Analysis of the operating system, the program which supervises the activity of the computer. Study of processes, interprocess communication, scheduling, I/O systems, deadlock, file systems, memory management, security/protection mechanisms and resource allocation.
Generate and manipulate graphic information using the computer. Emphasis on the analysis of fundamental problems associated with these activities and on the structured design of solutions.
Study of the principles, techniques and effects of obtaining and spending funds by governments and the management of governmental debt. Taxes and expenditures of all levels of government in the United States considered.
Economics-based analysis of causes and consequences of environmental problems and environmental policy and a study of the critical issues in natural resource allocation. Topics include common pool resources, externalities, property rights, exhaustible and renewable resources, privatization and the economics of environmental policy formation.
Examines the effects of voluntary and informed transactions on efficient resource allocation and economic welfare. Topics include private property, government regulation, competition and consumer choice.
Study of the basic economic concepts and theories for international business, international trade and finance, commercial policy, and foreign investment and multinational firms.
Survey of African-American short fiction designed to inform students of the history of the sub-genre as well as highlight the canonical literature written in this form.
Intensive study of individual American and foreign auteur directors, singly or in groups. Focus on those artists who write their own screenplays and direct their own films. May be repeated twice if different directors are studied.
A study of selections from the range of literature that comprises the sub-genre of the African Diaspora. Engages texts in an effort to better understand and interpret the complex nature of chattel slavery, emancipation, reconstruction, colonialism and post-colonialist motivations through reading, discussion and cultural immersion.
A study of Native American literature (mostly in the "Western" genres of fiction and/or poetry) in the context of Native American peoples' experiences and their distinctive worldviews.
Study of Native American, African-American, U.S., Latina and Asian American women's writing, emphasizing 19th and 20th century issues which influenced their writing.
Study of a wide range of films made around the world, with special emphasis on historical development of selected national cinemas, cultural and economic determinants that affect the production of film and the contrasting conventions of film style in contrasting contexts of production.
Read, discuss and analyze contemporary poetry to observe techniques in craftsmanship and present poetry for intensive examination by workshop participants.
Focuses on present-day language theory and practice. Objectives are not only to increase students' skills in writing classroom language tests and assessing standardized instruments intended for second language learners, but also to improve their ability to evaluate language research in which testing plays a part.
