Spain

This course offers a study of interactive ecosystems. Topics include: human-centered informatics; paradigms, styles, and principles of interaction; design approaches; designing and prototyping of interactive ecosystems; evaluation.

This course explores communication theory and the role of communication in basic life activities, culture, and society. Topics include: the objective and theory of communication sciences; the nature of communication; human communication; social production of communication.

This course focuses on practicing, expanding, and improving Spanish language oral production in everyday contexts as well as improving pronunciation of Spanish through listening and articulation practice.

This course offers an introduction to electronics in biomedical engineering. Topics include: circuit theory; biomedical instrumentation; feedback systems; active filters; stability; non-linear applications; bio-amplifiers; biosensors platforms; digital electronics.

This course explores the evolution of tourism and sociological analysis. Topics include: social research on tourism; tourism and development including social impacts and risks; tourism and environmental, social, and economic sustainability; gender and tourism; sociological analysis of the motivations of tourists; tourist locations; tourism and accessibility; tourism in the 21st century.

This course explores the connection between popular culture and social, cultural, political, and economic developments in Western societies from 1945 to 1991. Topics include: adolescence, music, and subcultures-- from beatniks and mods to punks and rappers; from atomic fears to the glorification of violence-- horror and science fiction; gender, sexual diversity, race, and pop culture-- discourses and counter-discourses; fear and social control-- from the witch hunt to the moral panic.

This course offers study of Spanish spoken in everyday situations. Topics include: multi-culturalism in Barcelona; eating at a restaurant; clothing; public transit; health care; and travel.

This course offers a study of the technological principles of HVAC, lighting, and renewable energy systems in buildings. Topics include: energy consumption in buildings; heating and cooling loads; refrigeration and heat generation; HVAC systems; lighting systems; photovoltaic systems; power factor compensation.

This course offers a study of the most important ideologies and political movements of the 21st century. Topics include: populism; religious fundamentalism; pacifism and environmentalism; contemporary reflections on democracy; transitional justice; contemporary ethical issues; big data and artificial intelligence; bioethics and neuroethics; current social and political movements in the face of the reason/sentiment dichotomy.

This course examines historical, political, social, cultural, literary and artistic development in Spain from 1931-2000. For the critical periods that includes the Second Republic, Spanish Civil War, Francoism, and final transition to democracy, the course focuses on such themes as ideology of National Catholicism; the roles of women and children; and censorship while examining films, texts, graphics, and pro- and anti-Franco songs. Trips to local cultural monuments (Picasso's GUERNICA, ''Valley of the Fallen,'' Franco's tomb, etc.) are incorporated into the course. Special attention is given to Madrid and the Movida Madrileña--the explosion of art, counter-culture, and creativity that ended the repression. NOTE: Course is the same as HIST104 E, but taught in Spanish.