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This course introduces basic fluid dynamic concepts including fluid mechanics and their practical applications to several flow systems. Course topics include the characteristics of fluid, hydrostatics, mass and momentum conservation laws, dimensional analysis, and internal flows.

With accelerating trends such as climate change, water scarcity, energy depletion, social injustice, economic crisis, resource wars, and other challenges, there is a growing need for sustainable alternatives. This course connects guest lectures that describe the severity of the challenges, workshops that discuss the possible sustainable responses, and solutions to those challenges within the context of a specific global city or region. Students have the opportunity to link global challenges to their own local and cultural backgrounds through case studies.

The course focuses on anthropologists' discussion of art. Different definitions of the concept are considered and, in that context, the relation of art to aesthetics and ethics. Answers are sought to the question of whether all work that appears artistic to westernized perception is indeed so to those who produce this work. Authorship, authenticity, and problems arising from the interaction between different cultural traditions are considered. In order to shed light on these issues various ethnographic studies throughout the world are studied.