Fall Semester Elective 2027
12 - 15 credits
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Jump toThis course will explore a series of texts and films that present and focus on female Neapolitan protagonists. We will see six films and read six novels, five of them written by Neapolitan women writers, and one by an American novelist about a British woman who, transplanted to Naples, caused one of Europe’s biggest scandals during the Napoleonic wars. These texts and films will give us ample fodder to follow the history of the city and the role that women, as well as women writers and one filmmaker, have played in their own self-definition.
Please note that all courses are subject to adequate enrollment; therefore, it is important to get additional courses approved.
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In this course, you will study foundational concepts in multivariable calculus, a critical mathematical tool for modern science and engineering. The focus will be on understanding and applying mathematical techniques to problems involving functions of several variables.
Topics include curves and surfaces in Euclidean 3-space, arc length and curvature, surface area, and volume. You will explore partial derivatives, total differentials, and tangent planes to surfaces, as well as the gradient and its applications. The course also introduces vector-valued functions and path integrals, culminating in a study of key vector calculus theorems: Green’s Theorem, Stokes’ Theorem, and the Divergence Theorem.
Emphasis will be placed on visualizing geometric concepts, interpreting physical phenomena mathematically, and applying these tools to real-world engineering problems.
This course is intended for physics majors and for students interested in majoring in engineering, mathematics or other scientific fields. Physics II focuses on electricity and magnetism (electromagnetism, for short). Electric and magnetic forces are central to everyday phenomena and daily life, from mobile electronics, communication and computing to motors and generators. The course covers fundamental laws of nature (e.g., Coulomb and Faraday’s laws as well as Maxwell’s equations) that explain many properties of matter. Topics include electrostatics; dielectrics; currents and circuits; the magnetic field and magnetic materials; induction; AC circuits; Maxwell’s equations
Prerequisites: Successful completion of Calculus I is required. Additionally, students are strongly recommended to have completed or be concurrently enrolled in Calculus II.
This course introduces fundamental concepts of probability and statistics with a focus on engineering applications. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability distributions, statistical inference, hypothesis testing, regression analysis, and quality control. Emphasis is placed on using statistical tools to model uncertainty and support decision-making in engineering contexts.
Please note that all courses are subject to adequate enrollment; therefore, it is important to get additional courses approved.
This class is designed to teach undergraduate students to 1) gather published and unpublished sources of information and bring them to bear on scientific questions, 2) critically read scientific writing, 3) access electronic sources of information, including but not limited to internet searches, library databases, and public information and data, 4) learn the structure and functions of different components of scientific papers to effectively communicate scientific findings, 5) learn techniques for effective communication of scientific information in oral and poster presentations, 6) understand the ethical boundaries associated with scientific communication.The class will emphasize fundamental principles of communication, presented in lecture format, and reinforced by 1) examination of writing published by professionals, 2) in-class editing of mock examples of papers, 3) frequent small assignments, 4) in-class discussions, 5) completion of a paper based on sampling designed and carried out by each student, 5) an oral presentation, and 6) a poster presentation.
Students must have earned at least 12 credits of Italian language as the course will be instructed in Italian. Please note that all courses are subject to adequate enrollment; therefore, it is important to get additional courses approved. Please note: course requires a minimum enrollment of 4 students to run
Students will study Italian literature of the Twentieth Century. Students will critically analyze the internationally renowned literary texts in their original language. Authors include Pirandello, Quasimodo, Ungaretti, Montale and others. Students will read excerpts from these works and engage in a historical, literary and rhetorical analysis of texts while determining techniques of poetic composition. Students will also learn about the lives of authors and the historical context and how these affected the masterpieces studied. Students are expected to actively participate and contribute to class discussion. They are also expected to do all the exercises assigned daily.
Please note that all courses are subject to adequate enrollment; therefore, it is important to get additional courses approved.
This course is an overview of the primary ecological concepts and how these apply to the problems facing the human species. The focus will be mainly on wildlife and terrestrial ecosystems. Population, pollution, energy and man’s effect on other species will be discussed. The course explores topics such as population dynamics, pollution, energy consumption, and the impact of human activities on ecosystems and biodiversity. Emphasizing real-world applications, the course includes field trips, laboratory activities, and data analysis to develop a comprehensive understanding of ecology and its role in addressing contemporary environmental challenges. Students will be encouraged to actively engage with the material, critically assess scientific literature, and conduct research projects that reflect their learning, while using tools designed and routinely used by researchers in different ecological fields.
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