HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE UNITED STATES

The United States has a long complex relationship with the international human rights system. Although its founding was grounded in fundamental norms of inalienable rights, equality and freedom, U.S. history is characterized by divisive and sometimes violent disagreements about who counts as human, what is fundamental to the human condition, and which/how rights should be protected. How has this history contributed to our contemporary struggles? Through engaging with issues related to racial justice, criminal justice, reproductive justice, disability justice, gender justice, and indigenous people’s rights, students are asked to consider how certain rights are sites of contestation within the U.S. political system and within U.S. society.

This course offers a multidisciplinary survey of urgent contemporary human rights issues in the United States and seeks to advance students’ skills to examine human rights research and analysis through intersectional approaches. Part of the inquiry of this course is ensuring that students understand existing tensions among several key concepts (1) human rights as a body of international human rights law and institutions; (2) human rights movements using human rights discourse to further their aspirations; (3) constitutional rights in the U.S. as interpreted by U.S. courts that may or may not allude to/be contained in international law; and (4) political rhetoric that use the language of “rights” for political ends.

Coursework will ground current human rights debates in their social, legal, and political contexts. It will outline the different actors in the human rights landscape, focusing on mobilization strategies of human rights movements and the policy reforms that they seek to advance human rights agendas. Students will engage with legal cases and legislation in the United States. By the end of this course, you should expect to be able to:


Understand critical human rights issues in the United States, and apply international and domestic human rights principles and practice to these contemporary human rights debates;

Understand the role of social movements in shaping narratives around human rights;

Analyze (through case studies) the real-life application and effects of human rights policies, as well as how they contribute to the promotion, progressive enforcement, and internalization of international human rights.

• Department: Institute for Study of Human Rights
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Joy L Chia
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• 3 points

HISTORY OF MODERN CHINA I

China’s transformation under its last imperial rulers, with special emphasis on economic, legal, political, and cultural change.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Gavin Healy
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• 3 points

PRACTICUM: PLANNING THE CULTURAL SPACE

PRAC: PLAN THE CULTURAL S

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 3 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Douglas Woodward
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• 3 points

STABLE ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY

Prerequisites: introductory chemistry and earth science coursework. Prerequisites: Introductory Chemistry and Earth Science coursework. Given in alternate years. This class will be an introduction to the field of stable isotope geochemistry and its application to understanding current and past environmental processes. The utility of stable isotopes as tracers will be examined with respect to the disciplines of hydrology, oceanography,paleoclimatology, paleoceanography, landscape evolution, carbon cycle and nitrogen cycle dynamics. We will focus on the stable isotopes of hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen in water, ice, carbonates and organic compounds and why they fractionate in the environment. The theoretical background for isotope fractionation will be discussed in class. Radiocarbon as a tracer and dating tool will also be reviewed. In addition, the mechanics of how mass spectrometers analyze different isotope ratios will be explored in class and during experiments in the laboratory. Additional key parts of the class will be a review of paper or laboratory report and student-lead reviews of published papers on relevant topics.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Braddock Linsley
  h-index: 42 Info
• 3 points

DATA VIS 4 ARCH, URB, HUM

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• F 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Jia Zhang
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• 3 points

BIOMEDICAL IMAGING

Covers image formation, methods of analysis, and representation of digital images. Measures of qualitative performance in the context of clinical imaging. Algorithms fundamental to the construction of medical images via methods of computed tomography, magnetic resonance, and ultrasound. Algorithms and methods for the enhancement and quantification of specific features of clinical importance in each of these modalities.

• Department: Biomedical Engineering
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Grace McIlvain
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• 3 points

Research Training

Research training course. Recommended in preparation for laboratory related research.

