematic conventions as they emerged around the world.


id: CINE310
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Introduction to Filmmaking 1 Repeatable to 6 credits.Formerly:CINE319M. This practice-based course offers an introduction to the foundational skills, techniques, and principles of filmmaking. Prior film or video production experience is not necessary.


id: CINE315
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Editing for Film and Media Corequisite:CINE310. Provides advanced training for students to edit their narrative, documentary, or animation projects, as well as reference material. Students will learn to design their film's visual storytelling, taking their projects from the shooting script and storyboard to rough cuts and picture look.


id: CINE319Z
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Special Topics in Documentary, Animation, Experimental Cinema, and Other Visual Media; The Henson Family as Filmmakers Cross-listed with ENGL329Z. Credit only granted for ENGL329Z or CINE319Z.


id: CINE329T
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Special Topics in National/International Cinemas; Sports in Film Explores the global development of sports, cinema, and politics as intertwined during the 20th and 21st centuries. Examining works by pioneering directors such as Ken Burns, Leni Riefenstahl, Martin Scorsese, Steve James, Spike Lee, Oliver Stone, Gurinder Chadha, Jafar Panahi, and Asif Kapadia, the course focuses on the critical depictions of athletes, coaches, fans, and families across cinematic genres such as documentaries, biopics, drama, and comedy.


id: CINE329Y
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Special Topics in National/International Cinemas; Iranian Life in Literature and Film Cross-listed with PERS353. Credit granted only for CINE329Y or PERS353.


id: CINE344
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Film and the Fantastic Formerly:FILM344. Survey of fantastic cinema, encompassing American classics, Hollywood recent productions, and independent films, as well as Asian horror films, anime, and European fantasy.


id: CINE345
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The Films of Alfred Hitchcock Formerly:FILM345. An examination of important Hitchcock films from the perspective of innovation, aesthetics, and cultural history.


id: CINE359C
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Special Topics in Genres/Auteurs/Cinema Movements; Disaster Cinema Exploration of disaster films in Hollywood and global cinema during the past century. The course will examine disaster films, such as Godzilla, King Kong, and Contagion, as a form of cinema's critical encounter with war, colonialism, and scientific development.


id: CINE359D
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Special Topics in Genres/Auteurs/Cinema Movements; The Movie Musical Studies the movie musical in all its forms: from The Jazz Singer and the  apotheosis of MGM musicals in the 1930s, through contemporary international musicals (Emilia Perez, The End, La La Land) and various forms, incarnations, and musical experiments in-between (West Side Story, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, and Ingmar Bergman's opera-film: The Magic Flute).


id: CINE369C
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Special Topics in Film Theories; Images of Revolt: Strike, Riot, Uprising Previously offered as CINE319C. Credit only granted for CINE319C or CINE369C.Explores the relationship between images and politics by focusing on representations of three distinct forms of collective action (strike, riot, uprising) across various genres, geographic locations, and historical periods.


id: CINE415
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Advanced Filmmaking Implementing the process of moving from film script through production to a complete film with an emphasis on conceptualization, aesthetics, advanced production techniques, directing, and finishing touches. Students in the course are expected to produce an original film project based on significant collaborative work.


id: CINE419V
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Special Topics in Documentary, Animation, Experimental Cinema, and Other Media; Videographic Essay in Theory and Practice Priority given to CINE majorsExplores the history and theory of the essay as a distinct form, paying special attention to the role of the essay in the history of cinema. Two thirds of the course is practice-based and offers students a chance to experiment and produce their own videographic essays.


id: CINE441
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Italian Cinema I: Neorealism Formerly:FILM441. Explores representations of Italy in cinema with special focus on identity formation and the movement of Italian neorealism and post neorealism. Taught in English.


id: CINE469Y
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Special Topics in Film Theories II; 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: DATA120
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Python Programming for Data Science An introduction to programming in Python language, using Jupyter Notebooks and Python scripts. Covers variables, conditionals, loops, functions, lists, strings, tuples, sets, dictionaries, files and visualization.


id: DATA200
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Knowledge in Society: Science, Data and Ethics An introduction to the fundamental concepts and principles that govern ethical data collection, analysis, and usage. Students will explore various methods of data collection and gain an understanding of the ethical implications associated with each approach. Key topics include data ownership, data privacy, data anonymity, and data validity, providing students with a solid foundation in ethical data practices.


id: DATA250
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Discrete Mathematics Introduction to basic discrete mathematical and linear algebraic structures and use of these mathematical structures to solve programming problems. Logic, set theory, formal proof methodology, functions, combinatorics, advanced counting techniques,  and elements of linear algebra.


id: DATA320
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Introduction to Data Science Jointly offered with:CMSC320. An introduction to data science 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: DATA350
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Data Visualization and Presentation Introduction to effective and intuitive visual representations of data, including customizing graphics, plotting arrays, statistical graphics, and representing time series.


id: DATA607
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Communication in Data Science and Analytics Expected learning outcomes include that, in the context of data science and analytics, students should be able to: summarize, report, organize prose, statistics, graphics, and presentations; explain uncertainty, sensitivity/robustness, limitations; describe model generation and representation; discuss interpretations and implications; communicate effectively to diverse audiences within a business organization, and possibly other outcomes.


id: DATA643
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Times Series Analysis Students should also be familiar with linear algebra including eigendecomposition and the basics of the Fourier transform in the context of differential equations or signal processing. Time series arise in multiple disciplines ranging from epidemiology and climate science to finance and predictive logistics whenever current values are influenced by previously observed ones. This course will cover the behavior and characteristics of time series along with decomposition and forecasting methodologies. We will begin by analyzing random walks, and move onto ARIMA, exponential smoothing, and spectral analysis. The course will conclude with contemporary deep learning methodologies such as LSTM and generative pretrained transformer based architectures.


id: EDSP210
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Foundations of Special Education: Inclusive Practices Students examine historical foundations of special education, including legislation; review components necessary for effective service delivery; and develop an understanding of the role of collaboration and consultation with parents, school personnel and other professionals.


id: EDSP220
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Disability in Community: Access, Accommodation, and Adaptation Examines the concept of disability in a variety of community settings. Drawing on classic and contemporary readings in psychology, sociology and special education, the course will couple conceptual and historical understanding of disability with first-hand service-learning experiences in the community. Students will develop a plan in several phases that encompasses principles of Universal Design for Living/Learning (UDL) to study and participate in community-based activities.


id: EDSP310
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International Perspective on Educational Access for People with Disabilities A deep dive into the intersectionality of disability, culture, social norms, policy and more that impacts educational access for people with disabilities in a global context.


id: EDSP311
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Peer Mentor Training and Certification Opportunity for peer mentor training and field experience for national CRLA certification (crla.net) to become a certified peer mentor by learning about and providing inclusive support for students with intellectual disabilities (ID) in the inclusive post-secondary TerpsEXCEED program at UMD.  Students will develop an understanding of disability inclusion and ways to support students and build friendships through a mentoring relationship. Direct application of content instruction with weekly field experience allows students to maximize peer mentoring scholarship-to-practice understanding and application. The course trains peer mentors who provide same-age academic, social, and career mentoring supports for TerpsEXCEED students with intellectual disabilities on campus.


id: EDSP321
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The Young Child As Scientist Corequisite:EDHD322, EDHD323, EDSP417, EDHD441, EDHD442, EDHD443, and EDHD444. A theoretical and pedagogical framework for evidence-based inclusive science instruction in inclusive early childhood classrooms. Examination of principles of inquiry-based science learning and develop strategies for helping children acquire fundamental problem-solving skills that may be applied to understanding a wide array of science content. Assessment strategies for evaluating the achievement of science objectives, and the achievement for all children will be addressed. Includes field experience.


id: EDSP400
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Instruction of Students with Severe Disabilities I Jointly offered withEDSP602. Functional assessment procedures and instructional methods for students with severe disabilities.


id: EDSP401
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Teaching Students with Disabilities in Elementary Classrooms Formerly:EDSP499F. This course is designed for elementary education majors to prepare for teaching students with disabilities in elementary classrooms. The course examines the legal requirements for general education teachers in the public schools including best practices for participating in the Individual Education Program (IEP) team process, and understanding Response to Intervention (RTI) as a approach to the early identification and support of students with learning and behavior needs. Information is provided on the characteristics of students who have been identified as having high incidence disabilities (e.g., learning disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, speech and language delays, emotional or behavioral disorders, and other health impairments). The course then provides information on universal design (UDL) principles for learning, instructional suggestions to include students with disabilities in the general classroom, co-teaching and methods for integrating technology and assistive technology to benefit all students.


id: EDSP404
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Methods of Teaching Autistic Students Jointly offered with:EDSP604. Characteristics of children and youth diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), assessment, and evidence-based instructional methods in teaching autistic students who come from diverse ethnic, cultural, and socio-economic backgrounds.


id: EDSP411
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Foundations of Technology Integration for Curriculum Access Addresses ways to integrate technology and Assistive Technology (AT) into content area instruction, use Accessible Educational Materials (AEM), and the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework to evaluate, analyze, and develop responsive instruction.


id: EDSP413
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Principles and Practices in Positive Behavior Interventions and Classroom Supports Jointly offered with:EDSP613. Use of positive behavior supports to promote both classwide and individual student behavior skills through function-based behavior assessment, establishing classroom expectations, and examining common misbehaviors that often result in learning loss.


id: EDSP417
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Reading Diagnosis and Assessment Corequisite:EDHD322, EDHD323, EDSP321, EDHD441, EDHD442, EDHD443, and EDHD444. Reading Diagnosis and Assessment prepares teacher candidates to assess children in general and special early childhood educations settings in the areas of reading and writing in order to plan for instruction.  The course will focus on diagnostic, screening, progress monitoring, and outcome assessments in early and beginning literacy.  The course is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to collect and use a wide range of assessment data in general education and special education settings. Includes field experience.


id: EDSP420
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Child Development, Birth to Three Years Corequisite:EDHD314 and EDHD425.Formerly:EDHD419A. Designed to provide students with an understanding of child development theory and research, as well as knowledge about typical and atypical development of children from birth to three years of age. The course emphasizes learning for children with and without disabilities, and for children who are at risk due to poverty and other environmental factors. The course will introduce how children develop and the challenges they face within the domains of physical, cognitive, language, social, and emotional development, with particular attention paid to the impact of risk factors on development. Students will become familiar with delays and differences in development that may occur as the result of disability. Finally, students will learn the effects of cultural and linguistic differences on growth and development. Information about theory and research in child development for children with and without disabilities will be enhanced through a series of observational experiences, which will build upon concepts addressed during class. Includes field experiences.


id: EDSP425
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Pre-Internship I Corequisite:EDSP451 and EDSP400. This required EDSP field placement is a 3-hour per week seminar and field placement that meets across 15 weeks. Opportunities are provided to observe and participate in instructional experiences under the guidance of an assigned Host Teacher (HT) in a four-week experience in a high incidence placement AND a four-week experience in a low incidence (LI) placement. The purpose is to provide each special education teacher candidate (TC) with practical experience to complete field-based requirements and begin to meet the CEC Initial Preparation Standards (2012). Furthermore, since EDSP 425 is the first internship experience in the Special Education Program in the College of Education at University of Maryland, teacher candidates will become familiar with the Special Education Program, College of Education, Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE), Counsel for Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), and Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) expectations and requirements for graduation and teacher licensure.


id: EDSP443
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Language and Literacy Acquisition in Children with Disabilities Additional information:This course is the first of four reading courses required by the Maryland State Department of Education for teacher certification in Special Education. Language and literacy acquisition and characteristics of typical and atypical language development in supporting students with reading and writing disabilities.


id: EDSP451
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Curriculum and Instruction: Elementary/Middle Special Education Jointly offered withEDSP652. Methods for instruction of students with disabilities in the general education curriculum. Collaboration with other professionals is included.


id: EDSP452
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Internship I:  Elementary/Middle Special Education Jointly offered withEDSP692. Field experience in elementary/middle school special education.


id: EDSP470
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Introduction to Special Education Designed to give an understanding of the needs of all types of exceptional children.


id: EDSP484
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Reading and Writing Instruction in Special Education II Jointly offered withEDSP684. Focus on the development of reading and writing programs for students in special education.  Builds on foundations established in EDSP416.


id: EDSP490
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Teacher Candidate Research Seminar in Special Education Study of current issues and research concerning the education of students in special education.


id: EDSP602
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Instruction of Students with Severe Disabilities I Functional assessment procedures and instructional methods for students with severe disabilities.


id: EDSP604
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Methods of Teaching Autistic Students Jointly offered with:EDSP404. Characteristics of children and youth diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), assessment, and evidence-based instructional methods in teaching autistic students who come from diverse ethnic, cultural, and socio-economic backgrounds.


id: EDSP606
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Advanced Study in Inclusive Practices in The Schools Jointly offered withEDSP450.Formerly:EDSP788P. Educational practices regarding inclusive education in the schools for students with and without disabilities.


id: EDSP613
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Principles and Practices in Positive Behavior interventions and Classroom Supports Jointly offered with:EDSP413. Use of positive behavior supports to promote both classwide and individual student behavior skills through function-based behavior assessment, establishing classroom expectations, and examining common misbehaviors that often result in learning loss.


id: EDSP625
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Evidence Based Practices for Individuals with Significant Disabilities Examine and apply empirical research aligned to current trends and areas of investigation in the field of students with significant support needs.


id: EDSP652
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Curriculum and Instruction: Elementary Special Education Jointly offered withEDSP451. Methods for instruction of students with disabilities in the general education curriculum. Collaboration with other professionals is included.


id: EDSP684
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Reading and Writing Instruction in Special Education II Jointly offered withEDSP484. Development of effective reading and writing programs for students receiving special education services. Builds on the foundation established in EDSP 616.


id: EDSP690
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Teacher Candidate Research Seminar in Special Education Required seminar for master's certification teacher candidates in special education focusing on research methods and applications with students having disabilities.


id: EDSP692
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Graduate Internship I: Elementary/Middle Special Education Field experience in elementary/middle school special education.


id: EDSP860
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Doctoral Research Seminar Issues and procedures relevant to conducting and analyzing research in special education.


id: EDSP875
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Policy Issues Affecting Individuals with Disabilities An analysis of current educational and disability issues and policies pertaining to children, youth, and adults with disabilities.


id: EDSP888X
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Apprenticeship in Special Education; Apprenticeship in Special Education: Symposium Preparation Part I 


id: EDUC645
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Leading Instructional Improvement Formerly:EDHI645. Development of knowledge and skills in the use of data bases, research findings and models of supervision, to improve instruction in schools.


id: EDUC670
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Learning Communities Formerly:EDHI670. Reviews contemporary research on student and teacher learning and schools as learning organizations. It aims to build students understanding of opportunities and challanges to implementing learning environments in various educational organizations. Readings, cases and assignments emphasize students' understanding of learning theories and their application to various organizational settings.


id: EDUC705
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Education Policy Making and the School Leader Formerly:EDPL663. Course analyzes educational K-12 policies and their impacts on school systems and the leadership of those systems


id: EDUC767
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Seminar on School District Leadership Formerly:EDHI767. Examination of theory and research related to school district leadership with focus on improvement sciences. Course uses improvement science model to understand organizational, political, community, instructional problems of practice.


id: EDUC773
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Seminar in School Finance and Resource Management D. School System Leadership program. Issues related to financing and resource management in US K-12 public education systems will be investigated including how various levels of government support public education, and the revenue-generating tools they use. A major theme throughout the course will be on how the values and concepts of educational equity drive the distribution of revenue to schools and how to use data to create . a school-level resourcing plan that provides access and opportunities to learning for every student.


id: ENCE100
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Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering An overview of the department of Civil and Environment Engineering. Students are introduced to the undergraduate curriculum and will be exposed to other undergraduate and graduate students at various points in their program. The course blends panel presentations by seniors and graduate students, faculty and practitioners with a project and book review to be performed by the students.


id: ENCE201
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Engineering Information Processing Corequisite:MATH246. Exploration of algorithms for solving problems in several important areas of numerical computing: roots of equations; matrix algebra and the systems of linear equations; function approximation, numerical differentiation and integration; and ordinary differential equations. Issues of solution accuracy, robustness, and efficiency are also considered. Numerical techniques are presented in the context of engineering applications, and example problems are solved using a variety of computer-based tools (primarily MATLAB).


id: ENCE202
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Engineering Drawings and Design for Civil and Environmental Engineers Formerly:ENCE200. Provides students with the knowledge and skills to read, interpret, and create civil engineering drawings using computer-aided drafting. Emphasis is placed on engineering calculations related to slopes, inverts, and contours. In addition, students will develop core skills in data visualization, basic programming logic, and professional communication. The course integrates teamwork exercises and real-world scenarios to enhance students' understanding of constructability and design communication. By the end of the course, students will create a complete engineering drawing package.


id: ENCE205
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Biology for Civil and Environmental Engineers Introduction to the functions and interactions of biological systems in civil and environmental engineering systems in the context of societal issues. The course includes an introduction to biotechnological principles from a quantitative perspective, modern experimental techniques in biotechnology and methods of data analysis. Roles for civil and environmental engineers in society seen from a biotechnological perspective, and the role of biotechnology in civil and environmental engineering will be elucidated. The role of biotechnology in other engineering disciplines will also be discussed.


id: ENCE215
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Engineering for Sustainability Engineers have a key role to play in planning, designing, building, and ensuring a sustainable future. In this class, a problem-based approach is used to examine fundamentally-based analyses and approaches for engineering as sustainable society, with a focus on sustainable use of energy and materials, sustainable infrastructure solutions, atmospheric sustainability and sustainable water supply, and human population growth and resource consumption and its implications for sustainability.


id: ENCE300
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Fundamentals of Engineering Materials Behavior, physical, mechanical and chemical properties, design and performance of civil engineering materials, including aggregates, cement, concrete, asphalt binders and mixtures, plastics and geosynthetics, timber, metals and alloys. Modified and advanced highway materials (polymer and rubber modified mixtures, high performance concrete, composites, smart materials). Laboratory testing with hands-on experience on aggregates, Portland cement concrete, asphalt mixtures, timber and metals as per SUPERAVE, ACI design methods, and ASTM standards and specifications.


id: ENCE302
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Probability and Statistics for Civil and Environmental Engineers Statistics is the science of data. Civil Engineers must often make decisions based on incomplete, variable or uncertain information. In addition, modern methods of design and analysis need to account for variability in natural, engineered and human systems. After successful completion of this class, a student should have facility and familiarity with established basic techniques for managing data, modeling variability and uncertainty, communicating about data and decisions, and supporting or defending a decision or judgment based on uncertain or incomplete data.


id: ENCE305
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Fundamentals of Engineering Fluids The theoretical bases for fluid statics and dynamics, including the conservation of mass, energy and momentum. Modeling of hydraulic systems are introduced. Emphasis on pipe flow and open-channel hydraulics, with real-world applications.


id: ENCE310
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Introduction to Environmental Engineering Introduction to the physical, chemical and biological systems relating to the quality of water, land and air environments. Fundamental principles will be emphasized, current environmental pollution problems will be examined and methods of pollution abatement discussed.


id: ENCE320
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Introduction to Project Management Principles and techniques of managing engineering projects from the initiation, through planning, execution, monitoring & control, then finally closeout.


id: ENCE325
content:
Introduction to Construction Project Management James Clark School of Engineering; or must be in a major in ARCH-School of Architecture, Planning, & Preservation; or must be in the Construction Project Management minor. And permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department. Learn the basic topics in sourcing, planning, financing, designing, contracting, constructing and operating buildings and other facilities in the built infrastructure. Topics include construction economics, design constructability reviews, construction process planning, contracts and procurement strategies, project scheduling and resource utilization, site layout planning, project cost and quality controls, temporary structures, environmental sustainability, project handover procedures, facility operation and management, IT-based tools for construction project and resource management.


id: ENCE340
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Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering Introductory study of soils in civil engineering. Soil origin, phase relationships and classification schemes. Soil hydraulics: capillary, effective stress, permeability and seepage considerations. Basic stress distribution theories and soil consolidation-settlement analysis. Integration of shear strength evaluation with slope stability analysis. If time permits, topics such as applications in geoenvironmental engineering will be covered.


id: ENCE353
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Introduction to Structural Analysis The basic tools of structural analysis and design. Design loads. Equilibrium of external and internal forces. Shear and moment diagrams in beams and frames. Truss analysis. Influence line diagrams. The slope-deflection method and method of consistent deformation. Matrix stiffness methods for beams, frames and trusses.


id: ENCE360
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Analysis of Civil Engineering Systems Introduction to systems approach and systems analysis in civil and environmental engineering. Introduction to systems analysis tools that facilitate engineering management decision making including optimization and computer simulation. Introduction to linear and nonlinear mathematical optimization including linear and integer programming, elementary nonlinear programming and dynamic programming.


id: ENCE370
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Introduction to Transportation Engineering and Planning Engineering problems of transportation by highways, airways, pipelines, waterways, and railways. Transportation modes and technologies, vehicle dynamics, basic facility design, traffic stream models, capacity analysis, transportation planning, evaluation and choice, and network analysis.


id: ENCE411
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Environmental Engineering Science Introduces the analytical techniques available to assess performance of engineering processes as they relate to water, soil, and air treatment and quality. The basic principles of environmental management, economics of waste treatment, by-product reutilization, and energy cycles are introduced and discussed. Alternative technologies are introduced and evaluated mostly by assessing their potential to reduce waste, minimize energy use, and promote sustainability. Students' activities include, a weekly lab to provide hands-on experience with environmental quality measurements and treatment techniques; on-site visits to regional industries that undertake sustainable practices; and a final research project where experimental design and laboratory techniques are used to assess interactions between technologies and natural systems and their potential for reducing environmental impacts.


