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The course includes lectures on different media and techniques involved in painting, sculpture, printmaking, performance, and time-based works of art. It also examines how the analysis of a work of art is structured and written; and reflects on changing theories of art history, viewership, and the object.
 

This course introduces the foundations of classical mechanics based on the principle of least action with emphasis on symmetries and conservation laws as well as special relativity with emphasis on relativistic kinematics. In particular the following is included: the Lagrange formalism, the principle of least action, Euler Lagrange's equations; conservation laws and generalized coordinates; introduction to the Hamilton formalism; constraints and Lagrange multipliers; general treatment of the two-body problem and Kepler's laws; Lorentz transformations; and four-vectors and relativistic kinematics.

This course looks at the process of first language acquisition by examining the social and cognitive mechanisms that drive language learning in the first few years of life. It is designed to provide students with an in-depth understanding of first language acquisition with a focus on spoken language in typical healthy children. The course starts with an exploration of pre-verbal communication in infancy and tracks verbal development during toddlerhood into middle childhood. Overarching issues in linguistic theory, in the form of competing explanations of language acquisition patterns, will be discussed and key debates and current research in the field will be examined.

This course is an integrated introduction to fruit, vegetable, cereal, dairy, and seafood and meat science and technology. It provides an overview of the traditional and innovative techniques that are used to protect the quality and assure the safety of these foods. 

The course introduces carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, vitamins, and minerals that are components of food, and examines basic science applied to food processing and storage (gelatinization, aging, denaturation, rancidity, flavor change, color change).  

This course is an introduction to linguistics. It gives a general knowledge of each area of linguistics drawing from a range of spoken and signed languages. It provides the students who have no previous knowledge of linguistics with a background in core areas of the field – phonetics, phonology, syntax, morphology, semantics, and their acquisition. The course is divided in three parts: the first part is an introduction to the field of linguistics, the second part is concerned with the structure of natural languages, and the third part is related to language modality, with particular attention to signed languages and gesture.

This is a course for all students interested in using and understanding computers. Students learn the practical skill of how to program a computer to make it do what they want it to do. Students learn how to write simple computer programs that can solve problems; how to write simple programs that can process different sorts of information; and how to write programs that can respond differently to different situations. 

This course examines fundamental genetic principles, as well as many applications of these fundamentals. Topics include: genotype and phenotype, mechanisms of inheritance, and genetic analysis.

What if pop culture is not only about entertainment but also raises critical issues about our human condition? For instance, Taylor Swift's lyrics often rely on introspective work between choices and values. Game of Thrones reminds us of the pervasiveness of violence in our societies. The current ‘sneakers hype’ reveals how our bodies are expressions of status and identity. This course examines TV series, movies, music, fashion, and other ‘popular objects’ to explore ethical and philosophical questions connected to our times.

This course examines programming language design issues and programming paradigms. It covers binding and scoping, parameter passing, lambda abstraction, data abstraction, type checking, and functional and logic programming.