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A Concise Introduction to the Principles Governing The Transformations of Matter and Energy and How They Relate to Our Environment. Mastery of fire was just the beginning. After fire came kilns, then furnaces, then steam engines, then nuclear reactors. Since our humble beginnings, the story of the development of our species has featured a nearly ubiquitous and insatiable

As an interactive process between leaders and their followers or supporters, political leadership is a socially ubiquitous, yet analytically elusive and normatively contentious, concept. This exploration of the qualities of political leaders and the process of political leadership will accomplish five things: (1) Survey contributions to studies of political leadership from

Foundations of Python Programming: Theory and Practice is a comprehensive introductory course designed to equip students with essential programming skills using the Python language. Throughout the course, students will delve into fundamental programming concepts such as variables, data types, control structures, functions, and object-oriented programming principles. They will

This course is recommended for all students considering working in sculpture and interested in mild steel design/fabrication methods. It is open to anyone with a curiosity about materials and building processes. There are fundamental introductions to gas, arc, electric welding, forging, fabrication techniques like cutting and grinding

Fourier analysis may be seen as decomposing an arbitrary function, or wave form, into sine and cosine functions. In this sense, it is clearly of interest in analyzing audio signals. However, it goes much further than this. In computer science, it extends to processing of images and data compression. In physics, it is central to quantum mechanics. More broadly, it is the main

This class is a broad survey of mathematical theories and techniques which are applied in the physical sciences and engineering, but also are of interest in their own right. The class will cover fundamentals of ordinary and partial differential equations, fundamental to classical mechanics, electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, and chemistry. A large part of the course will cover

French literature and film have always reciprocally inspired one another - as early as 1897, Lumière represented the main characters of Hugo’s Les Misérables. This course will offer students the opportunity to analyze literary representations of women and their film adaptations in terms of intermediality and intertextuality. Adaptations will include: La Princesse de Clèves (La

French literature and film have always reciprocally inspired one another – as early as 1897, Lumière represented the main characters of Hugo’s Les Misérables. This course will offer students the opportunity to analyze literary representations of women and their film adaptations in terms of intermediality and intertextuality. Adaptations will include: La Princesse de Clèves

The course will be for sustained work on an animation or projection design project, and should be a space for both experimentation, ambition and consistent endeavor. The first half of the semester will be concerned with conceptualizing and framing the world of the animations or projections, by research, drawings, investigation, imagining. The second half will be creating the

This course will explore socio-political issues of contemporary France. Themes will include the end of World War II and the disintegration of the French colonial empire. The period also produced migration waves originating from newly independent, post-colonial territories. The presence of these migrants and their offspring has profoundly transformed

This course will explore socio-political issues of contemporary France. Themes will include the end of World War II and the disintegration of the French colonial empire. The period also produced migration waves originating from newly independent, post-colonial territories. The presence of these migrants and their offspring has profoundly transformed

This course will examine French representations of America in literature, political philosophy, and film. We will focus on the paradoxes inherent in the French fascination with America as well as how America has served as a figure for the expression of French anxieties about modernity and a changing world. Beginning with Montaigne, Buffon, and Tocqueville we will analyze the

This course is designed for anyone interested in interdisciplinary artistic practices with a focus on dance creation, and improving the French language. Through the study and practical exploration of works by African choreographers and dancers, students will engage in both the analysis and creation of movement, developing skills in composition, improvisation, and

This course will examine the comic in French theatre, literature, politics, and film in order to answer a deceptively simple question: What makes us laugh? In theoretical readings we will consider whether laughter is a universal, cross-cultural function. Additionally, we will look at special, sub-genres of the comic, such as satire and parody, in order to question the

This course will examine the comic in French theatre, literature, politics, and film in order to answer a deceptively simple question: What makes us laugh? In theoretical readings we will consider whether laughter is a universal, cross-cultural function. Additionally, we will look at special, sub-genres of the comic, such as satire and parody, in order to question the

This course will examine the comic in French theatre, literature, politics, and film in order to answer a deceptively simple question: What makes us laugh? In theoretical readings we will consider whether laughter is a universal, cross-cultural function. Additionally, we will look at special, sub-genres of the comic, such as satire and parody, in order to question the

This course will examine the comic in French theatre, literature, politics, and film in order to answer a deceptively simple question: What makes us laugh? In theoretical readings we will consider whether laughter is a universal, cross-cultural function. Additionally, we will look at special, sub-genres of the comic, such as satire and parody, in order to question the

Students will examine a variety of adaptations, focusing on the strategies used to turn a book into a film. Issues of adaptation theory will be explored, as well as the underlying ideology behind the rediscovery of specific authors through cinema. Students will discuss notions such as “faithfulness” to a source text, but more importantly intermediality and intertextuality, the

***Time Change*** This course is an introduction to the study of French poetry and includes readings from Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern poets. We will look at the technical aspects of French verse and the cultural contexts of the works studied. Students will have the opportunity to write short poems of their own. This course will also include a systematic review of major

In this course, French films are used as linguistic and cultural textbooks. While honing their language skills (listening, reading, speaking and writing), students will focus their critical skills on selected cultural topics (food, clothes, history, gestures, etc.). Students will create film trailers that reflect their understanding of the French linguistic and cultural

In this course, French films are used as linguistic and cultural textbooks. While honing their language skills (listening, reading, speaking and writing), students will focus their critical skills on selected cultural topics (food, clothes, history, gestures, etc.). Students will create film trailers that reflect their understanding of the French linguistic and cultural

In this course, French films are used as linguistic and cultural textbooks. While honing their language skills (listening, reading, speaking and writing), students will focus their critical skills on selected cultural topics (food, clothes, history, gestures, etc.). Students will create film trailers that reflect their understanding of the French linguistic and cultural

Will Calhoun, a multi-Grammy award winning drummer from the legendary rock group “Living Color”, will offer Intermediate and advanced individual lessons on the drum set. The material presented in these lessons, Frequency Rhythmic Assimilation (FRA), are aimed to be universally applicable while geared toward developing each student’s individual ability. These lessons focus on

Using the novel as ethnography, this course examines world cultures through literary works of authors from various parts of the world. We explore the construction of community in precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial times; independence movements; issues of individual and social identity; and the themes of change, adaptation and conflict. Student work includes an analytical

Using the novel as ethnography, this course examines world cultures through literary works of authors from various parts of the world. We explore the construction of community in precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial times; independence movements; issues of individual and social identity; and the themes of change, adaptation and conflict. Student work includes an analytical