id: ENCE422
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Project Cost Accounting and Economics James Clark School of Engineering; or must be in the Construction Project Management Minor; or must be in the Project Management Minor. Learn: the fundamentals of accounting; project cost accounting principles as they apply to project management; project cost accounting; and the fundamentals of engineering economics.Topics include: project feasibility analysis; reading and analyzing financial statements; cash management; cash flow analysis; depreciation and taxes; and impact on profitability; the principles of activity based costing; net present value analysis; the framework for project performance measurement, cost performance indices, and earned value analysis.


id: ENCE423
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Project Planning, Estimating & Scheduling James Clark School of Engineering; or must be in the Construction Project Management Minor; or must be in the Project Management Minor. And permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department. Learn the fundamentals of project planning, estimating, and scheduling. Understand the concepts of planning; to reduce uncertainty, improve efficiency of the operation, to set and meet objectives, and to provide a basis for monitoring and controlling the work.  Be introduced to: the concepts of resource definition, assignment and management, and;  the basics of project estimating (pricing) methods including global pricing strategies, types of estimates, pricing processes, overhead and profit, and project financing.Learn the basics of project scheduling including; bar charts, network-based methodologies, and linear scheduling techniques.  Emphasis is placed on Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling, a network based methodology.  Be exposed to the use of scheduling software and will actually develop a CPM schedule for an actual construction project as part of a semester project.


id: ENCE424
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Communication for Project Managers James Clark School of Engineering; or must be in the Construction Project Management minor; or must be in the Project Management minor.Jointly offered with:ENCE614. Learn the fundamentals of communications for project managers. Emphasis is on interpersonal and group communications; through voice, electronic, and written messages; project cycle and reports and presentations during this cycle; and communications for employment.


id: ENCE426
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Construction Documentation and BIM Applications in Engineering and Construction James Clark School of Engineering; or must be in the Construction Project Management Minor; or must be in the Project Management Minor. Learn the basics of construction documentation methods, with particular emphasis on Building Information Modeling (BIM). Topics include: the fundamentals of assembly, coordination, and maintenance of construction documents and implementation of BIM techniques in the design and construction processes, and; a review of Autodesk, Revit, and Navisworks and other leading BIM software.  Lectures from project management faculty supplemented by guest lecturers from the construction industry.


id: ENCE432
content:
Ground Water Hydrology Concepts related to the development of the ground water resources, hydrology, hydrodynamics of flow through porous media, hydraulics of wells and basin-wide ground water development. Fundamentals of ground water pollution are introduced.


id: ENCE441
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Foundation Design Critical review of classical lateral earth pressure theories, analysis of retaining walls and reinforced earth walls, subsurface explorations, bearing capacity and settlement of shallow foundations, design of deep foundations that includes both pile foundations and drilled shafts.


id: ENCE444
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Experimental Methods in Geotechnical Structural Engineering In the geotechnical engineering part of the course, major soils testing and their interpretation including classification, compaction, strength, and compressibility will be undertaken. The structural engineering part of this course covers test planning, loading apparatus, instrumentation, data acquisition and data analysis, as well as basic aspects of structural testing techniques and shake-table test.


id: ENCE454
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Design of Concrete Structures Formerly:ENCE451. Combined bending and compression, development and anchorage of reinforcement, deflections, design of slabs including one-way and two-way, design of footings, retaining walls, introduction to prestressed concrete, design of multi-story buildings.


id: ENCE465
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Civil and Environmental Engineering Design I Provides students an opportunity to develop their skills in project scoping and the development of design proposals. The fundamental concepts are taught using analytical and computational methods, which are necessary for designing and analyzing the sustainability of various engineering processes and technologies. The course provides the methods and skills for understanding the human-environment-infrastructure interactions needed to develop a design proposal.


id: ENCE470
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Highway Engineering Highway location and design, highway engineering economics, traffic engineering, traffic measurement devices and technologies. Includes discussion of technological advances in traffic flow and capacity, such as signal systems, corridor control, automatic driver information, incident detection and autonomous vehicle operation.


id: ENCE489L
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Special Problems in Civil Engineering; Risk Analysis in Engineering and Economics Cross-listed with ENCE620, ENRE648M, and ENSE698R. Credit only granted for ENCE489L, ENCE620, ENRE648M, or ENSE698R.


id: ENCE602
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Project Procurement Management Fundamental concepts and techniques for project acquisition and procurement are presented. Students are introduced to the PMBOK Guide six-step procurement process and expected to develop an in-depth understanding of project evaluation, planning, financing, contracting, negotiation, and procurement execution. It will also cover emerging methods, principles, and practices in infrastructure project procurement, including Public-Private Partnerships, Carbon project procurement, and Clean Development Mechanism.


id: ENCE607
content:
Mastering Agile Project Management Learn how and why Agile project management is the fastest growing and most successful project management philosophy today. Learn the mechanics of how to design and facilitate projects using pure Agile Scrum and Lean Kanban techniques; The tradeoffs of using hybrid techniques such as Lean Startup, Scaled Agile for the Enterprise, and Disciplined Agile Development. Then go beyond these frameworks to the science beneath with the essential principles to ensure you get the best benefits of Agile project management methods.


id: ENCE613
content:
Structural Dynamics Formerly:ENCE653. Analysis of the dynamic response of structrues and structural components subjected to impact load, transient load, and ground excitations; study of single degree-of-freedom and multi degree-of-freedom systems in classical closed form solution and approximate numerical solution; solution in the frequency domain and the use of finite element method.


id: ENCE614
content:
Communications for Project Managers James Clark School of Engineering or the School of Architecture.Jointly offered with:ENCE424. Learn the fundamentals of communications for project managers. Emphasis is on interpersonal and group communications; through voice, electronic, and written messages; project cycle and reports and presentations during this cycle; and communications for employment.


id: ENCE620
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Risk Analysis in Engineering and Economics Covers quantitative risk analysis and management using probability theory and statistics starting with system definition, hazard and scenario identification, likelihood estimation and consequence assessment, and finishes with economic valuation and microeconomics for informing decision making. It covers the topics: uncertainty, risk, knowledge and ignorance related definitions; natural and anthropogenic hazards and fundamental risk methods; system abstraction and associated complexities; analytical and empirical reliability and resilience estimation for components and systems; consequence, severity and loss analysis and accumulation including property and life; economic valuation; risk-cost-benefit tradeoffs and analysis; microeconomics and socioeconomics in risk analysis for informing decisions; risk management, acceptance, tolerance and finance; data needs and sources; expert-opinion elicitation; applications in engineering, sciences and economics.


id: ENCE622
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Construction Automation & Robotics Covers advanced technologies leading to redesign and partial or full automation of selected construction processes utilizing industrial robotics. Lectures and presentations will cover topics such as basic robotic technology (robot kinematics and dynamics, industrial manipulators, mobility bases, end effectors, sensors, control systems, and robot task programming), design of automated construction processes, selection of means and methods for automated construction processes, robot ergonomics and safety, calculation of costs and benefits of construction robots in selected applications, engineering and economic feasibility of automation and robotics in the construction industry.


id: ENCE627
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Project Risk Management Introduction to identifying, analyzing, assessing, and managing risks inherent to engineering projects. Includes: probability modeling, choice and value theory, schedule and cost risk, risk mitigation and transfer, and contract considerations of project risk. Examples are drawn from construction, software development, systems integration, and other large engineering projects; and cover probability basics, subjective probability, statistical data analysis, introduction to decision theory, Monte Carlo simulation, value of information, and risk-based decision making.


id: ENCE650
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Process Dynamics in Environmental Systems Formerly:ENCE636. The fundamentals of heterogeneous equilibria, rates of environmental reactions, and flow and material transport or presented. Applications of these principles will be presented to small and large scale environmental problems involving liquid, gas, and solid phases. Both natural and engineered environmental systems will be examined.


id: ENCE652
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Microbiological Principles of Environmental Engineering Formerly:ENCE637. An examination of microbiological principles directly affecting humans and the surrounding environment. Special emphasis is given to the understanding of microbial physiology and in environmental engineering related to water and land systems including aerobic and anaerobic treatment processes involved in nutrient/waste recycling as well as impact of xenobiotic compounds on processes water, soil and sediment.


id: ENCE662
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Introduction to Project Management Introduction to project management including: overview and concepts of project management (principles, body of knowledge, strategies); planning successful projects (defining, specifying, delivery options, scheduling, budgeting); implementing (organizing the team, work assignments, team building, effective leadership); executing (performance measurement, maintaining the schedule, adjustments/mid-course corrections, record keeping, status reporting, communications, managing conflict, time management); and closeout(performance measurement, maintaining the schedule, adjustments/mid-course corrections, record keeping, status reporting, communications, managing conflict, time management).


id: ENCE664
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Legal Aspects of Engineering Design and Construction Examines ways in which the legal system affects the design and construction process. Focuses on contract types and the relationships between the parties in different delivery systems. Covers basics of procurement protocols along with negotiating techniques and strategies. Topics include contract law, the relationships between the parties, tort and negligence law, and the statutory principles affecting construction.


id: ENCE666
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Cost Engineering and Control Analytical techniques to estimate and control project costs, including site investigation, quantity takeoff, work analysis, and bid preparation. Systematic cost control as related to job production and historical data. Includes the fundamentals of different types of cost estimating, the appropriate use of each, and examination of popular software. This course is designed to help students develop the ability to utilize techniques of cost estimating, cost and schedule control and project management as they apply to engineering and construction work. Students will understand why it is crucial to understand the various types of cost estimating and the appropriate use of each, activity-based costing, conceptual estimating and budgeting, unit cost estimating, parametric estimating, detailed estimating, learning curves and progress functions.


id: ENCE670
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Highway Traffic Characteristics and Measurements The study of the fundamental traits and behavior patterns of road users and their vehicles in traffic. The basic characteristics of the pedestrian, the driver, the vehicle, traffic volume and speed, stream flow and intersection operation, parking, and accidents.


id: ENCE672
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Regional Transportation Planning Factors involved and the components of the process for planning statewide and regional transportation systems, encompassing all modes. Transportation planning studies, statewide traffic models, investment models, programming and scheduling.


id: ENCE688D
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Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering; Multiphysics Modeling for Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Prerequisites:  ENCE 340 or equivalent.This course focuses on the application of computational modeling techniques with a strong emphasis on the finite element method (FEM) to solve complex problems in geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering. Students will learn to analyze stress-deformation, fluid flow, and coupled multiphysics processes in porous geomaterials. The emphasis will be on analyzing and modeling of stress-strain behavior in saturated and unsaturated soils, consolidation and unsaturated flow processes, waste containment and landfill barrier system performance, and coupled flow phenomena in climate-resilient and sustainable geosystems. Additional topics include data-informed modeling, machine learning integration, and AI-enhanced simulations for geotechnical and geoenvironmental applications.


id: ENCE688G
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Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering; Survey Methods and Data Analytics for Transportation This course will cover the fundamentals of survey instrument design, including sampling procedures, and will expose students to key transportation data sources. These include the National Household Travel Survey, Sated Preference data, and large-scale data derived from passenger and freight trajectories.


id: ENCE688M
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Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering; Pavement Engineering: Design, Materials, and Emerging Technologies with AI/ML Applications This course introduces the principles and practices of pavement engineering, with a special emphasis on integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) into pavement evaluation, design, and management. Students will gain a strong foundation in pavement materials, structural design, and mechanistic-empirical methods, while exploring advanced computational tools for predictive modeling, image-based condition assessment, and intelligent pavement management.


id: ENCE688T
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Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering; Disaster Resilience Seminar This seminar with address varied topics in identifying, analyzing, assessing, and managing engineered systems resilient to natural, anthropogenic, and other hazards. This seminar series comprises guest lectures and internal faculty and student presentations on topics related to disaster resilience. Examples are drawn from foundational concepts; hazard science; planning, engineering, and design; risk and resilience assessment; and implementation.


id: ENCE688X
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Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering; Fundamentals of Probability and Statistics for Civil Engineering Research Prerequisites: Calculus, linear algebra, basic knowledge of coding language (MATLAB, R, or Python).This class provides graduate students in civil engineering with the foundational knowledge of probability and statistics needed to embark on more advanced study. The approach to probability and statistics is tailored to the problems typically encountered in civil engineering applications. In addition, this course allows students to enhance their skills in processing, visualizing, and analyzing data using widely accepted coding environments.


id: ENGL101
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Academic Writing Additional information:Students must complete this course with a minimum grade of C- in order to fulfill the General Education Fundamental Studies Academic Writing requirement. An introductory course in expository writing.


id: ENGL120
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Acting Human: Shakespeare and the Drama of Identity Shakespeare's ideas of dramatic realism studied through close examination of literary and dramatic techniques. How Shakespeare generates the fiction of a living, thinking person in the space of five acts, and how readers participate in the making of that fiction. Some attention to Shakespeare on film and what the playwright can teach us about different media.


id: ENGL126
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Why Fiction Matters Consider how short stories, novellas, and novels are vital to understanding our world and ourselves. Read and analyze a diverse range of twentieth- and twenty-first-century fiction, and apply the techniques of form and craft to your own experiments in fiction writing. Use critical analysis and hands-on creative experimentation to explore how fiction helps us understand the past, engage in the present, and build a better future.


id: ENGL134
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The Rites of Discovery: Science, Law, and Literature, 1492-1992 History of idea of "discovery" from sixteenth-century debate about European "rights of discovery" to 500th anniversary, in 1992, of Columbus' landfall in New World. Evolution of modern concept of discovery, both as part of history of science and in legal context of history of European colonialism and cultural encounter with Native peoples of Americas, Africa, and Asia. Exploration of primary and secondary sources relating to international law, science, and literature.


id: ENGL143
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Visualizing Knowledge: From Data to Images Explores how technology and people shape our current age of information through the various forms of visually representing information. Visualizations do not show us things that are evident--visualizations make things evident. We will thus examine the history of visualization practices, the theories of image-making that guide their production, and the current state of the art. Students will engage critically with a wide range of information visualization practices to gain an understanding of the work involved in producing them and their histories. Students will also seek out contemporary visualizations, interact with the practitioners who produce them, and produce their own visualization as a response or critique.


id: ENGL154
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Race, Children's Television, and the Legacies of Jim Henson Formerly:ENGL439J. How do children form ideas about race from television? We will approach this question by studying representations of race in children's television from the founding of the animation industry in the 1910s to educational programming epitomized by Sesame Street and the work of Jim Henson. We will also explore representations of race in the "Saturday Morning Cartoon Lineup" and in the subsequent proliferation of computer-generated images, gifs, and memes. Students will visit archives on campus pertaining to Jim Henson's work and reflect on what they find. Assignments will include a paper focused on critical analysis and self-reflection, and students will have the option of completing a multimedia project featuring video production, puppet making, or another creative means of producing a lesson for children.


id: ENGL201
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The Medieval Imagination How and why do the Middle Ages resonate with us now? Explore a wide range of narratives, poems, artworks, and songs from ancient, medieval, and Renaissance cultures. Study popular culture, manuscript and print technologies, and the relationship between the sacred and the profane over a millenium. Learn about modern and contemporary medievalist revivals that might include authors such as J.R.R. Tolkien and N.K. Jemisin, television series such as Game of Thrones, and more.


id: ENGL222
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American Literature(s) Explore American literary traditions in a variety of poetic and narrative forms and in diverse historical contexts, ranging from colonization to the Civil Rights Movement and beyond. Genres examined in this course might include lyric poems, travel narratives, gothic short fiction, slave narratives, and science fiction. Emphasis on developing skills of literary interpretation and critical writing, while attending to the place of race, class, gender, and sexuality in American literary culture. Authors may include Phillis Wheatley, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Frederick Douglass, Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison, among others.


id: ENGL243
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What is Poetry? An exploration of arguably the most complex, profound, and ubiquitous expression of human experience. Study through close reading of significant forms and conventions of Western poetic tradition. Poetry's roots in oral and folk traditions and connections to popular song forms.


id: ENGL244
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Drama, Performance, and Spectacle Exploration of drama through a consideration of plot, narrative flow, analytical flow, staging, performance, manuscript and printing history, text and textual change over time, and interpretation. Plays will be approached as public attempts to understand what it means to be alive.


id: ENGL251
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Detective Fiction Explore "whodunnit" fiction from its nineteenth-century beginnings to the contemporary moment. Why are readers intrigued by the methodical discovery of the exact circumstances of a mysterious event? How does the figure of the eccentric, intelligent, often unofficial investigator take prominence? How does detective fiction emerge from and react to global imperialism, the modern metropolis, forensic science, and the modern legal system? How does the genre represent and respond to gender, class, and racial inequities? Texts may range from the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle, to the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction" in the 1920s and 30s by writers such as Agatha Christie, to late-twentieth century and contemporary novelists such as Chester Himes, P.D. James, and Mia P. Manansala, to film and television adaptations such as Enola Holmes, See How They Run, and Kenneth Branagh's Hercule Poirot films.


id: ENGL255
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Literature, Science, and Technology Consider the relationship between fiction and science. How does science as we know it depend on certain fictions or narratives? How do we come to know science through the fictions we encounter? How do literary works represent the ethics of science and technology? What role does science play in the oppression of peoples? What alternative, more liberatory ways of using science are possible?


id: ENGL256
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Fantasy Literature How fantasy employs alternate forms of representation, such as the fantastical, estranging, or impossible, which other genres would not allow. Through novels, short stories, graphic novels, and film, traces fantasy's roots in mythology and folklore, then explores how modern texts build upon or challenge these origins. Examination of literary strategies texts use to represent the world through speculative modes. How to distinguish fantasy from, and relate it to, other genres such as horror, fairly tales, and magical realism. Fantasy's investment in world-building, history, tradition, and categories of identity such as race, class, and gender. How fantasy, as a genre, form, and world-view, is well-suited to our contemporary reality.


id: ENGL257
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Children's Literature Literature of the nineteenth through the twenty-first century concerned with, and written for, children and young adults. How such narratives speak to themes of changing social, religious, political, and personal identity. Through poetry, novels, graphic novels, and film, explores how children's tales encapsulate and reflect on human existence, while pushing boundaries of what constitutes "children's literature" and what exactly defines the "child." Considers questions of literary classification through investigation of political and religious issues, gender politics, animal rights, social justice, race, war, and what it means to "grow up."


id: ENGL271
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Writing Poems and Stories: An Introductory Workshop Introduction to theory and practice of writing fiction and poetry. Emphasis on critical reading of literary models. Exercises and workshop discussions with continual reference to modeling, drafting, and revising as necessary stages in a creative process.


id: ENGL272
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Writing Fiction: An Introductory Workshop Introduction to theory and practice of writing fiction. Emphasis on critical reading of literary models. Exercises and workshop discussions with continual reference to modeling, drafting, and revising as necessary stages in a creative process.


id: ENGL273
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Writing Poetry: An Introductory Workshop Introduction to theory and practice of writing poetry. Emphasis on critical reading of literary models. Exercises and workshop discussions with continual reference to modeling, drafting, and revising as necessary stages in a creative process.


id: ENGL289L
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Special Topics in English; The 'Jew' in American Literature and Culture Cross listed with CINE299L and JWST219L. Credit only granted for JWST219L or ENGL289L or CINE299L.An exploration of the role played by literature in the development of American Jewish ethnic identity. Primary materials include essays, poetry, plays, short stories, novels, films and music.


id: ENGL290
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Introduction to Digital Studies Introductory course in digital studies. Surveys contemporary humanities work in digital technologies, including the web and social media and their historical antecedents. Explores design and making as analytical tools alongside reading and writing. Situates digital media within power and politics and develops critical awareness of how media shape society and ethics. Interdisciplinary approaches to creativity, analysis, and technology. While the course will include hands-on practice, no prior experience of programming, designing, or making required other than a willingness to experiment and play.


id: ENGL291
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Writing, Revising, Persuading Intermediate-level, writing-intensive course for students who have successfully satisfied the Fundamental Studies Academic Writing requirement but wish to hone skills in analyzing and producing rhetorically attuned, well-styled prose. Deeper study of rhetorical theory and its application to a wide variety of arguments and situations. Additional writing practice, techniques of revision, study of effect of stylistic choices. Topics may include argumentation theory, visual rhetoric, stylistic theory, and writing theory.


id: ENGL293
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Digital Writing and Content Creation Recommended:ENGL101. A hands-on exploration of rhetoric, technology, and digital expression. Study a variety of digital writing and content creation platforms, and learn about theories and practices in digital communication. Learn to analyze and create the kinds of multimodal documents (websites, podcasts, videos) that constitute communication in a digital world.


id: ENGL294
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Persuasion through Social Media Recommended:Fundamental Studies Academic Writing requirement. Why are influencers canceled? What role does social media play in the spread of (mis)information? What is possible through social media activism? How does advertising work in online spaces? How do people use social media to discover and craft identity? What role do social media play in user wellbeing? Explore questions like these using ideas from rhetoric to develop critical awareness about power, ideology, and digital content. Learn to create effective, ethical social media content. Become a more informed reader and writer on social media across public, personal, and professional contexts.


id: ENGL295
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Introduction to Digital Storytelling and Poetics What is the thread weaving through an animated visualization of economic data in a popular newspaper, an indie text-based videogame, a saucy twitter bot spitting out haikus, and an interactive digital essay? Storytelling--using whatever is at hand to communicate with audiences in evocative and connected ways. Combining technical and textual analysis with their own experiments in digital composition, students will learn to use new media techniques for the interpretation, creation, and dissemination of both critical and imaginative writing. From branching narratives to hypertext media and video games, to more recent developments in machine-generated poetry, XR, and embodied and location-based narrative, the methods and materials in this introductory course link creative expression and analysis of texts to contemporary conversations about social difference, representation, interface, and computation.