• Department: Biomedical Engineering
• Instructor: Gerard A Ateshian
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• Instructor: Tal Danino
  Wikipedia h-index: 18 Info
• Instructor: X. Edward Guo
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 70 Info
• Instructor: Henry Hess
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 45 Info
• Instructor: Clark T Hung
  CULPA: 5 h-index: 65 Info
• Instructor: Lance Kam
  CULPA: 7 h-index: 38 Info
• Instructor: Andrew Laine
  Wikipedia h-index: 43 Info
• Instructor: Elisa Konofagou
  Wikipedia h-index: 71 Info
• Instructor: Kam W Leong
  h-index: 126 Info
• Instructor: Helen Lu
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 54 Info
• Instructor: Barclay Morrison
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 42 Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth Olson
  h-index: 28 Info
• Instructor: Paul Sajda
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 47 Info
• Instructor: Samuel Sia
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 39 Info
• Instructor: John T Vaughan
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• Instructor: Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
  Wikipedia h-index: 132 Info
• Instructor: Qi Wang
  h-index: 24 Info
• Instructor: Nandan L Nerurkar
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• Instructor: Stephen H Tsang
  Wikipedia h-index: 58 Info
• Instructor: Elham Azizi
  h-index: 10 Info
• Instructor: Jose McFaline-Figueroa
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• Instructor: Treena L Arinzeh
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• Instructor: Sanja Vickovic
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• Instructor: Santiago Correa
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• Instructor: Parisa Yousefpour
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• 0 points

Research Training

Research training course. Recommended in preparation for laboratory related research.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• Instructor: Xuan Di
  h-index: 15 Info
• 0 points

Research Training

Research training course. Recommended in preparation for laboratory related research.

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• Instructor: Christopher S Chen
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• 0 points

Research Training

Research training course. Recommended in preparation for laboratory related research.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• Instructor: Chaoqun Dong
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• Instructor: Matei T Ciocarlie
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• Instructor: Michael Burke
  h-index: 22 Info
• Instructor: Homayoon Beigi
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• Instructor: Gerard A Ateshian
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• Instructor: Sinisa Vukelic
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 11 Info
• Instructor: Hod Lipson
  Wikipedia h-index: 79 Info
• Instructor: P J Schuck
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• Instructor: Jeffrey W Kysar
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 37 Info
• Instructor: Sunil Agrawal
  Wikipedia h-index: 65 Info
• 0 points

MASTERS RESEARCH OR PROJECT

Prerequisite(s): Approval by a faculty member who agrees to supervise the work. Independent work involving experiments, computer programming, analytical investigation, or engineering design.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• Instructor: Anish Agarwal
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• Instructor: Shipra Agrawal
  h-index: 24 Info
• Instructor: Eric Balkanski
  h-index: 13 Info
• Instructor: Daniel Bienstock
  h-index: 38 Info
• Instructor: Agostino Capponi
  h-index: 19 Info
• Instructor: Rachel Cummings
  h-index: 16 Info
• Instructor: Antonius B Dieker
  CULPA: 10 h-index: 19 Info
• Instructor: Adam N Elmachtoub
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 13 Info
• Instructor: Yuri Faenza
  h-index: 11 Info
• Instructor: Vineet Goyal
  h-index: 21 Info
• Instructor: Ali Hirsa
  h-index: 8 Info
• Instructor: Anran Hu
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• Instructor: Garud Iyengar
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 30 Info
• 1-3 points

MASTERS RESEARCH OR PROJECT

Prerequisite(s): Approval by a faculty member who agrees to supervise the work. Independent work involving experiments, computer programming, analytical investigation, or engineering design.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• Instructor: Garud Iyengar
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 30 Info
• Instructor: Hardeep Johar
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• Instructor: Cedric Josz
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 13 Info
• Instructor: Soulaymane Kachani
  CULPA: 12 Info
• Instructor: Yaren Kaya
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• Instructor: Christian Kroer
  h-index: 16 Info
• Instructor: Daniel Lacker
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 13 Info
• Instructor: Henry Lam
  h-index: 17 Info
• Instructor: Fabrizio Lecci
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• Instructor: Tianyi Lin
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• Instructor: Uday Menon
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• Instructor: Bento Natura
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• Instructor: Jay Sethuraman
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Eric Stratman
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• Instructor: Clifford Stein
  CULPA: 31 Wikipedia h-index: 53 Info
• Instructor: Wenpin Tang
  h-index: 6 Info
• Instructor: Harry West
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 1 Info
• Instructor: Kaizheng Wang
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 8 Info
• Instructor: Lily Xu
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• Instructor: David D Yao
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Yi Zhang
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Xunyu Zhou
  h-index: 54 Info
• Instructor: Kelly Katsigris
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• 1-3 points

