Microcomputer Applications
ACE 161
Course Code
ACE 161
Credit
3.0 - 3.0
Course Name
Microcomputer Applications
Introduction
Instruction and practice in solving data-related problems with microcomputers and general purpose software packages.
Weekly participation is required in a laboratory discussion and in 1-2 hours (unscheduled) on microcomputer projects.
Microeconomic Principles
ECON 102
Course Code
ECON 102
Credit
3.0 - 3.0
Course Name
Microeconomic Principles
Introduction
<p>Introduction to the functions of individual decision-makers, both consumers and producers, within the larger economic system. Primary emphasis on the nature and functions of product markets, the theory of the firm under varying conditions of competition and monopoly, and the role of government in prompting efficiency in the economy. Credit is not given for ECON 102 and ACE 100. This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for: Social & Beh Sci - Soc Sci</p>
Modern African American Literature and Culture
AFRO 260
Course Code
AFRO 260
Credit
3.0 - 3.0
Course Name
Modern African American Literature and Culture
Introduction
Historical and critical study of African American literature in its social and cultural context between 1915 and 1980.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:
Cultural Studies - US Minority
Modern Chinese History
HIST2001
Course Code
HIST2001
Credit
3.0 - 3.0
Course Name
Modern Chinese History
Introduction
<p>The course mainly teaches the history that the Chinese people resist the foreign invaders, fights for the racial independence, overthow the reactionary governance and carry out the liberation of people, helps the students to understand the history of the nation, the state of the nation ,appreciate deeply how history and people choose Maxist, choose Communist Party of China ,choose socialist road.
Modern Chinese Literature
UNWL 316
Course Code
UNWL 316
Credit
3.0 - 3.0
Course Name
Modern Chinese Literature
Introduction
<p>Modern Chinese Literature</p>
Multimedia Signal Processing
ECE 417
Course Code
ECE 417
Credit
4.0 - 4.0
Course Name
Multimedia Signal Processing
Introduction
Characteristics of speech and image signals; important analysis and synthesis tools for multimedia signal processing including subspace methods, Bayesian networks, hidden Markov models, and factor graphs; applications to biometrics (person identification), human-computer interaction (face and gesture recognition and synthesis), and audio-visual databases (indexing and retrieval). Emphasis on a set of MATLAB machine problems providing hands-on experience.
4 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: ECE 310 and ECE 313.
Music Then and Now
MUS 130
Course Code
MUS 130
Credit
3.0 - 3.0
Course Name
Music Then and Now
Introduction
Provides non-music majors with basic listening skills, the ability to discuss music intelligently, and an acquaintance with many types of music.
Prerequisite: For non-music majors only.
Mythology of Greece and Rome
CLCV 115
Course Code
CLCV 115
Credit
3.0 - 3.0
Course Name
Mythology of Greece and Rome
Introduction
Studies the major myths of Greece and Rome and their impact upon later art, music, and literature. Shares two hours of lecture with CLCV 111; additional hour of lecture-discussion for a closer analysis of topics.
Credit is not given for both CLCV 115 and CLCV 111.
In the Fall and Spring semesters, students must register for one discussion and one lecture section.
Natural Language Processing
CS 447
Course Code
CS 447
Credit
3.0 - 4.0
Course Name
Natural Language Processing
Introduction
Part-of-speech tagging, parsing, semantic analysis and machine translation. Relevant linguistics concepts from morphology (word formation) and lexical semantics (the meaning of words) to syntax (sentence structure) and compositional semantics (the meaning of sentences).
3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Credit is not given for both CS 447 and LING 406. Prerequisite: CS 374.
Nature and American Culture
LA 242
Course Code
LA 242
Credit
3.0 - 3.0
Course Name
Nature and American Culture
Introduction
Appreciation and critique of cultural meanings associated with American natural landscapes. Traditional perspectives including colonial American, romantic, and science-based conservation are characterized, as well as revisionist themes aligned with gender, cultural pluralism, and societal meanings of parks and protected areas. Implications of diversity in cultural meanings toward nature are developed and provide the basis for assessing tenets of contemporary environmental policy and supporting concepts associated with community-based conservation.