id: ENGL296
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Reading and Writing Disability: Rights and Representation Locate and analyze disability in various settings, modes, and texts. Investigate the material and cultural effects of the language, stories, and myths of disability. Explore the many definitions and frameworks of disability: as dynamic lived experiences, as a political identity, as a rich culture, as socially constructed barriers, and as an oppressed minority group. Examine how disability is portrayed, controlled, stereotyped, and celebrated across social, medical, political, cultural, and personal networks.


id: ENGL297
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Research and Writing in the Workplace Introduction to the rhetorical principles and professional practices of professional writing, particularly the research, writing, communication, analytical, and technological skills needed for the Professional Writing minor. How culture and technology relate to the work of professional writing; design principles and rhetorical moves; digital tools, research skills, and writing strategies of professional writers. Develops skills needed to publish a writing portfolio that showcases students' professional writing competencies and projects their professional writer identities.


id: ENGL301
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This is English: Fields and Methods "English" means a lot of things. Are you looking for literature, or linguistics? For writing--creative, critical, or professional? For theater, or debate? For film, or even videogames? This gateway course for the English major introduces you to all of these areas and more, as well as to our discipline's unique resources for studying and enjoying them. The English discipline includes three main interpretive fields: Literary and Cultural Studies; Language, Writing, and Rhetoric; and Media Studies. This course brings together the fundamental concepts and methods for reading, viewing, and researching practiced in these fields, launching you into English studies and and helping you to choose the major track that is right for you.


id: ENGL302
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Medieval Literature in Translation Surveys major works of English and continental Middle Ages. Readings may include romance, lyric and drama, Germanic epic, works of Dante, Chretien de Troyes, Jean de Meun, Christine de Pisan, Malory, English and continental mystics.


id: ENGL312
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Romantic to Modern British Literature and Culture Explore 19th- and 20th-century British and Anglophone literary cultures, including Romanticism, Victorianism, and Modernism. We will read poetry, prose, and drama by authors such as Mary and Percy Shelley to Austen, Dickens, Eliot, Tagore, and Woolf. Learn about the history of empire and resistance, the industrial revolution, capitalism, communism, feminism, race, and new forms of literary and artistic creation.


id: ENGL319C
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Special Topics in Science, Literature, and Media; From Frankenstein to Dracula:  the Monstrous and Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century Literature 


id: ENGL329I
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Special Topics in Film Studies; Film and the Fantastic: Fantasy Films from Melies to Marvel Cross-listed with CINE344. Credit only granted for ENGL329I or CINE344.


id: ENGL329J
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Special Topics in Film Studies; The Films of Alfred Hitchcock Cross-listed with CINE345. Credit granted for ENGL329J or CINE345.


id: ENGL329Z
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Special Topics in Film Studies; The Henson Family as Filmmakers Cross-listed with CINE319Z. Credit only granted for ENGL329Z or CINE319Z.


id: ENGL338A
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Special Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies; Yiddish and the Supernatural: Demons, Golems, and Dybbuks Cross listed with JWST374. Credit only granted for ENGL338A or JWST374.


id: ENGL346
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Twentieth Century Fiction Major British, American, and other fiction writers of the twentieth century studied in the context of the broad global, intellectual, and artistic interests of the century.


id: ENGL352
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Intermediate Fiction Workshop A class in the making of fiction. Intensive discussion of students' own fiction. Readings include both fiction and essays about fiction by practicing writers. Writing short critical papers, responding to works of fiction, and the fiction of colleagues, in-class writing exercises, intensive reading, and thinking about literature, in equal parts, and attendance at readings.


id: ENGL353
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Intermediate Poetry Workshop A class in the making of poetry. Intensive discussion of students' own poems. Readings in both poetry and essays about poetry by practicing poets. Writing short critical prose pieces, responding critically to colleagues' poems, in-class and outside writing exercises, memorization, and attendance at poetry readings.


id: ENGL358A
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Special Topics in U.S. Latinx Literature; How to Read a Postcolonial Love Poem Cross-listed with USLT398A. Credit will be only granted for USLT398A or ENGL358A.


id: ENGL368B
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Special Topics in African American, African, and African Diaspora Literatures; Blues and African American Folksong 


id: ENGL373
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Senior Honors Project Research and writing of senior honors project. Strongly recommended for students planning graduate work.


id: ENGL385
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English Semantics We use language all the time to share our thoughts and understand others, but how do we do this? Where does language get its meanings, and how do speakers know how to use them? Study a view of meaning grounded in human cognition and social interaction, emphasizing the relations between linguistic structures and the conceptual structures employed in understanding language. Topics include the relation between lexical and constructional meaning, the role of metaphor in language and thought, and the complex relations between language, culture and cognition.


id: ENGL388E
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Writing, Research, and Media Internships; BookLab Internship Click here to complete the application form


id: ENGL388P
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English Careers Internship Repeatable to 12 credits if content differs.Additional information:Each enrolled credit equals 45 hours of on-site internship work. Students receive credit for an internship of their choice that focuses at least half of its work on core English skills such as writing, editing, and research. Students secure their own internship placements. Course assignments include, for instance, an activity log, reflection papers, a supervisor evaluation, and a final portfolio of work.


id: ENGL388T
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Writing, Research, and Media Internships; Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities Internships Repeatable to 12 credits.


id: ENGL388V
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Undergraduate Teaching Assistants in English Repeatable to 12 credits.Additional information:Students should consult with the UTA Coordinator to determine the number of enrollment credits. A weekly teaching practicum and concurrent internship as an undergraduate teaching assistant in an English course. Students will explore the theories and best practices of teaching and learning in the various fields of the English discipline, particularly writing and literary studies. The emphasis is on creating inclusive classrooms and working with diverse learners and is grounded in theories of critical pedagogy. Students will apply principles of learning theory to develop and facilitate learner-centered lessons and discussions. They will also study composition pedagogy in preparation for responding to student writing in the course for which they are an assistant.


id: ENGL390
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Science Writing Formerly:ENGL393S. Specifically designed for students interested in further study in the physical and biological sciences. Exposes students to the conventions of scientific prose in the genres of research articles and proposals. Students also learn to accommodate scientific information to general audiences.


id: ENGL391
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Advanced Composition An advanced composition course which emphasizes constructing written arguments accommodated to real audiences.


id: ENGL392
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Legal Writing Conventions of legal writing and research. Students learn how to read and write about cases, statutes, or other legislation; how to apply legal principles to fact scenarios; and how to present a written analysis for readers in the legal profession. Assignments may include the law-school application essay, case briefs, legal memos, and client letters.


id: ENGL394
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Business Writing Intensive practice in the forms of written communication common in the business world: letters, memos, short reports, and proposals. Focus on the principles of rhetoric and effective style.


id: ENGL395
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Writing for Health Professions Focus on accommodating health-related technical material and empirical studies to lay audiences, and helping writers to achieve stylistic flexibility and correctness.


id: ENGL398A
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Writing for the Arts Examines the situations and genres in which working professionals (practitioners, advocates, administrators, and educators) write about art, culture, and artists. The course covers the complex process that writers need to learn, including how to accommodate information to specific audiences, how to use stylistic and visual devices to make information more accessible, and how to edit their own work as well as that of their peers. Assignments parallel the writing demands that students will face in the workplace, including analyzing and composing artist statements, an arts manifesto, art education guides, press releases about artists and their work, critical reviews of exhibits and performances, and proposals to funding agencies and foundations.


id: ENGL398B
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Writing for Social Entrepreneurship Designed for students who want to develop the skills needed to start a successful social venture--a start-up business with a social mission or a new nonprofit program. The course centers on a major writing project such as a business plan, a website design plan, a fundraising proposal, or a concept paper for a new nonprofit organization. Students produce other communication projects that social entrepreneurs use to develop their businesses and nonprofits, such as presentations or pitches to prospective investors/donors, marketing materials, and a job announcement. Students will learn from local social entrepreneurs who share their experiences of using writing to succeed in the field.


id: ENGL398C
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Writing Case Studies and Investigative Reports Designed for students interested in becoming police investigators, educators, case workers, insurance adjusters, nurses, or program evaluators, or in entering branches of the social sciences that investigate cases and value reports based on accurate descriptions and compelling narratives. Such reports must be factual and yet useful to decision makers, unbiased and yet focused. Students study genres and language skills from careful summarizing to convincing storytelling.


id: ENGL398E
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Writing About Economics Examines the characteristic genres of writing in modern economics, including theoretical and empirically based journal articles, reports for government and commercial clients, and economic information presented to a variety of non-professional audiences, such as citizen-oriented and public policy organizations. Students learn how to analyze these documents rhetorically and how to communicate economic information using the content, arrangement, style, and visual graphics best suited to the purposes and standards of particular audiences. Core assignments include a genre-based journal and document analysis, presentations on economics-related topics for both economists and non-professional audiences, and a major research-based writing project for an audience outside of the classroom.


id: ENGL398L
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Scholarly Writing in the Humanities Examines scholarship in the humanities as a genre of professional writing and investigates the norms and procedures of advanced academic writing. Assignments parallel the writing demands that students will face in the academic workplace, including a graduate school application essay, a genre review, an annotated bibliography, a journal article, and an oral presentation of article subject matter.


id: ENGL398N
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Writing for Non-Profit Organizations Examines professional writing and communication work in the non-profit sector. Students will analyze the audiences and document genres that they may encounter in real-world non-profit work and will learn how to compose many of these documents, from press releases and other public relations material to position papers, reports, and grant proposals. Students may also have the opportunity to add a service-learning component to the course by working with and for an area non-profit.


id: ENGL398R
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Writing Non-Fictional Narratives Approaches nonfiction narrative-a kind of writing influenced by fiction, magazine journalism, memoir, and personal essay--as a form of professional writing used in publishing and a range of careers involving proposal writing, work documentation, lobbying, social marketing, and political commentary, among others. Students learn to use many of the same tools as fiction writers, such as dialogue, vivid description, developing characters, nonlinear structure, and shifts in tense, time, and points of view. They also learn how to edit their own work as well as that of their peers, doing multiple revisions of the major assignments for a final portfolio. Major assignments include essays targeted to specific publications, query letters, audience analysis, and a publisher analysis.


id: ENGL398V
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Writing About the Environment Designed for those aspiring to work in a variety of fields that influence and are influenced by environmental science, including public policy, advocacy, science, and industry. Students learn to apply principles of technical writing to a range of scenarios and issues particular to the intersection of scientific knowledge and environmental policy. Writing audiences range from the public to decision-makers. The course emphasizes writing both within and across disciplines to enlist research for practical contexts.


id: ENGL402
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Chaucer Explore the works of Geoffrey Chaucer in their literary and cultural environment. Texts read in Middle English. Readings may include Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, dream visions, and lyric poems.


id: ENGL416
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18th-Century British Literature and Culture The literatures of the Enlightenment grappled with a sea change in the understanding of humans, commodities, the planet, non-human animals, the body, newly-encountered "others," and God. Once called the "Age of Reason," novels, plays, and philosophy from this period in fact plumb passions, emotions, and sentiments through plots about love, exploitation, envy, crime, desire, and ambition. Satirists mocked everything from colonialism to virtue claims to satire itself. Read works that transformed what it meant to love, resist, exploit, and desire. Paradoxically, this "Age of Passions" elevated sympathy in the crucible of capitalism, invented human rights in the context of Empire; and formulated racial categories on the road to abolition and religious toleration. Authors might include Daniel Defoe, Eliza Haywood, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Bernard Mandeville, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, Aphra Behn, William Congreve, Olaudah Equiano, and others.


id: ENGL420
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British Romantic Literature and Culture Explore a time (roughly 1780-1830) of great change, political revolution, empire-building, changing economic and sexual relations, and philosophical innovation. Arguably, many of our contemporary notions about literature and what an author is were created during this period. Consider the influence of these changes in such authors as Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, Byron, Godwin, Wollstonecaft, Austen, and more.


id: ENGL428F
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Seminar in Language and Literature; Literary Genre, Political Philosophy, and the History of Emotion For ENGL majors only. Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs. Course intended primarily for students in English Honors Program. English majors with strong academic records may also apply. Permission from the Director of Honors required.


id: ENGL428L
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Seminar in Language and Literature; Another Green World: Nature and Early English Literature For ENGL majors only. Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs. Course intended primarily for students in English Honors Program. English majors with strong academic records may also apply. Permission from the Director of Honors required.


id: ENGL433
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American Literature: 1914 to the Present, the Modern Period Modernism, Postmodernism. Writers such as Stevens, Stein, Ellison.


id: ENGL439D
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Spotlight on Major Writers; Dickinson, Erotics, Poetics, Biopics: Some (Queer) Ways We Read Poetry Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs. Also offered as ENGL439D, LGBT448Y and WGSS498Y. Credit granted for ENGL439D, LGBT448Y, WGSS498Y or WMST498Y.


id: ENGL459C
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Selected Topics in LGBTQ+ Literatures and Media; Life Writings in Different Media Cross-listed with LGBT459D. Credit only granted for ENGL459C or LGBT459D.


id: ENGL462
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Folksong and Ballad Explore America's diverse folksong heritage and its impact on world culture. Learn about such regional, ethnic, and popular music forms as ballad, country, bluegrass, blues, rock, gospel, soul, rap, and zydeco within their specific cultural contexts and as commercial products commodified by a voracious music industry. While we will consider the European and African roots of many of these musical traditions, our focus will be on American contributions in the twentieth century. Reading and listening will focus on genres such as blues or bluegrass; particular artists such as Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson, Bill Monroe, and Louis Jordan; and major figures in the recording industry or fieldworker collectors such as Alan Lomax.


id: ENGL467
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Creative Approaches to Digital Textuality Examines electronic literature and other aspects of the literary world online with a focus on experimental writing with computers. Topics may include digital fiction and storytelling, bots, book hacking, flash fiction, narrative in games, and artificial-intelligence-generated fiction, poetry, and art. No programming experience required.


id: ENGL469P
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The Craft of Literature: Creative Form and Theory; Lyric Realities: Poem, Person, Planet Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs.


id: ENGL479Y
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Selected Topics in Literature after 1800; Seminar in Poetry Translation Cross listed with CMLT679T. Credit only for ENGL479Y or CMLT679T.


id: ENGL483
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American English(es) Examines the diversity of dialects, registers, and jargons of English found in the United States, as well as their origins, structures, and functions in society.


id: ENGL487
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Principles and Practices of Rhetoric A seminar examining foundational concepts and approaches in the theory and practice of rhetoric in civic, professional, academic, and interpersonal settings; focusing on key issues in persuasion, argumentation, and eloquence in historical and contemporary contexts.


id: ENGL493
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Writing Genres as Social Action Recommended:Satisfactory completion of the professional writing requirement (FSPW). A rhetorical genre studies approach to understanding the work that texts do in the world. Examines issues of identity, power, and medium as they relate to writing in various contexts. Students analyze the texts, context(s), and social significance of a public, professional, digital, and/or advanced academic genre and produce writing that meets, modifies, and subverts expectations.


id: ENGL494
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Editing and Document Design Principles of general editing for clarity, precision and correctness. Applications of the conventions of grammar, spelling, punctuation and usage, and organization for logic and accuracy. Working knowledge of the professional vocabulary of editing applied throughout the course.


id: ENGL497
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English at Work Examines how English majors put their academic knowledge and skills to work in professional workplaces after graduation. Students learn strategies to research careers, and they shadow a person in a career of interest for a day. Students learn to compose different professional genres to write and speak about and for professional development and advancement, including inquiry letters, technical descriptions, professional portfolios, and elevator pitches. Students will critically examine the learning they have done in their undergraduate coursework and compose a vision for bringing that learning to life in their future work.


id: ENGL601
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Introduction to Graduate Studies An introduction to different elements of graduate work and an exploration of what it means to get a doctoral degree in English. Considers different career trajectories, in and outside of academia, as well as the future of higher education.


id: ENGL602
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Critical Theory and Literary Criticism An introduction to critical theory and literary criticism, with an overview of major movements (including formalism, structuralism and poststructuralism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, and feminism). Designed to help graduate students assess the various ways of approaching and writing about literature.


id: ENGL659A
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Readings in Postcolonial Literatures and Theory; Race, Indigeneity, and the Postcolonial Australian Novel 


id: ENMA180
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Materials Science and Engineering: The Field and the Future James Clark School of Engineering. Overview of the profession and the components of the Materials Science and Engineering program.  Students will become familiar with the departmental faculty, areas of specialization within MSE, professional society student chapter, research opportunities and other resources available to students.


id: ENMA300
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Introduction to Materials Engineering Corequisite:MATH241.Recommended:PHYS261 and PHYS260.Cross-listed withENME382. Structure of materials, chemical composition, phase transformations, corrosion and mechanical properties of metals, ceramics, polymers and related materials. Materials selection in engineering applications.


id: ENMA312
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Experimental Methods in Materials Science Corequisite:ENMA460. Introduction to experimental methods in materials   characterization; synthesis of colloidal nanoparticles; X-ray diffraction and light scattering; optical microscopy; thermal conductivity and expansion; electrical measurements; heat capacity; computational materials design.


id: ENMA362
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Mechanical Properties Overview of Mechanical Behavior, Elastic Behavior, Dislocations, Plastic Deformation, Strengthening of Crystalline Materials, Composite Materials, High Temperature Deformation of Crystalline Materials, Permanent Deformation of Noncrystalline Materials, Tensile Fracture at Low Temperatures, Engineering Aspects of Fracture, High Temperature Fracture, Fatigue, and Experimental determination of Mechanical Properties including Hardness of Metals and Strength of Metals, Polymers, Ceramics and Composites.


id: ENMA422
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Radiation Effects of Materials Formerly:ENMA489E. Ionizing radiation, radiation dosimetry and sensors, radiation processing, radiation effects on: polymers, metals, semiconductors, liquids, and gases. Radiation in advanced manufacturing, radiation-physical technology.


id: ENMA437
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Machine Learning for Materials Science Jointly offered with:ENMA637.Formerly:ENMA489L. Familiarizes students with basic as well as state of the art knowledge of machine learning and its applications to materials science and engineering. Covers the range of machine learning topics with applications including feature identification and extraction, determining predictive descriptors, uncertainty analysis, and identifying the most informative experiment to perform next. One focus of the class is to build the skills necessary for developing an autonomous materials research system, where machine learning controls experiment design, execution, and analysis in a closed-loop.


id: ENMA441
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Characterization of Materials Formerly:ENMA489T. Techniques to characterize the properties of materials whose characteristic dimensions range from nanometers to macroscopic. These include conventional crystalline and noncrystalline materials, with a special attention to materials of current technological interest. The course will include recent results from the scientific literature.


id: ENMA460
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Introduction to Solid State Physics Additional information:Materials Engineering students take ENMA460 and Physics students take PHYS431. Classes of materials; introduction to basic ideal and real materials' behavior including mechanical, electrical, thermal, magnetic and optical responses of materials; importance of microstructure in behavior. One application of each property will be discussed in detail.


id: ENMA464
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Environmental Effects on Engineering Materials Or permission of ENGR-Materials Science & Engineering department; and permission of instructor. Introduction to the phenomena associated with the resistance of materials to damage under severe environmental conditions. Oxidation, corrosion, stress corrosion, corrosion fatigue and radiation damage are examined from the point of view of mechanism and influence on the properties of materials. Methods of corrosion protection and criteria for selection of materials for use in radiation environments.


id: ENMA466
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Advanced Materials Fabrication Laboratory This course allows students an opportunity to study advanced materials systems in depth through a combination of lectures and hands-on laboratory experiments. Students will be trained in materials processing and characterization techniques. Each student will fabricate materials and devices in our state-of-the-art nanofabrication clean room facility (Fablab), as well as evaluate them using a variety of characterization techniques.


id: ENMA471
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Kinetics, Diffusion and Phase Transformations Fundamentals of diffusion, the kinetics of reactions including nucleation and growth and phase transformations in materials.


id: ENMA473
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Engineering Using High Strength Metals and Alloys This is a class focused on the materials engineering challenges of applying high strength metals and alloys to solutions.  The extraordinary properties of these alloys derive from (1) highly metastable microstructures, (2) high strengths and melting points of the base metals, (3) complicated processing and fabrication procedures, and (4) their resulting complex behavior in extreme environments.  This course will give you the knowledge base you need to select, apply and troubleshoot the performance of high strength metals and alloys in a variety of applications.


id: ENMA486
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Seminar in Materials Science and Engineering Current research in materials science and engineering and related fields. The lectures are presented by scientists and engineers from academia, national laboratory, US government, etc., in the format of seminars.


id: ENMA487
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Capstone Preparation In preparation for the senior level design course, students will do background research and develop white papers from which teams will form around short listed design projects.  The projects should focus on a society, industry, military or technological based problem in Materials Science and Engineering leading to a design and strategy to address the problem in the following course, ENMA 490.  The course will include written and oral presentations of the white papers and team proposals.


id: ENMA613
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Materials Science of Quantum Computing Recommended:Strongly recommended coursework in introduction to materials science, electronic materials, solid state physics, quantum mechanics and basic knowledge in computer programming or MATLAB. Quantum computing is the emerging field that attempts to perform information processing on a quantum mechanical state (qubit).  This graduate level course targets advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students for an introduction to this field of applied physics and the related material structures needed for elementary quantum computing. This course focuses on targeted topics of quantum mechanics and solid state physics as applicable to ion trap qubits, electron spin qubits, and superconducting qubits with connections to actual material structures their design and means of fabrication.