SEM-PROBLEMS IN APPLIED MATH

Required for, and can be taken only by, all applied mathematics majors in the junior year. Introductory seminars on problems and techniques in applied mathematics. Typical topics are nonlinear dynamics, scientific computation, economics, operation research, etc.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: chris wiggins
  CULPA: 12 Wikipedia h-index: 34 Info
• 0 points

SEM-PROBLMS IN APPLIED PHYSICS

Required for, and can be taken only by, all applied physics majors and minors in the junior year. Discussion of specific and self-contained problems in areas such as applied electrodynamics, physics of solids, and plasma physics. Topics change yearly.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• 1 points

DIRECTED READINGS

Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Topics chosen in consultation between members of the staff and students.

• Department: Classics
• Instructor: Elizabeth K Irwin
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Darcy Krasne
  h-index: 5 Info
• Instructor: Nancy Worman
  CULPA: 23 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: John T Ma
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Basic microbiological principles; microbial metabolism; identification and interactions of microbial populations responsible for the biotransformation of pollutants; mathematical modeling of microbially mediated processes; biotechnology and engineering applications using microbial systems for pollution control.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Kartik Chandran
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia h-index: 51 Info
• 3 points

DIRECTED READINGS

Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Topics chosen in consultation between members of the staff and students.

• Department: Classics
• Instructor: Elizabeth K Irwin
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Joseph A Howley
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Nancy Worman
  CULPA: 23 Wikipedia Info
• 1-4 points

SEM-PROBLEMS IN APPLIED MATH

Required for all applied mathematics majors in the senior year. Term paper required. Examples of problem areas are nonlinear dynamics, asymptotics, approximation theory, numerical methods, etc. Approximately three problem areas are studied per term.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: chris wiggins
  CULPA: 12 Wikipedia h-index: 34 Info
• 3-4 points

SEM-PROBLMS IN APPLIED PHYSICS

Required for, and can be taken only by, all applied physics majors in the senior year. Discussion of specific and self-contained problems in areas such as applied electrodynamics, physics of solids, and plasma physics. Formal presentation of a term paper required. Topics change yearly.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• 2 points

TOPICS IN EE & CE

Software Defined Radio

Selected topics in electrical and computer engineering. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 4900 to 4909.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Jack L Kouloheris
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• 3 points

ACQ OF CHINESE AS A 2ND LANG

For more than forty years, second language acquisition (SLA) has been emerging as an independent field of inquiry with its own research agenda and theoretical paradigms. The study of SLA is inherently interdisciplinary, as it draws on scholarship from the fields of linguistics, psychology, education, and sociology. This course explores how Chinese is acquired by non-native speakers. Students will learn about general phenomena and patterns during the process of acquiring a new language. They will become familiar with important core concepts, theoretical frameworks, and research practices of the field of SLA, with Chinese as the linguistic focus.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• TR 2:40 p.m.-4:05 p.m.
• Instructor: Shaoyan Qi
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 4 points

ADVANCED TURKISH I

Advanced Turkish I is designed to use authentic Turkish materials around projects that are chosen by the student in a research seminar format where students conduct their own research and share it in class in a friendly atmosphere. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Zuleyha M Fikret
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• 3 points

MICROECONOMICS SEMINAR

Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 and ECON UN3412  Selected topics in microeconomics.

• Department: Economics
• Instructor: Susan M Elmes
  CULPA: 44 Info
• 0 points

MICROECONOMICS SEMINAR

SPORTS ECONOMICS

Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 and ECON UN3412  Selected topics in microeconomics.

• Department: Economics
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Sunil K Gulati
  CULPA: 113 Info
• 4 points

MICROECONOMICS SEMINAR

ECONOMICS OF THE ARTS

Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 and ECON UN3412  Selected topics in microeconomics.

• Department: Economics
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Prajit K Dutta
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 4 points

MICROECONOMICS SEMINAR

HEDGE FUND INVESTING

Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 and ECON UN3412  Selected topics in microeconomics.

• Department: Economics
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Tri Vi Dang
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 10 Info
• 4 points