Spain

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.

This is the second course of Persian language, following LENGUA PERSA I. It offers additional standard vocabulary and covers the following verbal conjugations: the preterite imperfect, the present perfect, the past perfect, the continuous present, the future imperfect, and the imperative, subjunctive, and conditional modes.

This course explores digital marketing and search engine positioning including the role of web positioning in digital marketing and the mechanisms of Google. This course also covers Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and web analytics (on-site and off-site).

This course focuses on concepts that enable the integrated application of management, control, and development processes in the software development life cycle. Topics include: modern software development methodologies; software or service initial offer; software configuration management; quality management; feasibility analysis; software projects estimation, planning, analysis, and design techniques; tools to support management, control, and development processes.

This course offers an introduction to entrepreneurship. Topics include: innovation and blue ocean strategy; idea generation; lean start-up, minimum viable product (MVP), and prototyping; project management; communication, pitch, and negotiation; legal aspects of a start-up, start-up funding.

This course offers a study of programming technology. Topics include: object oriented design and patterns; generics and creation of collections; graphical user interface; model view controller threats; programming with threads. 

The course provides students with a study of the history and culture of the British Isles necessary to contextualize coursework in British and Irish literature. Major themes include the physical and human geography of the region as well as the political, social, and religious organization of the area.