id: ENMA637
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Machine Learning for Materials Science Recommended:Python knowledge.Jointly offered with:ENMA437. Familiarizes students with basic as well as state of the art knowledge of machine learning and its applications to materials science and engineering. Covers the range of machine learning topics with applications including feature identification and extraction, determining predictive descriptors, uncertainty analysis, and identifying the most informative experiment to perform next. One focus of the class is to build the skills necessary for developing an autonomous materials research system, where machine learning controls experiment design, execution, and analysis in a closed-loop.


id: ENMA641
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Nanotechnology Characterization Formerly:ENMA698T. Techniques to characterize the properties of materials whose characteristic dimensions are a few to a few hundred nanometers, including conventional nanocrystalline materials, but concentrating on novel nanomaterials: carbon nanotubes, quantum dots, quantum wires, and quantum wells are covered. The emphasis is on recent results from the scientific literature concerning those properties that make nanostructures interesting: quantum effects, novel transport phenomena, enhanced mechanical properties associated with localization and with small crystallite size.


id: ENMA650
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Nanometer Structure of Materials And permission of ENGR-Materials Science & Engineering department. The basic concepts required for understanding nanostructured materials and their behavior will be covered. Topics covered include the structural aspects of crystalline and amorphous solids and relationships to bonding types, point and space groups. Summary of diffraction theory and practice. The reciprocal lattice. Relationships of the microscopically measured properties to crystal symmetry. Structural aspects of defects in crystalline solids.


id: ENMA660
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Thermodynamics in Materials Science Corequisite:ENMA650. Thermodynamics of engineering solids. Thermal, diffusional and mechanical interactions in macroscopic systems. Systems in thermal contact, systems in thermal and diffusive contact, systems in thermal and mechanical contact.


id: ENMA664
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Advanced Environmental Effects on Engineering Materials Formerly:ENMA698K. Introduction to the phenomena associated with the resistance of materials to damage under severe environmental conditions. Oxidation, corrosion, stress corrosion, corrosion fatigue and radiation damage are examined from the point of view of mechanism and influence on the properties of materials. Methods of corrosion protection and criteria for selection of materials for use in radiation related environments.


id: ENMA673
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Engineering Using High Strength Metals and Alloys You will learn the fundamental theories and best practices based on a historical perspective and also modern breakthroughs based on computational modeling and advanced in-situ ex-situ characterization of these materials. This course will introduce the insights needed to manipulate the atomic-scale structures and engineer the next generation of materials, including ferrous and non-ferrous alloys, for a wide range of applications, including biomedical, energy, and transportation.


id: ENMA797
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Independent Study This course is designed to provide students with a directed independent study course in order to prepare the scholarly paper required for the master's degree without thesis degree option.


id: ENME202
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Computing Fundamentals for Engineers Corequisite:Must be concurrently enrolled in 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: ENME272
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Introduction to Computer Aided Design Fundamentals of CAD, using solid modeling packages (Pro/E, SolidWorks, and Autodesk Inventor). Two and three dimensional drawing. Dimensioning and specifications. Introduction of CAD based analysis tools. Students will complete a design project.


id: ENME331
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Fluid Mechanics Principles of fluid mechanics. Mass, momentum and energy conservation. Hydrostatics. Control volume analysis. Internal and external flow. Boundary layers. Modern measurement techniques. Computer analysis. Laboratory experiments.


id: ENME332
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Transfer Processes The principles of heat transfer. Conduction in solids. Convection. Radiation. Modern measurement techniques. Computer analysis.


id: ENME350
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Electronics and Instrumentation I Modern instrumentation. Basic circuit design, standard microelectronic circuits. Digital data acquisition and control. Signal conditioning. Instrumentation interfacing. Designing and testing of analog circuits. Laboratory experiments.


id: ENME351
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Electronics and Instrumentation II Continuation of ENME 350. Modern instrumentation. Basic circuit design, standard microelectronic circuits. Digital data acquisition and control. Signal conditioning. Instrumentation interfacing. Designing and testing of analog circuits. Laboratory experiments.


id: ENME361
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Vibration, Controls and Optimization I Fundamentals of vibration, controls and optimization. Analysis and design in time, Laplace and frequency domains. Mathematical description of system response, system stability, control and optimization. Optimal design of mechanical systems.


id: ENME371
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Product Engineering and Manufacturing Business aspects of engineering product development. Relationship of design and manufacturing. Product specification. Statistical process control. Design team development. The development process.


id: ENME382
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Introduction to Materials Engineering Corequisite:MATH241.Recommended:PHYS261 and PHYS260.Cross-listed withENMA300. Structure of materials, chemical composition, phase transformations, corrosion and mechanical properties of metals, ceramics, polymers and related materials. Materials selection in engineering applications.


id: ENME392
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Statistical Methods for Product and Processes Development Integrated statistical methodology for the improvement of products and processes in terms of performance, quality and cost. Designed experimentation. Statistical process control. Software application. Laboratory activities.


id: ENME400
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Machine Design Design of mechanical elements and planar machines. Failure theories. Design of pressure vessels, joints, rotating elements, and transmission elements. Kinematic structures, graphical, analytical, and numerical analysis and synthesis of linkages, gear trains, and flywheels are covered.


id: ENME401
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Entrepreneurial Design Realization Formerly:ENME489B. The vision for this course, and an aspect that makes it unique, is to expose students to the opportunities and challenges of bringing a product design to reality (entrepreneurship).  The emphasis is on environmentally and socially sustainable projects.  The end-product of this course will be full-scale implementations or complete design "packages" that can be taken to potential stakeholders.


id: ENME408
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Selected Topics in Engineering Design; Automotive Design Or permission of ENGR-Mechanical Engineering department. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.Creativity and innovation in design. Generalized performance analysis, reliability and optimization as applied to the design of components an engineering systems. Use of computers in design of multivariable systems.


id: ENME416
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Additive Manufacturing And ENME272; or ENME414. Develop a comprehensive understanding of fundamental additive manufacturing, 3D printing approaches, including: extrusion-based deposition, stereolithography, powder bed-based melting, and inkjet-based deposition. Cultivate a design for-additive manufacturing skillset for CAD and CAM methodologies to produce successful 3D prints. Fabricate 3D mechanical objects using a variety of 3D printing technologies on campus. Execute a design project that demonstrates how additive manufacturing technologies can overcome critical limitations of traditional manufacturing processes.


id: ENME422
content:
Indoor Environment and Mechanical Systems Jointly offered with:ENME753. Fundamentals of indoor air quality and its measurements. Exploration of air cleaning technologies for gaseous, particulate and infectious agent contaminants. Simulations of air flow and contaminants with multi-zone models to allow testing of both contaminant dispersion in buildings and effectiveness of air cleaning technologies.


id: ENME423
content:
Modern Climate Control and Building Energy Design/Analysis Corequisite:ENME332. Fundamentals and design calculations of heat and moisture transfer in buildings; evaluation of cooling, heating and power requirements of buildings; building energy consumption simulations, use of alternative energy and energy conservation measures in buildings; fundamentals of fans/pumps and air/water distribution in buildings; introduction to refrigeration and energy systems for data centers and other mission-critical facilities.


id: ENME425
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Energy Conversion Systems for Sustianability Formerly:ENME489X. Focus on energy sustainability with view on changing global energy availability and use. Addresses the objective of greatly reducing our dependence on the finite amounts of fossil energy sources available for our quest to achieve environmentally benign sustainable energy for green environment. The emphasis will be on sustainability issues, discussion on supply, demand and storage, energy transmission, global warming and carbon management, biomass-resources, uses and production of biofuels, national energy policy discussion, carbon emission, energy security and economics to ensure future energy needs can be met without compromising the ability of future generation to meet their own needs with due considerations to increase in global temperatures.


id: ENME426
content:
Production Management The basic concepts and models needed to understand and design manufacturing systems, including the history of manufacturing, performance measures, queuing systems, variability, production planning and scheduling, lean manufacturing, and pull production control.


id: ENME430
content:
Fundamentals of Nuclear Reactor Engineering Fundamental aspects of nuclear physics and nuclear engineering, including nuclear interactions; various types of radiation and their effects on materials and humans; and basic reactor physics topics, including simplified theory of reactor critically.


id: ENME432
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Reactor and Radiation Measurements Laboratory Basics concepts of nuclear radiation and radiation detectors including types of radiation, radioactive decay, and interactions of radiation with matter.


id: ENME434
content:
Engineering Quantum Systems and Sensors Recommended:Any MATH 240, MATH 461, MATH341, or ENEE290 or equivalent courses covering linear algebra, eigenvalues, and eigenvectors.Jointly offered with:ENME692. Designed for students interested in learning quantum mechanics from a technological perspective, illustrated through specific examples from quantum engineering at the nanoscale and from discrete quantum systems. The focus is not on textbook examples such as hydrogen atom solutions and angular momentum algebra. Instead, focus areas would be quantum sensors and systems, description and control of quantum noise, which should elicit particular appeal across many areas of engineering and physical sciences. The course will prepare students for emerging quantum technologies besides computing and cryptography that are part of the Quantum 2.0 revolution.


id: ENME440
content:
Applied Machine Learning for Engineering and Design Jointly offered with:ENME743. Learn how to apply techniques from Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to solve engineering problems and design new products or systems. Design and build a personal or research project that demonstrates how computational learning algorithms can solve difficult tasks in areas you are interested in. Master how to interpret and transfer state-of-the-art techniques from computer science to practical engineering situations and make smart implementation decisions.


id: ENME441
content:
Mechatronics and the Internet of Things Formerly:ENME489B. Mechatronics and the Internet of Things combines sensors, actuators, computation, and communication to realize integrated objects capable of robust Internet-based interfacing. Students will gain experience with circuit development, mechatronic systems, MicroPython coding, and Internet communication protocols using the ESP32 microcontroller platform.  The project-focused course combines lectures and hands-on labs to drive learning at the convergence of mechanics, electronics, and software domains for IoT smart object development.


id: ENME444
content:
Assistive Robotics Fundamentals of assistive robots used in a wide varietyof ways to help humans with disabilities. Three application areas will be covered: (1) Rehabilitation robotics to recover motor function from neurologic injuries such as stroke, (2) Prosthetics to enable mobility function in amputees, and (3) Social robotics for cognitive impairment and developmental disorders such as autism. Theory behind different control systems employed by assistive robotics, as well as the mechanical design, sensors & actuators, and user interfaces behind representative robots in the respective areas. Guidelines for designing assistive robots. Ethical and regulatory considerations in the design of assistive robots.


id: ENME454
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Vehicle Dynamics Corequisite:ENME361. The fundamentals of passenger vehicle and light truck design and vehicle dynamics are covered. The engineering principles associated with acceleration, braking, handling, ride quality, aerodynamics, and tire mechanics are discussed, as well as suspension and steering design.


id: ENME462
content:
Vibrations, Controls, and Optimization II Continuation of ENME361. Fundamentals of vibration, controls, and optimization. Analysis and design in time, Laplace and frequency domains. Mathematical descriptions of system response, system stability, control and optimization. Optimal design of mechanical systems.


id: ENME467
content:
Engineering for Social Change Additional information:Students in the Mechanical Engineering (ENME) major should register for ENME467, all other majors should register under ENES467. Critical analysis of issues at the intersection of engineering, philanthropy and social change. How engineering design, products and processes have created social change in the past and will do so in the future through both intended and unintended consequences. Topics covered include energy, sustainability and climate change, autonomy, the digital future, low cost engineering, manufacturing, philanthropy, ethics and the impact of electronics on society, among others. Faculty and external experts will engage with students on these topics. Students will broadly engage with organizations involved in using technology for positive social impact.


id: ENME470
content:
Finite Element Analysis Basic concepts of the theory of the finite element method. Applications in solid mechanics and heat transfer.


id: ENME472
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Integrated Product and Process Development Integration of product development with the development process. Design strategies. Product architecture. Design for manufacturing. Selection of materials. Design for assembly.


id: ENME473
content:
Mechanical Fundamentals of Electronic Systems Jointly offered with:ENME690. An understanding of the fundamental mechanical principles used in design of electronic devices and their integration into electronic systems will be provided. Focus will be placed on the effect of materials compatibility, thermal stress, mechanical stress, and environmental exposure on product performance, durability and cost. Both electronic devices and package assemblies will be considered. Analysis of package assemblies to understand thermal and mechanical stress effects will be emphasized through student projects.


id: ENME480
content:
Introduction to Robotics An introductory course in robotics that will educate students in the elementary concepts of robotics.  The course will encompass both theory and experiments.


id: ENME489U
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Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering; Fluid Structure Interactions Prerequisites: ENME361 and ENME331.


id: ENME605
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Advanced Systems Control Modern control theory for both continuous and discrete systems. State space representation is reviewed and the concepts of controllability and observability are discussed. Design methods of deterministic observers are presented and optimal control theory is formulated. Control techniques for modifying system characteristics are discussed.


id: ENME610
content:
Engineering Optimization Overview of applied single- and multi- objective optimization and decision making concepts and techniques with applications in engineering design and/or manufacturing problems. Topics include formulation examples, concepts, optimality conditions, unconstrained/constrained methods, and post-optimality sensitivity analysis. Students are expected to work on a semester-long real-world multi-objective engineering project.


id: ENME631
content:
Advanced Conduction and Radiation Heat Transfer Theory of conduction and radiation. Diffused and directional, poly- and mono-chromatic sources. Quantitative optics. Radiation in enclosures. Participating media. Integrodifferential equations. Multidimensional, transient and steady-state conduction. Phase change. Coordinate system transformations.


id: ENME640
content:
Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics Formerly:ENME651. Equations governing the conservation of mass, momentum, vorticity and energy in fluid flows. Low Reynolds number flows. Boundary layers. The equations are illustrated by analyzing a number of simple flows. Emphasis is placed on physical understanding to facilitate the study of advanced topics in fluid mechanics.


id: ENME645
content:
Fluid-Structure Interactions Formerly:ENME809C. Fundamentals of fluid-structure interactions, fluid-elastic instabilities (buckling, flutter, galloping) and their engineering applications.  Possible domains of applications are civil engineering, aerospace engineering, ocean engineering, biomechanics, and soft robotics.  Examples include tall bridges, aircraft wing, parachutes, solid rocket motor, turbomachinery, offshore platform, subsea pipelines, paper printing, MEMS mircochannels, blood flow in arteries, and heart valves.  The fish swimming mechanics with be studied to inspire novel efficient propulsion mechanisms for soft robotics applications.


id: ENME662
content:
Linear Vibrations Development of equations governing small oscillations and spatially continuous systems. Newton's equations, Hamilton's principle, and Lagrange's equations. Free and forced vibrations of mechanical systems. Modal analysis. Finite element discretization and reductions of continuous systems. Numerical methods. Random vibrations.


id: ENME690
content:
Mechanical Fundamentals of Electronic Systems Jointly offered with:ENME473. An understanding of the fundamental mechanical principles used in design of electronic devices and their integration into electronic systems will be provided. Focus will be placed on the effect of materials compatibility, thermal stress, mechanical stress, and environmental exposure on product performance, durability and cost. Both electronic devices and package assemblies will be considered. Analysis of package assemblies to understand thermal and mechanical stress effects will be emphasized through student projects.


id: ENME692
content:
Engineering Quantum Systems and Sensors Recommended:Any MATH 240, MATH 461, MATH341, or ENEE290 or equivalent courses covering linear algebra, eigenvalues, and eigenvectors .Jointly offered with:ENME434. Designed for students interested in learning quantum mechanics from a technological perspective, illustrated through specific examples from quantum engineering at the nanoscale and from discrete quantum systems. The focus is not on textbook examples such as hydrogen atom solutions and angular momentum algebra. Instead, focus areas would be quantum sensors and systems, description and control of quantum noise, which should elicit particular appeal across many areas of engineering and physical sciences. The course will prepare students for emerging quantum technologies besides computing and cryptography that are part of the Quantum 2.0 revolution.


id: ENME694
content:
Fundamentals of Optics and Optical Systems for Engineers Formerly:ENME808Z. This unique course is designed to teach the fundamentals of optics and optical systems for engineering students, more specifically (1) to familiarize students with the optical principles and applications, and (2) to help them learn the method details and develop skills for research and development.  The key concepts are presented, with an emphasis on their physical meanings rather than theoretical and mathematical meanings, to help create a better understanding of optics for engineering applications.


id: ENME722
content:
Equilibrium Modeling in Engineering Provide motivation and introduction to equilibrium models involving economics and engineering. We will concentrate on models involving markets (Nash-Cournot, etc.), those wherein the activities are spatially diverse, those involving energy activities or traffic flow, as well as selected other examples in mechanical engineering. Areas that will be covered include:Review of relevant optimization theory, presentation of the mixed complementarity problem (MCP) and variational inequality problem (VIP) formats to solve equilibrium problems as well as introduction to existence and uniqueness results, review of relevant game theory notions, presentation of specific models for engineering-economic applications, presentations for algorithms to solve these equilibrium problems.


id: ENME743
content:
Applied Machine Learning for Engineering and Design Jointly offered with:ENME440. Learn how to apply techniques from Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to solve engineering problems and design new products or systems. Design and build a personal or research project that demonstrates how computational learning algorithms can solve difficult tasks in areas you are interested in. Master how to interpret and transfer state-of-the-art techniques from computer science to practical engineering situations and make smart implementation decisions.


id: ENME744
content:
Additive Manufacturing Jointly offered wit h ENME416. Develop a comprehensive understanding of fundamental additive manufacturing-alternatively, "three-dimensional (3D) printing-approaches, including extrusion-based deposition, stereolithography, powder bed-based melting, and inkjet-based deposition.  Cultivate a "design-for-additive manufacturing" skill set for combining computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) methodologies to produce successful 3D prints. Fabricate 3D mechanical objects using a variety of 3D printing technologies on campus.  Execute a design project that demonstrates how additive manufacturing technologies can overcome critical limitations of traditional manufacturing processes.


id: ENME750
content:
Applied System Identification Formerly:ENME 808R. An introductory graduate level course on system identification, which concerns various methods and techniques for data-driven modeling and estimation of dynamical systems.


id: ENME753
content:
Indoor Environment and Mechanical Systems Jointly offered with:ENME422.Formerly:ENME808U. Fundamentals of indoor air quality and its measurements. Exploration of air cleaning technologies for gaseous, particulate and infectious agent contaminants. Simulations of air flow and contaminants with multi-zone models to allow testing of both contaminant dispersion in buildings and effectiveness of air cleaning technologies.


id: ENME808Q
content:
Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering; Modern Climate Control and Building Energy Design/Analysis Corequisite: ENME332.  Fundamentals and design calculations of heat and moisture transfer in buildings; evaluation of cooling, heating and power requirements of buildings; building energy consumption simulations, use of alternative energy and energy conservation measures in buildings; fundamentals of fans/pumps and air/water distribution in buildings; introduction to refrigeration and energy systems for data centers and other mission-critical facilities.


id: ENST111
content:
Field Exploration in Environmental Science and Technology Immerse yourself in the diverse aspects of the Environmental Science and Technology Department (ENST) with the Field Exploration in Environmental Science and Technology course. In this hands-on course, both the outdoors and the laboratory serve as your classroom. You will travel by foot, bus, and boat to a variety of ecosystems, from forests and wetlands to urban rivers and the open Bay. Along the way, you will explore many of the ecological challenges posed by human activities. Under expert guidance, you will learn and apply field methods and laboratory techniques, gaining a deeper understanding of how environmental scientists address humanity's grand challenges through scientific data collection and analysis. Each field experience, corresponding discussion, and laboratory analysis is designed to enhance your ecological literacy by engaging directly with the environment and the professionals working to understand and protect it.


id: ENST115
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Bats in Society: Human-Wildlife Relationships, Conflicts, & Solutions Formerly:ENST215.Additional information:Students should expect to spend 1-3 hours across multiple nights deploying bat detectors (which will be provided by the instructor) at a location of their choosing. Safety protocols will be discussed and implemented. How might an understanding of human-wildlife conflicts shape our approach to disease, ecology, and conservation? Should we care that we are losing wildlife, like bats? Across the globe, human societies have significantly harmed bat populations both intentionally and unintentionally. This course will delve into different bat population crisis causes as well as current and potential solutions, while addressing complex human-wildlife conflicts that need to be considered while solving them. During the course, students will get hands-on experience using highly sophisticated bat acoustic technology to identify bats to species-level. Lecture and discussion sections will focus on bat ecology, management techniques, newest bat identification techniques, data interpretation, and scientific presentation skills.


id: ENST200
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Fundamentals of Soil Science Corequisite:CHEM131 and CHEM132; or permission of AGNR-Environmental Science & Technology department.Formerly:NRSC200. Study and management of soils as natural bodies, media for plant growth, and ecosystem components. Morphology, composition, formation, and conservation of soils. Chemical, biological, and physical properties are discussed in relation to the production of plants, the functioning of hydrologic and nutrient cycles, the protection of environmental quality, and engineering uses of soils.


id: ENST233
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Introduction to Environmental Health Examines how humans are affected by the quality of our air, water, soil and food supply as well as how human activities alter these survival necessities.  Students will learn how the evolution and prosperity of human populations have resulted in degradation of our environment and the impact of environmental degradation on the health of people.  The implications of individual and collective choices for sustainable food production, population management, and resource utilization will be explored.


id: ENST281
content:
Computer Aided Design in Ecology Basics of Computer Aided Drawing (CAD) applied to design of constructed ecosystems. Use of campus stormwater wetland as case study.


