German

This course is the second of two fluid mechanics courses that are taught concurrently in a single semester. Students take Fluid Mechanics I and then either Fluid Mechanics II (Higher Flow Level) or Fluid Mechanics II (Technique and Examples). The course discusses topics including hydrostatics, kinematics of fluids, streamline theory of inviscid fluids, momentum and angular momentum, movement of compressible fluids, Navier-Stokes equation of motion and its applications, vortices and boundary layer flows, turbulent flows, pipe flows, flow around bodies, and similarity laws of fluid dynamics. The course consists of two hour lectures which review the course concepts, and two hour seminars in which students solve problems.

Lower intermediate level B1 allows students to progress from the elementary command of language of the basic course level to the independent language use of level B2. Students develop reading, listening, writing and speaking skills in these courses with the purpose of improving the understanding of the lectures, seminars, and exercises in their own field of study in Germany. This helps students carry out assignments in their own subject successfully. The B1 level is split into two consecutive courses, the B1.1 course covers the first half of the level and the B1.2 course covers the second half of the level.

This course offers a study of the fundamentals of aircraft aerodynamics. Topics include lift and drag, and aerodynamics of the wing and the tail units. The course examines theoretical, numerical, and experimental methods in aerodynamics. The course consists of lectures, and exercises in which theoretical and experimental exercises are reviewed. Students participate in an excursion to the wind tunnel on Technical University's campus. Students are required to have completed a fluid mechanics course as a prerequisite.

The course covers the variety of cinematic representations of National Socialism and the Holocaust, including an overview of the different filmic approaches used to represent and refer to the Third Reich. Students examine the most intense cinematic production phase of German history, which is the time between Hitler’s coming to power in 1933 and the end of the Second World War in 1945. Students examine movies by filmmakers such as Riefenstahl and Steinhoff, who created propaganda films glorifying the Nazi movement, as well as movies by Chaplin and Lubitsch who sought to fight the Nazi regime with satirical strategies. Students then analyze the equally wide spectrum of movie production after 1945. Some of the films discussed include: TRIUMPH OF THE WILL, TO BE OR NOT TO BE, SHOAH, SCHINDLER'S LIST, TRAIN OF LIFE, and INGLOURIOUS BASTARDS. Assessment is based on participation in working groups and a final exam.