id: ENST282
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Ecological Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecotechnology innovation is taught with design thinking, which uses an iterative cycle of developing customer empathy, learning ecological technology, appreciating environmental stewardship, brainstorming, rapid prototyping, user experience, testing and redesign. Environment entrepreneurship is based on the Lean Startup process, which uses customer discovery, encourages quick product development, reduces start-up costs, tests ideas quickly, and employs designed experiments. A multidisciplinary academic setting embraces designing, building, testing and marketing novel technologies that enhance the environmental needs of humans. Students will learn in an active environment that requires working creatively, collaboratively, diligently, and precisely to create a business model and tangible prototype for a new commercial product.


id: ENST301
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Field Soil Morphology I Formerly:ENST308. This is a field-oriented course that introduces students to the techniques used to (1) describe soil morphology, and site and profile characteristics, (2) make land use interpretations based on soil characteristics, and (3) classify soils. This class is designed to prepare students for the Regional Collegiate Soil Judging Contest and for students to gain experience in the description and interpretation of soils in the field.


id: ENST302
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Field Soil Morphology II This is the second field-oriented course in a three course sequence that provides intermediate training for students in the techniques used to (1) describe soil morphology, and site and profile characteristics, (2) make land use interpretations based on soil characteristics, and (3) classify soils. This class is designed to prepare students for the Regional Collegiate Soil Judging Contest and for students to gain experience in the description and interpretation of soils in the field.


id: ENST303
content:
Field Soil Morphology III This is the third field-oriented course in a three course sequence that provides intermediate training for students in the techniques used to (1) describe soil morphology, and site and profile characteristics, (2) make land use interpretations based on soil characteristics, and (3) classify soils. This class is designed to prepare students for the Regional Collegiate Soil Judging Contest and for students to gain experience in the description and interpretation of soils in the field.


id: ENST321
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Statistics for Environmental Scientists Introduces students to statistical methods used in environmental science to analyze, interpret, and communicate data related to environmental science. The course emphasizes solving problems and independent learning and inquiry. Students will learn key concepts in descriptive and inferential statistics, probability distributions, hypothesis testing, regression modeling, and time series analysis. The course also covers advanced topics such as model selection and spatial data analysis. Hands-on exercises using real-world environmental datasets and statistical software (R) will provide students with practical skills in data visualization, analysis, and decision-making. By the end of the course, students will be equipped to critically evaluate environmental data and apply statistical tools to address pressing environmental challenges.


id: ENST333
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Ecosystem Health and Protection Discussion of the philosophies, principles, and practices for assessing ecosystem health with emphasis on an ecosystem perspective rather than a human health perspective. Degradation associated with human activities will be emphasized. Topics will range from local to regional to global issues, including a discussion on global warming and its possible impacts on ecosystems. Concepts will be clarified using case histories from the Chesapeake Bay watershed.


id: ENST360
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Ecosystem Ecology The study of ecology has a long and interesting history, from early society's efforts to understand and alter their environment as a matter of survival to the challenges the modern world is facing that are global in scale. Through the course text, distributed supplemental chapter readings and an understanding of the scientific literature, this course will cover the essential concepts and principles of ecosystem ecology as well as its history and past and present controversies. Several of the basic methods and tools of field research and the applied management of ecosystems will be discussed and demonstrated with several field excursions in the natural environs of the DC area. Central to this course will be the understanding that modern human society is an integral part of nature, with the power to impact and influence elements of the natural world at multiple scales. An analysis of policy implications for the biosphere will be discussed.


id: ENST361
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URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Formerly:ENST499A URBAN ECOLOGY. Urban Environmental Science is an interdisciplinary subject at the intersection of social, environmental, and economic systems. This course will examine ecology in the city (i.e. why do certain species live in certain greenspaces?), ecology of the city (i.e. how do urban ecological processes influence the health and safety of human residents?), and ecology for the city (i.e. how do we plan and restore greenspaces in a just way so that all residents have equitable access to nature?). This course will have a strong focus on natural systems within urban ecosystems. Each topic will focus on key urban ecological concepts and then explore how these topics apply to urban planning and design. The course will be a mix of traditional lectures, class discussions, and field trips to see urban environments in action in Washington, D.C.


id: ENST379
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Environmental Science and Technology Undergraduate Teaching Assistant This course is designed for students who are Undergraduate Teaching Assistants in the ENST department. The course has 2 parts: 1) ENST379 seminar with Instructor Eni Baballari, and 2) the student's individual experience with the instructor they are assisting during the semester. Together, these two parts provide undergraduate students with the foundational skills and knowledge for effective college teaching. It covers essential topics such as teaching methods, classroom management, student engagement, and the basics of course design. Emphasis will be placed on understanding diverse student needs, promoting inclusive teaching practices, and fostering critical thinking. Through interactive activities and peer & instructor feedback, students will gain hands-on experience in creating positive and impactful learning environments.


id: ENST388
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Honors Thesis Research Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.Undergraduate honors thesis research conducted under the direction of an AGNR faculty member in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the College of AGNR Honors Program. The thesis will be defended to a faculty committee.


id: ENST403
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Invasive Species Ecology We will examine ecological, evolutionary, and anthropogenic processes facilitating or resisting biological invasions, and consider their environmental, economic, and human health impacts. We will consider various management strategies to mitigate invasions and identify areas of future research. Field trips and detailed discussion of recent findings and controversies in the literature will help illustrate fundamental concepts of invasions among various ecosystems.


id: ENST411
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Principles of Soil Fertility Jointly offered withENS T611.Formerly:NRS C411. Soil factors affecting plant growth and quality with emphasis on the bio-availability of mineral nutrients. The management of soil systems to enhance plant growth by means of crop rotations, microbial activities, and use of organic and inorganic amendments.


id: ENST414
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Soil Morphology, Genesis and Classification Processes and factors of soil genesis. Taxonomy of soils of the world by U.S. System. Soil morphological characteristics, composition, classification, survey and field trips to examine and describe soils.


id: ENST417
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Soil Hydrology and Physics A study of soil water interactions: the hydrologic cycle; the unique properties of water and soil; the soil components and their interactions; the field water cycle; transport processes involving water, heat and solutes; human effects on soil and groundwater; as well as the measurement, prediction, and control of the physical processes taking place in and through the soil.


id: ENST432
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Environmental Microbiology Microorganisms are everywhere and mediate many of the processes that we observe everyday. These organisms are the unseen catalysts for numerous industrial processes and are critical to many emerging technologies and novel products. Environmental microbiologists ask: How do microorganisms in the environment benefit society? This course will answer this question by examining microbes in bioremediation, food safety, climate change, and biotechnology.


id: ENST450
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Wetland Ecology Jointly offered with:ENST650. Plant and animal communities, biogeochemistry, and ecosystem properties of wetlands. Lectures are supplemented by field trips and in-class labs. Hands-on activities include identification of wetland plant species, wetland delineation, and collection and analysis of field data on wetland vegetation, soil, and hydrology. Wading boots (at least hip length) are strongly recommended.


id: ENST460
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Principles of Wildlife Management Or permission of AGNR-Environmental Science & Technology department. Ecological principles and requirements of wildlife as basis for management, and introduction to the scientific literature. Conflicts in wildlife management, government administration of wildlife resources, legislation, and history of the wildlife management profession.


id: ENST472
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Capstone Additional information:This is the pinnacle course for students majoring in ENST and is therefore recommended in one of the students' final semesters. This capstone course focuses on professional project preparation, presentation, and critical evaluation on environmental science research. Students will develop and present original projects and critique projects presented by others.


id: ENST485
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Water Management in Urban Environment Historically, with the exception of certain locations, water has been available in sufficient quantities, and providing supporting infrastructure has been relatively straightforward. In urban areas, the concentration of people and the drastic changes in land use, have altered the fluxes of water, sediments, chemicals, and microorganisms. As the population increases and the number of large urban areas keeps growing (both in U.S. and internationally), managing water in urban areas is becoming more challenging. Water must be supplied for domestic, commercial, and industrial use, as well as irrigation and maintaining and enhancing local environments (e.g., urban streams). In addition, stormwater must be managed to prevent flooding and environmental damage, and used water, which contains organic matter, nutrients, and other constituents that can be extracted and reused, must be collected and managed. In this course we take a systems approach to urban water hydrology, engineering, planning and management. We will explore urban water cycle, urban runoff and drainage characteristics, urban water supply and demand, stormwater collection and treatment and designing best management practices. Additionally, we look at the climate impacts on the urban water cycle.


id: ENST486
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Senior Professional Experience Additional information:The course has two types of activities: lecture and experiential learning. Students are expected to work on their professional-level experience for 90 hours and participate in a 2-hour lecture every other week, during the semester to develop their Senior Integrative Experience (SIE) project. Each student's research question, proposal methodology, analysis, paper, and presentation will follow learning outcomes of all ENST SIE course options. Students will arrange an off-campus professional-level work experience related to Environmental Science and Technology (ENST) to develop expertise in a specific area of their ENST concentration curriculum. Classroom sessions will frame student experiences within the broader discipline of Environmental Science and Technology. This course will tie together current practices in the ENST career industry, proposal writing, critical analysis, and culminate in a final paper and presentation.


id: ENST499X
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Special Topics in Environmental Science and Technology; Soil Science Contact department for information to regsiter for this course.


id: ENST603
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Advanced Invasive Species Ecology Jointly offered withENST403.Formerly:ENST689R.Additional information:Two field     trips are planned for this class. We will examine ecological, evolutionary, and anthropogenic processes facilitating or resisting biological invasions, and consider their environmental, economic, and human health impacts. We will consider various management strategies to mitigate invasions and identify areas of future research. Field trips and detailed discussion of recent findings and controversies in the literature will help illustrate fundamental concepts of invasions among various ecosystems.


id: ENST606
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Advanced Ecosystem Health and Natural Resource Management Formerly:ENST689E.Additional information:Priority in enrollment will be given to students in ENST program. Explore some of the most important and current global environmental and health challenges. Investigate fundamental and new concepts from the fields of ecology, eco-epidemiology, social anthropology, and environmental and health policy, as well as interdisciplinary cross-sectorial approaches such as One Health, Eco-Health, and Planetary Health.


id: ENST611
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Advanced Principles of Soil Fertility Jointly offered with:ENST411. Soil factors affecting plant growth and quality with emphasis on the bio-availability of mineral nutrients. The management of soil systems to enhance plant growth by means of crop rotations, microbial activities, and use of organic and inorganic amendments.


id: ENST650
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Advanced Wetland Ecology Jointly offered with:ENST450, MEES650.Additional information:Wading boots (at least hip length) are strongly recommended. Plant and animal communities, biogeochemistry, and ecosystem properties of wetlands. Lectures are supplemented by field trips (normally 2 days total during the semester) and in-class labs. Hands-on activities and exercises include identification of wetland plant species, wetland mapping and delineation, and collection and analysis of field data on wetland vegetation, soil, and hydrology. Wading boots (at least hip length) are strongly recommended.


id: ENST689M
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Special Topics; Advanced Soil Chemistry Advanced examination of modern and emerging topics in Soil Chemistry. The course will focus on the most current ideas and cutting-edge techniques to understand how key soil chemical mechanisms and pathways are linked to large-scale phenomena such as climate change, food security, sustainability, nutrient cycling, and pollution.


id: GEMS101
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Introduction to Team Research An introduction to the basic concepts and tools needed to evaluate and conduct research. It sets the stage for the research lifecycle and teaches students what they need to know and do before embarking on research endeavors. Students will engage in the early stages of the research process and navigate the consumption and analysis of primary literature while working on interdisciplinary teams. They will undergo the iterative process of identifying gaps in the literature and think creatively about how a team of undergraduates could contribute to solving the world's grand challenges while recognizing constraints such as feasibility, timelines, budgets, novelty, and more. Students will learn skills for collaboration and navigating interdisciplinary teams and together will author and communicate components of a preliminary research proposal.


id: GEMS202
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Team Dynamics and Research Methodology Corequisite:GEMS296. This experiential course is designed to foster an understanding of effective team dynamics and basic research methodology. It will teach skills applicable to Gemstone team research and the writing of a team thesis. Upperclass Gemstone students serve as discussion facilitators. Students participate in their Gemstone teams and develop a draft of their team thesis proposal.


id: GEMS208A
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Special Topics in Leadership and Team Development; Team Dynamics and Research Methodology: First Time Section Leader 


id: GEMS208B
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Special Topics in Leadership and Team Development; Team Dynamics and Research Methodology: Returner Section Leader 


id: GEMS208C
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Special Topics in Leadership and Team Development; Introduction to Gemstone: First Time Section Leader These classes are scheduled in the Ellicott building.


id: GEMS208D
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Special Topics in Leadership and Team Development; Introduction to Gemstone: Returner Section Leader These classes are scheduled in the Ellicott building.


id: GEMS296
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Team Project Seminar I Corequisite:GEMS202. This is the first of six seminars during which Gemstone students carry out multidisciplinary research with the guidance of a faculty mentor. The teams develop their working relationship, start their literature search, define their research question, and set short & long term goals.


id: GEMS297
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Team Project Seminar II This is the second of six seminars during which Gemstone students carry out interdisciplinary research with the guidance of a faculty mentor. The team develops its website, prepares and presents its research proposal and begins its research project.


id: GEMS396
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Team Project Seminar III This is the third of six seminars during which Gemstone students carry out interdisciplinary research with the guidance of a faculty mentor. The team presents its progress at the Gemstone Colloquia.


id: GEMS397
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Team Project Seminar IV This is the fourth of six seminars during which Gemstone students carry out interdisciplinary research with the guidance of a faculty mentor. The team further develops its website. Also they will prepare and present the team project in the poster session of Undergraduate Research Day.


id: GEMS496
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Project Writing Seminar This is the fifth of six seminars during which Gemstone students carry out research with the guidance of a faculty mentor. The team finishes the analysis of their data and writes and edits its team thesis.


id: GEMS497
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Team Thesis Defense Gemstone teams will complete the team research project and thesis. The team will formally present the thesis to experts in the area of interest at a Team Thesis Conference before final submission.


id: GEOL100
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Physical Geology Additional information:CORE Distributive Studies Physical Science Laboratory Course only when taken concurrently with GEOL 110. A general survey of the rocks and minerals composing the earth, its surface features and the agents that form them, and the dynamic forces of plate tectonics.


id: GEOL104
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Dinosaurs: A Natural History Dinosaurs, their evolution, and our understanding of their fossil record. Students will examine the geologic record and the tools used by paleontologists to determine: geologic ages and ancient environments; evolutionary history and extinctions; dinosaurian biology and behavior; and their survival as birds. Mechanisms of global change ranging from plate tectonics to asteroid impact will be discussed.


id: GEOL110
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Physical Geology Laboratory The basic materials and tools of physical geology stressing familiarization with rocks and minerals and the use of maps in geologic interpretations.


id: GEOL120
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Environmental Geology A review of geologic factors underlying many environmental problems and the interactions between population and physical environment: geologic hazards, land-use planning, conservation, mineral resources, waste disposal, land reclamation, and the geologic aspects of health and disease. The course is aimed at lower division students in education and liberal arts, and should be useful to any student concerned with geologic perspectives of environmental problems.


id: GEOL200
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Earth's Fury: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunami Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunami frequently remind us of the dangers associated with living on a constantly changing planet. How do people prepare for these rare but dramatic events? Student will study the science behind earthquakes and volcanoes, how it guides monitoring, forecasting, prevention, and response, and the cultural and ethical aspects of these events.


id: GEOL212
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Planetary Geology An examination of the geologic and geochemical processes at work in the solar system from the perspectives supplied by space age exploration of the planets and other solar system bodies.


id: GEOL341
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Structural Geology Or permission of CMNS-Geology department. Study of the deformation of Earth's lithosphere, especially stress, rheology, strain, and the origin and significance of structural features. Development of 3-dimensional thinking through drafting and drawing of structures, construction of geologic maps and cross-sections, and stereographic and orthographic representation of structures. Improvement of scientific writing. Two weekend field trips.


id: GEOL342
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Sedimentation and Stratigraphy And CHEM103; or (CHEM131 and CHEM132); or (CHEM135 and CHEM136). Description, origin, and distribution of sediments and sedimentary rocks.


id: GEOL393
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Geology Senior Thesis I: Proposal The first semester of the two-semester Geology Senior Thesis. Emphasis is on developing a plan for original research in the geosciences and presenting that plan both in writing and in public presentations that adhere to geosciences professional standards.


id: GEOL394
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Geology Senior Thesis II: Research The second semester of the two-semester Geology Senior Thesis. Investigation of specific original research question in geosciences. Emphasis is on completion of original research proposed in GEOL393 and presentation of results both in writing and in public presentations that adhere to geosciences professional standards.


id: GEOL413
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Geoscientific Modeling Recommended:Some experience in computer programming.Jointly offered with:GEOL613.Formerly:GEOL489G. A model is a simplified representation of reality. Modeling is implicit or explicit in almost everything we do as geoscientists. Model construction, coding, and the concepts of parsimony vs complexity, robustness, validation, uncertainty, and the scientific interpretation of simulation results. Problem sets, independent study and participatory discussion of modeling applications in the current literature.


id: GEOL423
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Optical Mineralogy And CHEM131 and CHEM132; or (CHEM135 and CHEM136); or CHEM103. The optical behavior of crystals with emphasis on the theory and application of the petrographic microscope.


id: GEOL444
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Low Temperature Geochemistry And CHEM103; or (CHEM131 and CHEM132); or (CHEM135 and CHEM136). Basic chemical principles, thermodynamics, and kinetics of low-temperature inorganic and organic geochemical reactions in a wide range of surface environments. These geochemical tools will be used to provide a context for understanding elemental cycling and climate change. Laboratories will include problem sets as well as wet chemical and mass spectrometric techniques used in low temperature geochemistry.


id: GEOL446
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Geophysics An introduction to modern geophysics.  Topics include: global plate tectonics, plate motion, triple junctions, geomagnetism, earthquakes and faulting, reflection and refraction seismology, gravity and isostasy, heat flow and mantle dynamics, deep interior of the Earth, geophysical observations and measurements.


id: GEOL451
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Groundwater Or permission of CMNS-Geology department. An introduction to the basic geologic parameters associated with the hydrologic cycle. Problems in the accumulation, distribution, and movement of groundwater will be analyzed.


id: GEOL452
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Watershed and Wetland Hydrology Physical processes by which water moves in watershed and wetland systems.  Topics include:  precipitation, infiltration, flow in the unsaturated zone, streamflow generation processes, and groundwater flow.


id: GEOL453
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Ecosystem Restoration And (CHEM131 or CHEM135); and (CHEM132 or CHEM136); and (GEOL100, GEOL120, or ENST200).Formerly:GEOL489L. Overview of ecosystem functions across biomes/geologic settings, and considerations and tradeoffs in ecosystem restoration strategies. Specific case studies and discussions will be aimed at understanding how structure can influence biophysical and biogeochemical processes supporting ecosystems, and then describes how rates, timing, and location of physical, chemical, and ecosystem processes can be altered by different restoration strategies to enhance ecosystem services.


id: GEOL460
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Field Geophysics Students will become familiar with geophysical instrumentation used for both scientific and industrial applications. Students will be given an introduction to the use of geophysical instrumentation for data collection, processing, and analysis, design of field experiments for investigating field geophysical problems, and an introduction to the theory of instrument design and use. Instruments that will be covered include (but are not limited to): broadband seismometers, geophones, ground-penetrating radar, magnetotellurics, and Global Positioning Satellites.


id: GEOL499
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Special Problems in Geology Prerequisites: GEOL100 or GEO120, GEOL110, GEOL102; or equivalent; and permission of department. In addition, non-degree-seeking students require the permission of the instructor. Intensive study of a special geologic subject or technique selected after consultation with instructor. Intended to provide training or instruction not available in other courses which will aid the student's development in his or her field of major interest.


id: GEOL613
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Geoscientific Modeling Or permission of instructor.Recommended:Some experience in computer programming will be helpful but not necessary.Jointly offered with:GEOL413.Formerly:GEOL789G. A model is a simplified representation of reality. Modeling is implicit or explicit in almost everything we do as geoscientists. Model construction, coding, and the concepts of parsimony vs complexity, robustness, validation, uncertainty, and the scientific interpretation of simulation results. Problem sets, independent study and participatory discussion of modeling applications in the current literature.


id: GEOL636
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Ecosystem Restoration Formerly:GEOL489L. A further understanding of ecosystem functions across biomes/geologic settings, and developing practical applications in ecosystem restoration strategies through a graduate level project. Specific case studies and discussions will be aimed at understanding how structure can influence biophysical and biogeochemical processes supporting ecosystems, and then describes how rates, timing, and location of physical, chemical, and ecosystem processes can be altered by different restoration strategies to enhance ecosystem services.  A project will then be used to apply restoration principles towards solving tangible environmental problems and communication to managers.


id: GEOL650
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Isotope and Trace Element Geochemistry Trace elements and isotopes in geology, including modern applications in geochronology and petrogenesis.


id: GEOL652
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Advanced Watershed and Wetland Hydrology Physical and chemical processes in watershed and wetland systems: with an emphasis on redox reactions.


id: GREK101
content:
Elementary Ancient Greek I Study of basic grammar, development of reading facility, and introduction to Athenian life and culture in the fifth century B.C.


id: GREK111
content:
Elementary Modern Greek I An introduction to the language and culture of modern Greece. Students begin to acquire the basic tools of the language and to communicate, in simple everyday situations. This is the first of our two-semester sequence in Elementary Modern Greek and contributes to the fulfillment of the Global Engagement requirement of the College of Arts and Humanities.


id: GREK201
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Intermediate Ancient Greek Advancing beyond the basic skills developed in GREK 101 and GREK 102; review of selected grammatical concepts; continuous reading of passages from Greek literature.


id: GREK211
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Intermediate Modern Greek I A continuation of the study of basic structures and the development of fluency in functional, spoken and written communication. This is the first of our two-semester sequence in Intermediate Modern Greek and contributes to the fulfillment of the Global Engagement requirement of the College of Arts and Humanities.


id: GREK472
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History and Development of the Greek Language Mastery of ancient Greek through grammar review, prose composition, and analysis of historical developments in Greek writers' modes of expression.


id: GVPT200
content:
International Political Relations A study of the major factors underlying international relations, the causes of conflict and cooperation among international actors, the role of international institutions, the interactions of domestic and foreign policies, and major issues in security, economy and the environment.


id: GVPT201
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Scope and Methods for Political Science Research Formerly:GVPT100. An introduction to empirical research in political science.


id: GVPT202
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Law or Politics? The U.S. Supreme Court and Individual Rights A thorough examination of the state of individual rights before the U.S. Supreme Court. The course will consider how recent cases the Court has decided and current pending cases have shaped the meaning of the U.S. Constitution. A critical component will involve peer deliberation over the proper roles of law and politics and their impacts on the current state of individual rights in the United States. Students will examine constitutional case studies throughout the semester and contribute to group and classroom discussions of issues being considered by the sitting Court. Students will also learn the foundational concepts of how the Court operates as both a legal and political institution, as well as its place in the larger political system. Special emphasis will be given to the social scientific study of the Supreme Court.


id: GVPT210
content:
Religions, Beliefs, and World Affairs Formerly:GVPT289L. Introduces students to an increasingly important question: what is the relationship between religion and politics around the world? For a long period in the 20th Century, religion seemed to be decreasing in importance. Eventually, it was thought, religion would simply go away and secularism, development, and rationality would rule the day. In the last generation, however, events like the Iranian Revolution, the rise of the Christian Right, 9/11, the Tibetan monks protest, the spread of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions, and numerous wars fought in the name of God have brought religion back to prominence in world affairs. In this course, we will explore the contemporary impact of religions on politics around the world, through four broad themes: how to understand religion in politics , the relationship between religion and the state, religious groups as sources of conflict and peace, and contemporary religio-political challenges.


id: GVPT217
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Mock Trial Formerly:GVPT319A. Experience the excitement and reward of arguing, and perhaps winning your client's case in court. Mock Trial is designed for students who are interested in learning practical techniques for shaping the evidence, using the law, and exploiting the courtroom to create a coherent and convincing case theory.


id: GVPT221
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Introduction to Formal Theories of Political Behavior and Politics An introduction to the theories of rational choice including theories of negotiation and bargaining, elections and voting in democracies, community organizing and the contrast between the roles and performances of government and market.


id: GVPT241
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The Study of Political Philosophy: Ancient and Modern Examines some of the salient continuities and breaks between the ancient and modern traditions in Western political philosophy.


id: GVPT273
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Introduction to Environmental Politics An overview of modern environmental philosophy, politics, and policy, exploring environmental politics in the US by way of comparison with other developed and developing countries.


id: GVPT280
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The Study of Comparative Politics An introduction to the comparative study of politics and governance, including the analytical concepts for studies of politics and a survey of the major types of regimes, including democratic and authoritarian/communist regimes.


id: GVPT306
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Global Environmental Politics Focus on three processes of international environmental policy development- identifying problems, negotiating solutions, and implementing agreements- through a range of case studies, including global climate change.


id: GVPT318C
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Classroom to Careers; Classroom to Careers Embarking on a career post-college is both an exhilarating and a challenging journey. This course is designed to demystify the transition from university to professional life for GVPT students. Participants will engage in a structured process to identify their professional interests and navigate through potential career avenues. Weekly sessions will feature in-person meetings with GVPT alumni from diverse sectors, offering students a unique opportunity to gain insights from several real-world professional trajectories. By the course's conclusion, students will not only have a framework for career planning but also firsthand narratives that bridge the gap between academic study and professional endeavor.


id: GVPT320
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Advanced Empirical Research Allows students to build on the knowledge of statistical inference they gained from GVPT201. Topics include data collection, data cleaning, data analysis, and data visualization. By the time students complete this class, they will be able to do basic statistical modeling using OLS regression independently.


id: GVPT354
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International Development and Conflict Management Additional information:Students enrolled in MIDCM are expected to take the course during the Fall semester after admission to the program. Serves as the gateway course for the Minor in International Development and Conflict Management. Provides an introductory foundation in the theory and practice of international development and conflict management. Introduces the structures, key players, intersections, and main trends in the evolution of the fields. Explores causal factors that drive economic growth, poverty, inequality, and conflict, as well as the resources, methods, and tools available to track and address these issues.


id: GVPT356
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Capstone in International Development Serves as one of the two capstone courses for the Minor in International Development and Conflict Management. Focuses on advanced theory and the practice and profession of international development and is designed to provide students an introduction to, and a chance to engage with, a core set of practical skills relevant to the field.


id: GVPT357
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IDCM Practicum Course Formerly:BSOS388E.Additional information:Students must have requested and received approval for their practicum experience prior to enrollment. Fulfills the practicum requirement for students who are completing the International Development and Conflict Management (IDCM) minor program. A main purpose of the course is to amplify the value of each student's practical experiences - typically an internship - by reflecting on, consolidating, and translating that background in preparation for pursuing post-graduation paths that relate to the fields of international development and conflict management. It is taken in conjunction with the student's practicum experience, either concurrently or afterward.


id: GVPT368D
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Special Topics in Government and Politics; Israel: Politics and Society Cross-listed with ISRL380. Credit only granted for ISRL380 or GVPT368D. Addresses the main issues in Israeli politics and society by focusing on  the role of Zionism in the Jewish state, the institutional foundations of Israeli democracy, the main political parties and blocs and their different ideological principles and visions, as well as the main socialgroups, movements, and institutions that comprise Israeli civil society.


id: GVPT368F
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Special Topics in Government and Politics; Tzahal: The Israeli Military in State, Society, and its Middle Eastern Context Crosslisted with ISRL349G. Credit only granted for ISRL349G or GVPT368FThis course offers an introduction to general concepts of civil-militar relations with a strong focus on the Israeli case. Situating Israel within the Middle East context, the course readings and class discussions will include comparative references to major regional players, such as Egypt, Turkey, Iran, and the Arab Gulf States. The military is a salient feature of all Middle Eastern states; we will explore how Israel both resembles and differs from other states in the region regarding the role of its military and of civil-military relations.


id: GVPT368K
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Special Topics in Government and Politics; Environmental and Sustainable Development in Israel Cross-listed with ISRL349Y. Credit only granted for ISRL349Y or GVPT368K.Relationships between the environment and different communities that share it, specifically in and around Israel, given the negative effects of climate change and environmental degradation throughout the Middle East. We will examine the ecological and environmental challenges Israel has faced over the years, the many innovative ways in which it has worked to overcome these challenges, and the tasks that still lie ahead. Finally, we will look at the nexus between sustainable development and sustainable peace within and between diverse communities.


id: GVPT368R
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Special Topics in Government and Politics; Introduction to Human Rights in Israel Cross-listed with ISRL448R. Credit only granted for ISRL448R or GVPT368R.Provides an overview of how the State of Israel deals with human rights of its citizens, and also non-citizens over which it has control. It will introduce Israel s legal system, human rights record, and its methods of dealing with human rights violations, including those impacting the Arab minority in Israel, women's rights, and those of the Palestinians in the Occupied Territories.


id: GVPT368T
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Special Topics in Government and Politics; Israel, Middle East Security, and WMD Proliferation Cross-listed with ISRL349T. Credit only granted for ISRL349T or GVPT368T. This course addresses one of Israel's main security concerns:the spread of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons in the Middle East. It analyzes in-depth the political dynamics that lead to proliferation dangers in the region and the possible Israeli responses to proliferation, such as deterrence, military strikes, prevention, preemption, and defense.


id: GVPT368U
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Special Topics in Government and Politics; War and Peace Discourse in Israel, 1967 to the Present Cross-listed with ISRL448M. Credit only granted for GVPT368U or ISRL448M.This course focuses on a unique discourse in Israel, 'war-normalizing discourse', a set of linguistic, discursive, and cultural devices that blur the anomalous characteristics of war by transforming war into a "normal" part of life. The course will examine the reciprocal relations between this discourse, Israeli culture and society, and foreign policy.


id: GVPT377
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Experiential Learning: Government and Politics Internship Program Formerly:GVPT388W. The application of major concepts of political science to the realities of the political process. The course connects internship experiences with larger themes of political science. Students must be admitted to the GVPT Internship Program.


id: GVPT390
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Game Theory Formerly:GVPT399A. Introduction to game theory with applications to political science, economics and sociology. Topics include preference theory, expected utility theory, Nash equilibria, subgame perfection, repeated games, folk theorems, and evolutionary stability.


id: GVPT396
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Introduction to Honors Research A required course for all honors students designed to emphasize library research, methodology, and writing skills in political science and political philosophy. A written proposal, bibliography and research design for an honors paper required of all students as a final project.


id: GVPT406
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International Organizations Or must be in Government & Politics: International Relations program; and junior standing or higher. A basic introduction to the full range of international organizations that have come into being over the past century and one-half, including those that aspire to be universal or global, those with a geopolitical or regional focus, and those that address specific structural or functional areas of human endeavor or issue areas.


id: GVPT407
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International Political Economy Introduces the field of international political economy, which analyzes the ways in which economic and political changes produce both economic and political reactions.


id: GVPT409G
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Seminar in International Relations and World Politics; Corporations and the Global Political Economy The course will examine corporations as political actors in global politics, analyzing power, norms and governance in different issue areas.


id: GVPT409I
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Seminar in International Relations and World Politics; International Security and International Law An examination of the role of international law in regulating and influencing the behavior and actions of states and non-state actors in arange of security issue areas. Students will be introduced to theoretical and empirical studies on the role of law in international security affairs based on academic readings and scholarship. Students will apply theories and insights from academic scholarship on international law to contemporary international security issues and to think about the policy relevance of the course readings.


id: GVPT410
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Politics of Nationalist and Ethnic Conflict Formerly:GVPT409M. An examination of the major causes and consequences of ethnic, nationalist, and separatist conflict. The course will focus on both theories of ethnicity and nationalism, as well as theories of conflict related to these issues. The course will also explore empirical trends in ethnic and nationalist politics.


id: GVPT423
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Elections and Electoral Behavior An examination of various topics relating to elections; the focus includes the legal structure under which elections are conducted, the selection and nomination process, the conduct of election campaigns, and patterns of political participation and voting choice in different types of elections.


id: GVPT429B
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Problems in Political Behavior; Data Analysis for Political Behavior This course provides an opportunity to think about and to practice th most common statistical methods for doing research on political behavior. A major goal of this course is to provide practice with quantiative methods you have learned in earlier classes and offer additional exposure to statistical software used commonly by employers. Most importantly, the course will provide student with more exposure to what quantitative research on political behavior looks like, how to construct theories, how to assemble evidence, and how to relate theories and evidence through empirical testing.


id: GVPT429K
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Problems in Political Behavior; Researching Contentious Politics This course will critically assess empirical research on the causes and consequences of contentious political behaviors such strikes, riots, peaceful protests, and insurrections with a particular focus on efforts to address these questions using quantitative methods. Topics we will address throughout the course include: why some protest campaigns succeed while others fail, the role of social media in coordinating demonstrations, and the impact of riots on public opinion and government policy.


id: GVPT429T
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Problems in Political Behavior; Social Media Politics This seminar presents students with an integrated view of media politics, combining political psychology, computational social science, and network analysis. The goal is to provide students with the technical know-how to work with social media data and the knowledge to interpret relevant information. In this seminar, students will learn to process social media data, program survey experiments, and identify political narratives in a multiplatform environment. The seminar will introduce students to the computational techniques required for big social media data analyses.


id: GVPT431
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Introduction to Constitutional Law A systematic inquiry into the general principles of the American constitutional system, with special reference to the role of the judiciary in the interpretation and enforcement of the federal constitution.


id: GVPT439M
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Seminar in Public Law; Moot Court To request permission for this course, contact Professor Michael Spivey at mspivey@umd.edu.This is your chance to argue a case before the Supreme Court. (Well, Not THE Supreme Court but a moot Supreme Court.) In Moot Court, students argue a hypothetical constitutional law case before a panel of experienced lawyers and jurists. Students will learn the skills of written and oral advocacy in anticipation of participation in the American Moot Court Association regional and national competitions. No prior experience in appellate advocacy is necessary.


id: GVPT439N
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Seminar in Public Law; Moot Court II To request permission for this course, contact Professor Michael Spivey at mspivey@umd.edu.


id: GVPT449D
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Seminar in Political Philosophy; Individual and Group Decision-Making Credit granted for PHPE400 or GVPT449D.Foundational issues that arise within the theories of rational choice that underlie the treatments of decision-making found in economics, politics, and the other social sciences. The course is focused on individual decisions (rational choice theory), strategic decisions (game theory) and group decisions (social choice theory). In addition to presenting the formal models of decision making, we also discuss to what extent these mathematical theories explain social interactions. An important aspect of the course is to introduce students to the ways in which economic analysis has been applied to issues in social and political philosophy. Readings will be drawn from the literature in economics, psychology, statistics and political science, as well as philosophy.


id: GVPT459A
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Seminar in Comparative Politics; Comparative Environmental Justice Recommended Prerequisite: GVPT273, or GVPT306, or GVPT417.This seminar examines the intersection of climate change, environmental politics, natural disasters, and social inequality, focusing especially on case studies from the Americas. Students will gain critical tools to analyze environmental and climate policy through comparative and global frameworks and apply them to real-world challenges. The course follows a seminar format, where students come to class having carefully read the assigned readings for the week beforehand and are prepared to work with peers on problem-solving to advance course projects.


id: GVPT459D
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Seminar in Comparative Politics; Democracy and Democratization This course surveys the big debates about the nature of democracy and democratization. The course is organized around five broad themes: 1) core concepts and definitions of democracies and non-democratic regimes, 2) the nature and causes of democratization, 3) democratic principles, 4) democratic forms and institutional variation, and 5) contemporary issues in democratic politics, including democratic backsliding. Throughout the course, we will be exploring how these different elements of democracy exist around the world by using cases from Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the United States.


id: GVPT459H
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Seminar in Comparative Politics; Political Radicalism: Comparing Communism and Fascism This course will examine the main similarities and distinctions between communist and fascist radical ideologies, movements, and political systems. The course will highlight the centrality of ideology in totalitarian experiments and the relationship between ideology and terror as underpinnings of the ideocratic despotisms. We will explore contemporary implications of totalitarianism.Not open to students who have completed GVPT459X.


id: GVPT459L
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Seminar in Comparative Politics; East European Politics and Societies: Communism, Liberalism, Populism Thirty-six years ago protest movements from below led to the world-shattering events known as the revolutions of 1989. What were their causes and consequences? What were the communist regimes and why did they fail? The course will highlight the (re)birth andconsolidation of liberal democracies, NATO and EU extensions, the ongoing ideological confrontations, and the rise of populist and nationalist parties and movements.Not open to students who completed GVPT459H in Spring 2024.


id: GVPT459Y
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Seminar in Comparative Politics; Comparative Political Ideology Recommended Prerequisites: GVPT280 and GVPT282. A comparative survey of leading political ideologies, including their origins, core tenets, and implications. Specific attention is given to ideology's relationship to material practice, both western and non-western interpretations, and ramifications for contemporary politics. Includes nationalism, populism, religious fundamentalism, liberalism, socialism, and neoliberalism, among other influential ideologies.


id: GVPT460
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State Politics and Government Recommended:GVPT260. A study of the structure, procedures and policies of state governments with special emphasis on intergovernmental relationships, and with illustrations from Maryland governmental arrangements.


id: GVPT474
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Political Parties A descriptive and analytical examination of American political parties, nominations, elections, and political leadership.


id: GVPT479B
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Seminar in American Politics; Black Politics The purpose of this course is to assist students in gaining an understanding of the relationship of people of African descent in the United States to the political system and other structures of power. We critically engage several themes/topics including Black political philosophies and ideologies, electoral politics, Black and mainstream political institutions, political behavior and psychology, gender politics, and public policy. We will also analyze and discuss the informal political spaces that serve as sites for Black politics including social media, entertainment, and pop culture.


id: GVPT479F
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Seminar in American Politics; The Politics of U.S. Foreign Policy In this course we examine how foreign policy is made in the U.S. and its impact on American politics. We will consider the changing role of public opinion, interest groups, the media, elected officials and the bureaucracy, as well as America's evolving place in the world. We will explore the making of war and peace, as well as foreign economic policy, and their impact on elections.


id: GVPT479I
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Seminar in American Politics; U.S. Immigration and Displacement Policy Who belongs in America? Who decides? Few issues ignite political debate more than immigration. Birthright citizenship, deportations, and refugee crises dominate headlines but behind the noise is a deeper story of law, economics, and identity. This course traces the evolution of U.S. immigration and displacement policies, exploring how demographic shifts, labor markets, and political ideologies shape national belonging. Students will analyze demographic and policy trends to understand immigration's real-world impact; connect immigration to law, public policy, economics, and social change; and develop critical analytical skills applicable to law, advocacy, journalism, and policy work. No prior experience in data analysis is required, but students will gain hands-on experience interpreting immigration and demographic data, equipping them with toolsfor both industry and academia.


id: GVPT479O
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Seminar in American Politics; The Science (and Politics) of Public Opinion Can a poll really predict an election? What if surveys are actually shaping opinions instead of measuring them? Public opinion drives politics, but how much of it is real? From election polling to media surveys to viral TikTok polls, we are constantly told what Americans think. This course pulls back the curtain on survey research, revealing the science, manipulation, and ethical dilemmas behind political polling. Students will design and conduct a real-world survey, testing how question wording, framing, and bias shape responses; learn how data can be misused to mislead the public and how to detect it; and explore how survey methods influence fields like marketing, public policy, journalism, and data science. This course isn't just about methods it's about understanding the power of data in shaping political narratives. Whether students are interested in political strategy, analytics, or communication, this course provides essential tools for evaluating and interpreting public opinion.


id: GVPT479P
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Seminar in American Politics; Historical and Demographic Shifts in the U.S. Congress This course will examine specific events and activities that have sparked major shifts in the organizational structure, composition, and productivity of the U.S. Congress. In so doing, the course will explore the relationship that the legislative branch has with its partnering governmental branches and agencies while examining various internal organizational changes. This course will survey congressional shifts while also providing tools to better understand the traditional framework of the U.S. Congress.


id: GVPT482
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Government and Politics of Latin America A comparative study of the governmental systems and political processes of the Latin American countries.


id: GVPT484
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Government and Politics of Africa A comparative study of the governmental systems and political processes of the African countries, with special emphasis on the problems of nation-building in emergent countries.


id: GVPT600
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Professionalization Seminar in Political Science An introduction to the practices, norms, and expectations of professional political science.


id: GVPT601
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Research Design for Political Analytics A graduate-level introduction to empirical research techniques used in political science. The course covers different approaches to answering empirical research questions and addresses the strengths and limitations of different research decisions. Students who successfully complete the course will be able to conceptualize and design an empirical research project, as well as evaluate the research designs used in the research projects conducted by other social scientists.


id: GVPT604
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Introduction to War and Armed Conflict in World Politics Recommended:GVPT200. Examines major theories of both international and civil wars and reviews major empirical studies that test theories of conflict. The topics include the onset of armed conflict, the duration and outcomes of wars, and the durability of peace in the aftermath of wars. The focus is on developing an understanding of central debates in the literature and primary empirical findings from quantitative and cross-national analyses that are of policy relevance.


id: GVPT622
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Quantitative Methods For Political Science Introduction to quantitiative methods of data analysis, with emphasis on statistical methods and computer usage. Measures of association, probability, correlation, linear regression estimation techniques, introductory analysis of variance, and use of package computer programs.


id: GVPT635
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Public Opinion Investigate how citizens in a democracy think about politics, form attitudes, and how public opinion shapes and is shaped by the political environment. While being exposed to core debates in public opinion and the study of public opinion, students will use a number of surveys that have been central to advancing our knowledge of public opinion.


id: GVPT735
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Applied Political Research Practicum In the Applied Practicum, students will progress through the full research design process. Multiple topics and research questions are generated by students individually and are developed over the semester with feedback from their peers and the instructor. Students will deeply investigate existing research questions and designs, critically analyzing their structure and effectiveness. They will also gain structured experience giving oral presentations, speaking to a specific audience, and summarizing research into concise, memo-like deliverables. The course brings together all of the skills necessary for students to conduct their own research from beginning to end. Ultimately, students will leave with two potential and developed research designs, from which they can choose as the topic of their major 2nd year project in APAN.


id: GVPT761
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International Political Economy Recommended:GVPT708. Major issues in international political economy including such matters as the monetary system, trade, debt, and development.


id: GVPT770
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Seminar in American Political Institutions This is the core institutions seminar in American politics. The course surveys the primary literature in the field and addresses substantively significant topics related to the study of political institutions in the American context.


id: GVPT803
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Seminar in International Political Organization An overview and critical analysis of contemporary theory on international organizations and global governance.


id: HACS100
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Foundations in Cybersecurity I Interdisciplinary foundational course of the ACES program. Through lectures, lab activities, and discussions, students will learn and practice various aspects of cybersecurity. Weekly technical lectures will introduce students to the operating system UNIX. Students will partner with the Division of Information Technology in a project to engage the University of Maryland community in a cyber- hygiene and cyber-ethics campaign based on the concepts learned in class.


id: HACS200
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Applied Cybersecurity Foundations II Students will apply the skills learned in HACS 100 and 101 to practice cybersecurity research through team led projects employing honeypots, carrying that project through all stages - proposal, implementation, and analysis. Weekly lectures will supplement project work by addressing trends observed in honeypot attacks and protections needed, along with data collection and analysis tools, and other foundational cybersecurity concepts.


id: HACS202
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Group Project in Cybersecurity The group project in this course will combine technical, analytical, and communication skills, further engaging students in the practice of cybersecurity. Students will learn about design concepts and data analysis as they engage in a team project designing, deploying, and collecting and analyzing data from a honeypot. The hands-on nature of the course will give students experiential insight about how and why attackers attack and how to engage in protective measures to prevent attacks.


id: HACS208A
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Accounting and Economic Aspects of Cybersecurity In today's interconnected digital world, cybersecurity has become one of the most important issues confronting organizations in both the private and public sectors of an economy. Indeed, cybersecurity is a national and economic security priority in countries throughout the world. This is an interdisciplinary Honors Seminar offered as part of UMD's ACES program. The primary objective of this course is to discuss the relationships among accounting, economics and cybersecurity, with a focus on the important roles of accounting and economics in understanding the issues related to cybersecurity. A basic framework for assessing the interactions among accounting, economics, and cybersecurity will be developed and discussed. A secondary objective of the course is to assist ACES students in developing their ability to conduct original and applied research on topics related to "accounting and economic aspects of cybersecurity."


id: HACS208C
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Seminar in Cybersecurity; Interpersonal Cyber Communications Students will explore written and oral communication with a focus on understanding their professional role and audience. Case studies will give students an opportunity to experience the multi-faceted decisions that come with communicating cybersecurity topics.


id: HACS208P
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Beyond Technology, the Policy Implications of Cyberspace Explores the key issues facing policy makers attempting to manage the problem of cybersecurity from its technical foundations to the domestic and international policy considerations surrounding governance, response, and critical infrastructure risk management. The course is designed for students with little to no background in information technology, and will provide the principles to understand the current debates shaping a rapidly evolving security landscape.


id: HACS287
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Undergraduate Research in Cybersecurity The Advanced Cybersecurity Experience for Students (ACES) program encourages its students to engage in research in order to gain greater insight into a specific area within cybersecurity, obtain an appreciation for the subtleties and difficulties associated with the production of knowledge and fundamental new applications, and to prepare for graduate school and the workforce.


id: HACS297
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Cybersecurity Experience Reflection Cybersecurity experience is defined as an experiential learning activity either with a University of Maryland entity (such as the Division of Information Technology, the ACES competition team or in an ACES outreach program), or with an external organization that will provide valuable, hands-on experience to supplement the knowledge learned in the other ACES coursework.


id: HACS408E
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Advanced Seminar in Cybersecurity This course will introduce students to the tools and techniques required to analyze the security properties of various systems. Topics covered will include assembly language, executable file formats, operating system internals, and the static/dynamic analysis of compiled binaries. Students will apply these concepts to real-world scenarios like malware analysis and vulnerability analysis with interactive labs, at-home assignments, and a final project.


id: HACS408L
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Analytical and Forensic Techniques for Cybersecurity Explores forensic artifacts contained in digital devices, security mechanisms available to protect digital devices and mechanisms available to cybersecurity professionals for analysis of digital devices. Topics include file structure and recovery of IoT and cell phone forensic data, network data capture and analysis, enterprise mobile device management analysis and forensic investigation of digital devices (IoT, telematics systems, etc.) that interact with cell phone and other devices. Incident response, timeline analysis, and detection and analysis of artifacts will be explored in a hands-on and lab-centric course using a variety of open-source tools and commercial cloud services.


id: HACS408M
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Introduction to Cyber Threats and Risk Management Provides an exploration of cyber risk management and present-day cyber threats, their impacts, and their mitigations. Students will take a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding threats and risks including the technical, policy, and social aspects. This course is guided by real-world cyber threats and examples.


id: HHUM105
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Honors Humanities: Introduction to the Arts and Humanities Formerly:ARHU105. Introduction to the university, the different fields of the arts and humanities, and the history of how the university and the humanities have evolved across the world from ancient times to the present. Primary emphasis on reading and discussion of literary artifacts to assess the meaning and social status of the arts and humanities in the past and their personal and social value for the future.


id: HHUM205
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Second Year Seminar in Honors Humanities Formerly:ARHU205. Seminar on basic issues and methodologies in the humanities and arts.


id: HLTH124
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Introduction to Behavioral and Community Health Required of first semester Community Health majors to expose them to introductory-level concepts within the field of behavioral and community health as well as the Community Health degree program. Includes discussion on the delivery of behavioral and community health at the local, state, national, and global levels; career opportunities in the diverse sectors of the community health field; undergraduate programmatic information; and strategies for student success.


id: HLTH140
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Personal and Community Health Meaning and significance of physical, mental and social health as related to the individual and to society; important phases of national health problems; constructive methods of promoting health of the individual and the community.


id: HLTH200
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Introduction to Research in Community Health An overview of specific components and steps involved in the community health research process. Content includes, foundations of research, sampling, measurement design, and analysis in a community context.


id: HLTH212
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Unraveling the Human Body: Anatomy and Physiology from a Public Health Perspective Focuses on human structure and function and provides a foundation for public health professionals by equipping them with an integrated understanding of the dynamic human body, its various biological processes, and associated diseases. The course begins at the simplest level of cellular organization and progresses to tissues, organs, and organ systems. Specific body systems covered include Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Endocrine, Nervous, Digestive, Male and Female Reproductive, Musculoskeletal, Skeletal, and Immune. The complementary structure and function of the healthy body is highlighted as its systems work together to maintain a constant homeostatic environment. Clinical examples are provided to help the student understand the disease process as a disruption of normal structure and function. This will allow them to communicate to various audiences how disease functions within the human body as well as discuss lifestyle factors that are associated with disease onset and progression.


id: HLTH230
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Introduction to Health Behavior Psychological, social psychological, and sociological approaches to the following health areas: development of health attitudes and behavior, patient-provider interaction and the organization of health care.


id: HLTH234
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Global Health Messages: Understanding Exposure & Impact Using a global perspective, this course teaches students to be critical consumers of current and historical health communication interventions. It also provides students with the skills to develop media interventions that target specific and general populations. Students will discover the array of diverse media messages that influence the health and well-being of individuals and communities.


id: HLTH285
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Controlling Stress and Tension Health problems related to stress and tension. Analysis of causative psychosocial stressors and intervening physiological mechanisms. Emphasis on prevention and control of stress through techniques such as biofeedback, meditation and neuromuscular relaxation.


id: HLTH292
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Community Health Engagement An exploration and application of basic community health concepts. An integral part of the course is service learning, that includes evaluating, planning and implementing a community health program with a local community partner.


id: HLTH302
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Methods of Community Health Assessment Examination of research and evaluation tools that can be applied to community health promotion. Includes the application of qualitative research methods, community needs and strengths assessments, asset mapping, and monitoring and evaluating process, outcome and impact evaluation.


id: HLTH306
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Macro Level Influences on Community Health An examination of the effects and influences of policy decisions at the local, state and national levels on community health delivery. Historical and contemporary policy issues will be included with a focus on how the policies have impacted community organizations and the overall health of communities.


id: HLTH364
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Social Media & Digital Tools for Community & Public Health Examination of the characteristics and uses of media platforms and digital technologies to expand the capability to identify and reduce community and public health risks at all levels of prevention. Also considered will be the potential threats these new media can play on individual choice, privacy, confidentiality, and social influence -- which themselves can pose health threats to community and public health.


id: HLTH366
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Behavioral and Community Issues in Public Health And must have earned a minimum of 45 credits.Additional information:This course will initially be restricted to Public Health Science (PHSC) majors, but could ultimately be opened to other majors, particularly those in HLTH. The exploration of how social and behavioral science theories and public health concepts and methods can be applied to both the health-illness experience and community interventions.


id: HLTH377
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Human Sexuality The biological and developmental aspects of human sexuality; the psychological and emotional aspects of sexual behavior; sexual identity; the historical, cultural, social, linguistic, legal and moral forces affecting sexual issues; the importance of communication, disclosure and intimacy in interpersonal relationships; and research trends in the area of human sexuality.


id: HLTH391
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Making a Difference: Applying Community Health Students must have completed or be concurrently enrolled in HLTH364.Corequisite:HLTH490. The exploration and application of community health concepts including theoretical models, advocacy, cultural competency, asset mapping, and needs assessment. Includes planning, implementing and evaluating a community health program with a designated community partner.


id: HLTH410
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Honors Seminar Undergraduate majors with a strong academic record are provided the opportunity to engage in challenging educational experiences related to the social and behavioral aspects of public health.  Students will learn the skills and knowledge to develop, propose, defend, and complete an honors thesis or honors project.


id: HLTH420
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Effective Strategies for Public Health Practice The purpose of this course is to present the interrelationships of curriculum planning, methodology and the selection and use of successful public health presentation strategies. Special problems associated with public health presentations are discussed, and students become familiar with a variety of resources as well as with planning for and implementing demonstration presentations.


id: HLTH431
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Health Literacy in Action Recommended:HLTH 371; or equivalent. Repeatable to 0 credit.Formerly:HLTH498L. This course introduces the concept of health literacy and develops the knowledge and skills to understand the field and engage productively about health literacy with healthcare providers, systems, and policy makers. The class explores diverse perspectives about health information and communication, and different pathways and strategies to help create the conditions for more informed and engaged individuals and communities.


id: HLTH490
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Professional Preparation in Community Health Corequisite:HLTH391. The development of skills necessary for joining the public health work force post-graduation, as well as assistance in obtaining an appropriate internship that will serve as a final semester, capstone experience. Students will be exposed to various relevant professional experiences, and will be afforded the opportunity to strengthen their own individual skills by selecting from a menu of skills-based learning modules that best suit their perceived needs.


id: HLTH653
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Quantitative Research Methods II in Public Health Formerly:HLTH688T. Intermediate and advanced statistics and procedures in health-related research for doctoral students with the focus on applications of these statistical methodological methods to public health research.


id: HLTH672
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Public Health Informatics Formerly:HLTH670. A basic overview of Informatics and its application in a public health setting. The major goal is for students to understand the basic tools and building blocks needed to utilize this technology in order to improve their professional productivity


id: HLTH674
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Health Literacy Recommended:Health communication, communication, journalism, literacy, or cognitive or information sciences classes.Formerly:HLTH688L. Introduction to health literacy research, practice, and skills. The course will develop students' understanding of how health literacy is both a barrier and an asset for health. We will also examine how health literacy affects a wide range of outcomes. Students will learn the basics of health literacy concepts, models, and research methods, and discuss health literacy research and evaluation in clinical, public health, and community settings. Students will study key health topics, populations, and contexts for health literacy research and practice. The course will describe professional skills necessary for effective public health communication practice and provide opportunities to practice the skills. The implications of research for public health practice, policy, and consumer/patient interventions and behavior will be integrated so that public health practitioners and researchers are prepared to address health literacy in their future work.


id: HLTH712
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Applied Research Methods in Behavioral and Community Health Designed to build on the research skills obtained in HLTH710 and other fundamental research methods and statistics courses. Methods and problems that are commonly encountered in health education research will be discussed including examination of actual research studies. Complex behavioral research issues will be addressed with existing research data sets. With these data sets, students will develop an analytic plan and conduct data analysis.


id: HLTH780
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Community Health Overview of public health organizations, programs, and policies, including their structure and function, and their ability to change with changing community health needs.


id: HLTH784
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Guided Capstone Preparation Seminar The purpose of this seminar is to guide students through the major steps and deadlines associated with developing their capstone project, which is the MPH degree culminating experience.  The capstone project requires that students apply the knowledge and skills acquired during their MPH program to meet the needs of a stakeholder group or person. Some examples of needs (deliverables) include: an infographic, a website, a curriculum, a lesson plan, an app, an evaluation plan, a policy brief, etc. Some examples of stakeholders: include legislators, non-profit organizations, a faculty researcher, a government (county, state or federal) agency, etc. The project is very applied in nature and the result is a deliverable that can be used immediately by the stakeholder.


id: HNUH218C
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Globalizing the American Revolution How is the American Revolution a creation story in the making of our multi-cultural and interconnected modern world? Consider the Declaration of Independence. When first published on July 5, 1776, it was printed by an immigrant Irishman on Dutch paper that had been brought over from England. This was the first such declaration of independence ever issued, but its ideas and forms traveled far and wide. More than 100 other declarations of independence have been issued since then. The people that declaration mobilized are similarly diverse: the American Revolution is as much the story of Creek farmers, Spanish soldiers, French slaves, Canadian fugitives, Indian tea-growers, and African statesmen as it is of the Minutemen and Sons of Liberty. In this globe-trotting class, students will be positioned to debate how the familiar story of the American Revolution changes when we place it in transnational context.


id: HNUH218R
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Stealing from the Poor, Giving to the Rich: The Political Economy of Global Capitalism Street names and museum exhibits are being renamed in Europe to erase the ghosts of their colonial history. Yet, this speaks of the colonial "era" as the past, when in fact it is very much our present. The economic principle driving colonialism--capitalism--encouraged an insatiable appetite for territorial acquisition, human bondage, and destruction that stole wealth, life, and joy from racialized "others" to fuel European development. We maintain and further these thefts, oppressions, and exploitations through our purchasing habits and justify them through cultural ideas and ignorance. What would it mean to undo these oppressions? What must we understand to begin this process? This course surveys colonial capitalism and its legacies in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa to explore how history informs the present robbing of the Global South for the Global North's development, as well as pathways towards resistance and reconciliation.


id: HNUH228C
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The Fiction of Fact: Race, Science and Storytelling What is a fact? Science is often viewed as an unbiased, fact-based, analytical discipline. However, throughout history, science has sometimes been the most potent weapon for creating and supporting political fictions and social hierarchies. Not unlike the discipline of the humanities, the sciences practice interpretation: scientists observe behaviors, of subject or objects, and necessarily provide an interpretation of the data. But it is the recourse to the "real" that has made science so powerful in underwriting cultural constructs. Whether we observe how science is manipulated in the public sphere, or how it is practiced for good or ill, it has been used to naturalize hierarchies of race, class or gender. Through a range of materials--fiction, film, visual arts, scientific articles, public humanities and political theses - this course will explore one of the most potent cases of this phenomenon of "scientific" storytelling: the case of race.


id: HNUH228O
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Liquid Crystals: the Secret of Life From Superman's Kryptonite to the Star Trek crew spending a lifetime traversing the universe, evidence of space travel has occupied science fiction for ages. Now, we are in a new era: real life is catching up with fiction. Nations have sent extended missions to the Moon and Mars, and recently the OSIRIS-Rex brought rocks and dust from the asteroid 101955 Bennu down to Earth. To understand how real life can catch up with fiction (or cannot), we look at liquid crystals, the substances that are the secret of life itself. Liquid crystals are all around and in us. They are the material used in the displays that surround us - telephones, t.v.s, and computers - and the molecules that make life possible. In short, they are essential to us and to everything else that lives. Through a study of liquid crystals and their phases, students will learn the tools to address such pressing concerns as why extremes of temperature and pressure affect life the way they do, and what we can do about it.


id: HNUH228R
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The Picture of Health and Illness: Modern Medicine in Illustration From prehistoric carvings, through King Tut's burial mask and Michelangelo's David, to the Lincoln Memorial and Body Worlds, images have long been used to communicate what people can and should be. After the "Scientific Revolution" in Europe, when identity was increasingly tied to biology, medical illustrations communicated theories of the ideal body and how it should, and should not, look. Doctors working in the midst of scientific revolution unequivocally tied health to race, gender, and sexuality by enlisting engravers, photographers, and printers to depict the healthy body as a European man and all others as weak, flawed, or ill. This course takes up questions about science, illustration, and identity. Can science tell us who we really are? Do pictures reveal the truth about our bodies? In this class, students will develop their own theory of how science continues to shape who we think we can be and how we might resist those limitations.


id: HNUH238C
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Surveillant Society, Surveillant Selves Do the social and individual benefits of surveillance outweigh its risks? Surveillance is a ubiquitous practice in contemporary society. Governments surveil populations; corporations surveil customers and users; and individuals surveil themselves and others. From red light cameras and doorbell security cameras to geo-tracking apps and smart appliances, surveillant practices shape 21st-century lifestyles. Many take these practices for granted as acceptable trade-offs for individual and collective benefits. Others sound the alarm on the dangers of being tracked and monitored, with concerns over individual liberty, social inequalities, and more. In this course we will debate how surveillance shapes social practices and selves. Students will draw their own conclusions about the role of surveillance in society, and what, if anything, should be done to change it.


id: HNUH239T
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Globalization & Innovation: Culture, Creativity, and Competitiveness Introduces students to the creative possibilities of the global economy: cross-cultural innovation, collaborative design-driven solutions, and enduring innovation with global purchase. Covers innovations in global business that are transforming the future through an embrace of diverse cultural perspectives. Working with interactive idealized design, out-of-the-box-thinking, and strategic exploration tools, students will explore and experience relevant design to new and cross-cultural value creation. Through rapid prototyping, immersive reflections, and innovative design activities, students will experience how to translate insight into action, and action into tangible results. The evolutionary application of frameworks in this course culminates in a capstone project. This course is self-contained but paired with HNUH239I in the Strategic Cross-cultural Change track, which explores how globalization has brought about fundamental changes to our daily lives by making the world more interdependent.


id: HNUH248C
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The Societal Impact of Artificial Intelligence How will AI change society? AI is changing not only business, but the nature of society itself. This course investigates the nature of those changes and forecasts their future development. With a focus on the implications to business, including the nature of human jobs as AI does an increasing amount of work, students will debate the implications of AI through a variety of lenses. From definitions of consciousness and the potential for robots to claim rights to the gender implications of AI, we will explore its philosophical and political implications. As AI is also capital, we will interrogate what the advance of AI means to capitalists and for labor. Finally, we will enter the debate around whether AI will require more than machine learning to approximate general intelligence and whether it can truly be creative. Through the exploration of the unprecedented pitfalls and opportunities that AI represents, students will learn how best to cope with a world that is dependent on AI.


id: HNUH248O
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We the Artificial People: How AI has Reshaped Politics Artificial intelligence (AI) has had profound impacts on the modern political landscape, in the US and abroad. From political campaigns powered by AI-driven audience microtargeting to AI-powered bots that influence public discourse to animosity incentivized by algorithmic content curation, AI has changed how politicians engage with the public, revealed new societal vulnerabilities, and exacerbated longstanding social ills. At the same time, these technologies empower new voices and engagement in political processes. This course encourages the critical evaluation of how AI has impacted political behavior and opened new threats like foreign electoral inference, disinformation, and manipulation through deep-fakes and generative language models. Through an exploration of key dimensions and challenges around the use of AI in political processes and methods to cope with these challenges, students will debate AI governance and frameworks for ethical, fair, transparent, and accountable AI.


id: HNUH248Q
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Frankenscience: An Exploration of "Natural" and "Artificial" In Society and Science Fiction What is "natural" and what is "artificial"? While this distinction might seem obvious at first, modern biology has blurred it in surprising ways. Genetic engineering, vaccination, immunotherapies, bionics, and cybernetics all combine natural and artificial components to bring new dimensions to the way we think about human health. At the same time, humans have grappled with fears and innovation through speculative fiction far longer than these ideas have had practical applications. Landmark stories of artificial life include beings in Greek mythology (Talos), Jewish lore (golem), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and more to the present day. Approaching the interface between biological and artificial materials from both perspectives, this course will present history's cutting-edge developments in biomedical research and explore the boundaries of the natural and artificial in science fiction, allowing students to develop tools for grappling with AI and other "Frankenscience."


id: HNUH248R
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Artificial Intelligence: Critical Examinations through Science Fiction and Technology AI permeates our world, but science fiction (SF) told stories about it centuries before AI became a reality in the 1950s, shaping our understanding and expectations through words and images. In this course, students will trace AI's evolution through SF to critically examine how key SF works have shaped how we think about AI and intelligence. Through an exploration of existing AI, like autonomous weapon systems, generative AI, and AI assistants, as well as a visit to UMD's AI department, students will learn to be critical viewers, readers, and developers as they grapple with AI's moral and social implications. Using the context of SF and technological developments, we will explore what the creation, existence, and evolution of fictional and real AI means for technology and humanity.


id: HNUH249P
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National Security: US Foreign Policy Formerly:HONR269T. Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the U.S. launched a major effort to dismantle the Taliban and create a sustainable democracy in Afghanistan. In 2021, the Taliban took control of the country. Was the U.S. effort doomed to fail? To answer this question, UH students will partner with peers at the American University of Afghanistan through a virtual global classroom to examine the lessons learned from the U.S. and international presence in Afghanistan over the past 20 years. Through reading assignments and virtual meetings with former senior U.S. and Afghan officials, students will examine the reasons behind the downfall of the country and analyze whether the outcome could have been changed. Students are not expected to have any prior knowledge about the conflict in Afghanistan. This course is self-contained but paired with HNUH249T in the National Security track, which explores debates around efforts to protect the nation from terrorism while preserving our values.


id: HNUH258C
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Nature at Risk: Extinction, Consequences, and Strategies How should we prioritize among all the species at risk of extinction? This course will grapple with the complex and consequential process of extinction from biological, geographical, and mathematical perspectives. Core themes will include the 1) nature(s) of extinction risks, 2) potential consequences of different kinds of extinction, and 3) considerations involved in setting priorities. Students will explore, handle, and analyze relevant data (e.g., evolutionary trees, species occurrence records, population censuses) to better understand extinction processes. With the aid of AI-generated hypothetical species, we will investigate hidden biases, debate the consequences of our choices, and explore possible prioritization strategies.


id: HNUH258R
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Cultivating conservation: exploring connections between biodiversity and livelihoods There are a lot of ways food is harvested from land and sea before it reaches your dinner plate - not all of them are savory. In this course, we'll explore how the many livelihoods that provide us with food can also work to incorporate and rely on biodiversity conservation. What does biodiversity conservation look like in a working landscape or seascape? How do social movements align or contrast with different food production and conservation practices? And finally, how are these environments - and the people and cultures embedded in them - increasingly under threat? Through complementary aspects of social science and conservation practice, this course emphasizes not only the threats posed to unique localities and livelihoods, but also the hope of a just and sustainable dinner table. Students will leave with knowledge of the practices and skills needed to participate in transforming our food system for improved environmental and community outcomes.


id: HNUH259P
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Drawn to D.C.: Mapping the City Spaces, materials, objects, structures--the building-blocks of cities--index the values of the societies that produce them. By their very nature cities are memory devices. Yet, in an increasingly transient and virtual world, with access to a seemingly infinite amount of memory, what is the status of the spaces we inhabit? This course will explore the relationship among memory, the body and the built environment. Beginning with the role cities play in our individual lives and the construction of personal memories, we will take account of what we forget by remembering and what experiences are missing. Through lectures, seminars and discussions, students will produce short experimental books and pamphlets remapping Washington D.C. and the many invisible - personal - cities it contains. No previous art or design experience required. This course is self-contained but paired with HNUH259T in the Drawn to D.C. track, which explores the created spaces we inhabit, and how they inhabit us.


id: HNUH268C
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Inclusion and Exclusion: Deportation in American Life What is the "American Dream" under threat of deportation? The United States proclaims to be welcoming but ideas about sovereignty, the nation, the border, good and bad immigrants, and crime in the United States coalesce to support the retention of some people and the displacement of others from its territory. Who the US deports is related to why it deports and on whose behalf such policies are made. This course acquaints students with current theories, methodologies, and debates in the field of the Humanities to grapple with the most pressing domestic questions about immigration and deportation. A variety of frameworks and approaches including critical ethnic studies, history, social movements, and geography, will challenge students to take a position on immigration law and deportation, and their effects on different communities - on all of us.


id: HNUH268R
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What Makes Land a Homeland? We live in a world of contested lands. The University of Maryland itself stands on the ancestral land of the Piscataway People. Around the globe, we witness conflicts over land, such as the ongoing war in the Middle East over Israel-Palestine. We hear daily about the refugee crises in Syria and the complex debates surrounding the U.S.-Mexico border. These situations raise important questions: What does it mean to truly belong to a place? How does a migrant come to see their new country as home? This course explores the histories, cultures, memories, and stories of lands left behind to understand how places become homelands. Students will examine the politics behind the making of territories and the deep connections people form with land. Through this exploration, we will center the experiences of migration and displacement, questioning how these journeys reshape our understanding of belonging and the places we call home.


id: HNUH269P
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Building Community: How to Make Friends Formerly:HNUH248U. In 2017, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy deemed loneliness an "epidemic." While the rise of social media is meant to foster connection, over 23% of adults report being lonely and social networks have been shrinking for decades. Despite increasing rates of loneliness, it is still possible to overcome these trends and find connection. We tend to assume that we should know how to connect with others intuitively, but, as rising rates of loneliness indicate, this is not the case: connection is something we must learn and practice. In this applied course, students will learn the science of connection and engage in practical activities designed to help them make and keep friends. They will leave the course better able to foster meaningful connections. This course is self-contained but paired with HNUH269T in the Building Community track, where you will learn the social value of showing up, for the world and for yourself.


id: HNUH278C
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Riding the Korean Wave: Kdrama, Race, and Global Culture How does culture construct our knowledge of the world and ourselves? Using Korean dramas, aka Kdramas, as a case study, this course will explore how various media negotiate blackness for global audiences. As a viral, billion-dollar art form, Kdramas provide an ideal window through which to explore recent trends in our global culture, including colorism, "Black as cool," travel as consumption, and immigration. They illuminate the politics of culture. We will examine how moral panics and social dilemmas are presented in the fictitious world of "Kdramaland," and how they inform our understandings of South Korean society, our own societies, and the world. Drawing on social science research by Koreans and non-Koreans alike, students will debate the ways the culture of the Korean wave reflects, reproduces, and challenges social inequities of marginalized and minoritized groups, as well as how those groups respond, to illuminate the larger global forces at work in intercultural exchange.


id: HNUH278I
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Bonded: Loneliness, Health, and Quality of Life Society has become more and more disconnected, with 61% of American reporting being lonely. The U.S. Surgeon General's Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community reports that "The mortality impact of being socially disconnected is similar to that caused by smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day, and even greater than that associated with obesity and physical inactivity." Disconnection is devastating for health and for society. Particularly in a democracy predicated on the health of civic life, which requires interpersonal and community relationships, where does this predicament leave us as a society? This course illuminates the potential root causes of disconnection: early familial relationships, attachment styles, and broader technological trends. Students will leave the course with a toolkit of evidence-based strategies they can use - and share - to help heal these divides and repair our core social connections.


id: HNUH278R
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Getting Graphic: Comics as Resistance In 2023, Maia Kobabe's graphic memoir, Gender Queer, was the most challenged book in the U.S. Often restricted due to spurious claims about corrupting children, comics have a long history of upsetting the status quo with their unique use of words and pictures. Artists from historically marginalized communities continue to shape this medium. This class examines comics, from glossy horror comics to grungy punk zines, that reject the conventional and subvert suppression. Learning experientially through DMV resources like the D.C. Punk and Indie Fanzine Archive and local comics fests, students will generate their own comics and investigate censorship and resistance.


id: HNUH288C
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Abortion in U.S. Society How do and can we talk about abortion in contemporary society? Civil discussion around the topic of abortion is almost non-existent between people with extremely different views in the U.S. It is such a taboo topic that an exchange of ideas can even be difficult for those with slightly different views--i.e., those who believe abortion should not be regulated by the government (more than any other health care is) and those who believe abortion should be legal and regulated by governments. Although it is an issue about which Americans care deeply, the very people who need most to talk about it seem unable to find any common ground upon which to begin. This course provides students with a solid base of knowledge needed to form opinions and engage in civil debate. Through an exploration of the different ways we talk about abortion in the U.S. and the sources of those strategies, students will learn to find their voice in the controversial topic.


id: HNUH288R
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Is Black Bad for Your Health? Examining Race as a Risk Factor in Public Health Cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, asthma... Not only are Black Americans at higher risk for developing these life-threatening conditions, but they are also at higher risk of dying from them. In fact, Black race, unlike other racial identities, has been so consistently associated with poor health outcomes that "Black" is considered a risk factor--a characteristic that increases the likelihood of developing a disease--for many diseases. Can one's race alone determine their health trajectory? If race is socially constructed, how can race be a risk factor for health outcomes? This class will take up the tensions, contradictions, and seemingly illogical public health practices related to health outcomes for Black Americans and the impact of these practices on the broader community. Students will make sense of our present by examining our past--race science, eugenics, medical apartheid--and learn to disrupt the social reproduction of inequities to create a healthier society for the future.


id: HNUH300
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Vantage Point Seminar Goal-setting and project-design seminar required of all UH students and taken in the second semester of the sophomore year or the first semester of the junior year.


id: HNUH398P
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Federal and Global Experiential Learning Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs. This is the experiential course component of the Federal Fellows Program and Global Fellows Program.


id: INAG100
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Introduction to Plant Science A general introduction to plant science designed to provide the students with a working knowledge of the fundamental structures and processes of plants. Content includes plant anatomy, physiology, genetics and environmental relationships.


id: INAG102
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Agricultural Entrepreneurship Additional information:Priority in enrollment will be given to students within the Institute of Applied Agriculture. May not count toward any BMGT major or minor requirement. This course introduces fundamental concepts related to launching a profitable agricultural business. Topics include idea generation, opportunity recognition, conducting feasibility studies, assembling the entrepreneurial team, and financing the new venture, among others. Students will learn knowledge and skills relevant to starting a new agricultural business.


id: INAG103
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Agricultural Marketing Additional information:Priority in enrollment will be given to students within the Institute of Applied Agriculture. Course cannot be used to fulfill a requirement for a Robert H. Smith School of Business major or minor. Principles of market demand are used to develop a consumer oriented market strategy for agricultural businesses. Topics include market structures, target marketing, market segmentation, niche marketing and direct marketing. Market concepts unique to agriculture products are also covered.


id: INAG106
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Pesticide Use and Safety Additional information:Priority enrollment will be given to students in the IAA program or to students in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (AGNR). An overview of pesticide use and safety. Topics include environmental protection, labeling, personal safety, first aid, formulation and chemistry, equipment, disposal, storage, record-keeping and liability. The course prepares students to take the Maryland State test for a private applicator's license.


id: INAG110
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Oral Communication A study of how perception, self-concept, and verbal and nonverbal communications affect the communication process as it emerges in the workplace.  The course provides skill training in speech writing, public speaking, group communication, interpersonal communication, listening, and responding.


id: INAG123
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People, Planet, and Profit: Digging Into Sustainable Agriculture Is it possible for agricultural producers to make a living and feed the world nutritious, culturally inclusive food while protecting--or even restoring--the environment? This course investigates the principles and practices of sustainable agriculture and their relationship to the greater food system. We will explore the social (people), environmental (planet), and economic (profit) impacts of agriculture - from challenges to opportunities. INAG123 applies the principles of sustainability to various agricultural production practices and systems - at a range of different scales - to see what lessons these varied models can offer. Along the way, we will consider domestic issues such as food safety and distribution, food justice, cultural relevance, biodiversity, farming communities, and effects on local economies.


id: INAG199
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Special Problems Restricted to students in the AGNR-Institute of Applied Agriculture department. Others by permission of the AGNR-Institute of Applied Agriculture department.A detailed study, including a written report, involving a current issue in an agricultural area that relates to the student's major. The study is conducted under the direction of a faculty member. A maximum of three credit hours of special problems may be applied toward graduation.


id: INAG199C
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Special Problems; Special Problems in AgriScience Demonstrates the application of scientific principles of agriculture by developing and presenting an oral report on a capstone project relevant to ccurrent agriculture issues.


id: INAG199D
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Special Problems; Agricultural Tractor Operations and Maintenance Other UMD students will be granted permission to enroll if seats are available.Class will be held at the Central Maryland Research and Education Center (CMREC), Clarksville Facility, 4240 Folly Quarter Road, Ellicot City, MD 21042. Dates are September 20 and 21, 2025, with a rain date of September 26 and September 27, 2025. Students will need to provide their own transportation to and from the facility.This class introduces students to the operation and maintenance of agricultural tractors and farm equipment. Students learn to safely perform regular maintenance, and handle materials.


id: INAG203
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Agricultural Finance Additional information:Course cannot be used to fulfill a requirement for a Robert H. Smith School of Business major or minor. This course introduces fundamental concepts related to the financial management of an agricultural business. Topics include financial statement analysis, financial planning, the relationship between risk and return, the time value of money, costs associated with borrowed funds, sources of capital, financial markets and intermediaries in agriculture, and personal finance, among others. Students will gain financial knowledge and skills necessary for managing a profitable agricultural business.


id: INAG208
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Understanding Turfgrass: Preparation for Intercollegiate Turfgrass Competitions Repeatable to 4 credits.This course reinforces students' understanding of turf agronomic and integrated pest management principles of turfgrass management. This class is designed to prepare students for intercollegiate turf science competitions: the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America Turf Bowl and the Sports Field Managers Association Student Challenge. While the basic content areas in the course schedule will remain the same, this course will be tailored each year to reflect current trends in the turf industry.


id: INAG226
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Diseases of Ornamentals and Turf Recommended:Completion of one of the following is recommended: PLSC 253, PLSC 254, INAG 107, PLSC 305.Additional information:Priority in enrollment will be given to students within the Institute of Applied Agriculture. The course will cover various topics such as plant pathology, disease control practices, and an in depth coverage of the major diseases of ornamentals and turfgrasses in the Mid-Atlantic region. Emphasis will be placed on identification of disease signs and symptoms. Over 50 diseases will be covered during the semester.


id: INAG231
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Insects of Ornamentals and Turf Recommended:PLSC253, PLSC254, or PLSC305; or INAG107.Additional information:Priority enrollment will be given to students in the IAA program. A study of the major insect pests and beneficial insects of ornamental plants and turfgrasses in the Mid-Atlantic region.  The student will be responsible for insect identification, life history, and control practices of approximately 100 insects.  An insect collection consisting of both insect pests and beneficial insects is required.


id: INAG237
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GPS & Drone Applications in Surveying Additional information:Course is open to Institute of Applied Agriculture students and permission will be granted to other students based on available seats, with priority given to students from majors in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The principles of land measurement using Global Positioning System (GPS) devices and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs--i.e. drones) to collect data and generate maps. Students will use Pix4D and Trimble TerraFlex software to post-process collected data and learn how we can use this data to make informed land management decisions.  Students will also be prepared to successfully earn their Part 107 Commercial Drone Pilots License as part of the course.


id: INAG242
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Golf Course Design and Construction An appreciation and understanding of the game of golf is obtained through lectures on the history, organizations, and rules of the game. Golf course design theories, great architects and their courses, and construction specifications are discussed. Students will complete two golf course design projects.


id: INAG250
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Fundamentals of Agricultural Mechanics Additional information:Priority given to IAA majors and AGNR students whose major requires this course. Permission will be granted to other students on seats available basis. Comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals of agriculture-related mechanics. Lecture and lab exercises will cover a broad range of topics including electricity, plumbing, welding processes, and wood and metal working applications. Emphasis will be given to the design and installation of electrical circuits. It will also include project planning and implementation, including development of safety protocols for each area of study.


id: INST104
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Design Across Campus What is design, who does it, and how is it done? There is no one answer to this question--it depends on who you ask. The answers to these questions vary across disciplines and across the University campus. This course, designed with modules from contributors in UMD programs including Information Studies, Human-Computer Interaction, Graphic Design, Immersive Media Arts, Journalism, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Engineering, and Policy, will introduce students to the goals and values, approaches, skills, and practices of diverse fields of design. It will enable students to identify grand challenges in design and serve as a sorting hat to help students find a design practice that matches their own values, approaches, skills and goals.


id: INST123
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Databases for All An introduction to relational databases for students with no previous programming experience. Provides a means for students of diverse backgrounds to successfully learn how to store, retrieve, and maintain data in relational databases. Topics include a brief comparison of database systems with an emphasis on relational databases, fundamental relational database concepts, and data types. Includes technical approaches to accessing information stored in relational databases.


id: INST126
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Introduction to Programming for Information Science An introduction to computer programming for students with very limited or no previous programming experience. Topics include fundamental programming concepts such as variables, data types, assignments, arrays, conditionals, loops, functions, and I/O operations.


id: INST151
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Becoming A Social Media Influencer Formerly:INST408N. Teaches students how to create, grow, and manage influential social media accounts. Topics will include tools for content creation, analyzing and strategizing with analytics, building community, and defining their niche and approach.


id: INST152
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"Fake Checking": Battling Misinformation and Disinformation in the Real World Examining the phenomenon of "fake news" using the principles of information literacy, students will develop their skills in locating, analyzing, and evaluating different information sources -- in the classroom, in their personal lives, and in the workplace.


id: INST153
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Records Scandals & Data Vandals: Public & Private Sector Controversies Ripped From The Headlines Expressly organized around case studies about well-known individuals and organizations involved in scandals and controversies that have generated headlines around the world. It places these events in a larger historical, legal, technological, ethical and societal context. Drawing upon contemporaneous records in a variety of media, as well as presentations from invited speakers representing the greater archival, historical, and public interest communities, the course seeks to deepen students' appreciation of the role that records and information plays in issues going to the heart of government transparency, corporate accountability, and social justice.


id: INST155
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Social Networking Formerly:INFM289I. Introduces methods for analyzing and understanding how people use social media - social networking websites, blogging and microblogging, and other forms of online interaction and content generation - and their societal implications. Introduces students to the science and social science of network analysis. Through real world examples, including analysis of their own social networks, students develop skills for describing and understanding the patterns and usage of services like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and others.


id: INST161
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Analytics Across Athletics Are you passionate about sports and curious about how data is transforming the game? This course teaches analytics through interactive assignments, debates, presentations, guest speakers, projects, and the use of technologies that put students in the analyst's seat. It offers a hands-on introduction to the fundamentals of data analysis and data-driven decision-making through real-world applications in sports and athletic performance.  Explore the relationship between sports and data, analyze athletic performance through qualitative and quantitative lenses, and engage in real-world experiences such as attending live games, reviewing footage, and interacting with guest speakers from the sports industry. We'll cover where data comes from--like databases, GPS trackers, or even surveys we create--and how to organize and clean data using beginner-friendly tools. You'll explore how to spot trends, build visuals that actually make sense, and tell stories with your data that others can understand. Along the way, we'll dive into important conversations around privacy, consent, ethics, and how to recognize bias in data.


id: INST201
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Introduction to Information Science Formerly:INST301. Examining the effects of new information technologies on how we conduct business, interact with friends, and go through our daily lives. Understanding how technical and social factors have influenced the evolution of information society. Evaluating the transformative power of information in education, policy, and entertainment, and the dark side of these changes.


id: INST204
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Designing Fair Systems Formerly:INST208D. Reviews how specific values are built into different automated decision-making systems as an inevitable result of constructing mechanisms meant to produce specific outcomes. These values create differential outcomes for the different people enmeshed in these systems, but both these values and these systems can be changed to support different values and different outcomes. The class serves as an introduction to the emerging field of algorithmic bias that bridges the disciplines of information science, computer science, law, policy, philosophy, sociology, urban planning, and others.


id: INST210
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The Nuts & Bolts of Getting Hired Formerly:INST208C. Have you thought about finding an internship, getting a job, or starting your career? Perhaps you're confused about how to begin. Welcome to The Nuts and Bolts of Getting Hired, where you'll learn the skills necessary to develop your professional tool kit and obtain the internship or job that can help you build the career you want. This course will help you prepare for the next step in your career by exploring the following topics: Identifying your career goals, mastering the skills of crafting a professional resume, effective interviewing, strategic networking, and professional communication.


id: INST227
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Fundamentals of Academic Peer Mentoring in Information Studies Students will be exposed to scholarship of teaching and learning in support of developing applied skills to support active learning as an iSchool academic peer mentor. Students will learn to effectively coach and support the performance of other people. Guided online and face-to-face participation will culminate in a portfolio of teaching activities and professional development.


id: INST301
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Introduction to Information Science Examining the effects of new information technologies on how we conduct business, interact with friends, and go through our daily lives. Understanding how technical and social factors have influenced the evolution of information society. Evaluating the transformative power of information in education, policy, and entertainment, and the dark side of these changes.


id: INST311
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Information Organization Examines the theories, concepts, and principles of information, information representation and organization, record structures, description, and classification. Topics to be covered in this course include the methods and strategies to develop systems for storage, organization, and retrieval of information in a variety of organizational and institutional settings, as well as policy, ethical, and social implications of these systems.


id: INST314
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Statistics for Information Science Basic concepts in statistics including measure construction, data exploration, hypothesis development, hypothesis testing, pattern identification, and statistical analysis. The course also provides an overview of commonly used data manipulation and analytic tools. Through homework assignments, projects, and in-class activities, you will practice working with these techniques and tools to create information resources that can be used in individual and organizational decision-making and problem-solving.


id: INST326
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Object-Oriented Programming for Information Science An introduction to programming, emphasizing understanding and implementation of applications using object-oriented techniques. Topics to be covered include program design and testing as well as implementation of programs.


id: INST327
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Database Design and Modeling Introduction to databases, the relational model, entity-relationship diagrams, user-oriented database design and normalization, and Structured Query Language (SQL). Through labs, tests, and a project, students develop both theoretical and practical knowledge of relational database systems.


id: INST330
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Designing Tools for Tinkering and Learning Formerly:INST208Z. What do kids learn when playing with robots? How can video games teach people? Can people really learn a new language using an app? In this course, we will explore how technologies can help people learn. Central to the class will be looking at different types of tools, technologies, and environments, and investigating the various ways to help people learn. As part of the clas students will learn to see the world through the eyes of an educational technology designer and develop ways to create and evaluate technological tools for tinkering and learning. Along the way, we will apply an inclusive user-entered design process to a series of projects, which may include mobile applications, robotics, Internet of Things, toys, and games.


id: INST335
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Organizations, Management and Teamwork Examines principles, methods and types of leadership with an emphasis on goal setting, motivation, problem solving, and conflict resolution. Examines principles of developing teams and managing team projects through planning and execution, including estimating costs, managing risks, scheduling, staff and resource allocation, communication, tracking, and control. Trains students to recognize and capitalize on opportunities to use information to increase efficiency, improve performance, and support innovation within teams and organizations. Focuses on strategic use of emerging technologies and new information resources to execute information-enabled change.


id: INST341
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Introduction to Digital Curation Explores various dimensions and contexts for digital curation, which includes all activities involving the management, representation and preservation of both born-digital and digitized information. Focuses on opportunities, challenges and demands of every-increasing digital data and networked information infrastructure.


