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39 courses
Foundations of Anthropological Inquiry
Introduces anthropology as a comparative study of human life across culture, biology, language, material evidence, technology, and history.
Human & Social Systems- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Ethnographic Methods & Thick Description
Develops field-based qualitative research through observation, interviewing, fieldnotes, reflexivity, ethics, coding, and interpretive writing.
Human & Social Systems- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
AI in Anthropology
Examines how artificial intelligence can support anthropological research while preserving context, evidence, authorship, ethics, and disciplinary judgment.
Human & Social Systems- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Archaeological Method & Interpretation
Introduces archaeological reasoning from research design and survey through excavation, classification, chronology, interpretation, and reporting.
Human & Social Systems- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
AI-Assisted Archaeology
Applies machine learning, computer vision, language models, and spatial computation to archaeological data with explicit validation and interpretive controls.
Human & Social Systems- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Cartography & Spatial Reasoning
Builds foundational spatial thinking and cartographic communication across human, environmental, archaeological, and technical questions.
Human & Social Systems- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Spatial Analysis & LiDAR
Uses GIS, terrain models, point clouds, and LiDAR derivatives to investigate landscapes, built environments, archaeology, ecology, and infrastructure.
Human & Social Systems- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Cultural Resource Management Practice
Examines CRM project design, records research, field coordination, compliance documentation, laboratory integration, partner relationships, and final reporting.
Human & Social Systems- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Mathematics & Mesoamerica
Investigates mathematical reasoning in Mesoamerican calendrics, architecture, astronomy, measurement, spatial organization, and material evidence.
Human & Social Systems- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Integrated Human Systems Capstone
Guides a substantial interdisciplinary project that connects human systems, evidence, method, ethics, and a public or professional output.
Human & Social Systems- Credits
- 4.0
- Contact hours
- 60.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Foundations of Biological Systems
Introduces cellular, organismal, evolutionary, ecological, and systems perspectives on life.
Life, Earth & Environmental Sciences- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Genetics, Genomics & Inheritance
Develops genetic reasoning from inheritance and molecular mechanisms to genomic variation, population patterns, and ethical interpretation.
Life, Earth & Environmental Sciences- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Long-Read Sequencing & Nanopore Analysis
Covers long-read sequencing workflows from sample and library considerations through basecalling, quality control, alignment, variant analysis, and reproducible reporting.
Life, Earth & Environmental Sciences- Credits
- 4.0
- Contact hours
- 75.0
- Format
- Laboratory and research computing
Culture, Environment & Epigenetics
Examines how biological regulation and lived environments interact across development, stress, nutrition, exposure, behavior, and social life.
Life, Earth & Environmental Sciences- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Ecology & Environmental Systems
Introduces ecological relationships, energy and material flows, population and community dynamics, disturbance, resilience, and environmental observation.
Life, Earth & Environmental Sciences- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Earth Materials & Landscape Processes
Studies minerals, rocks, sediments, soils, geomorphic processes, and the material histories recorded in landscapes.
Life, Earth & Environmental Sciences- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Climate Systems & Human Adaptation
Connects atmospheric and oceanic processes, climate records, modeling, risk, adaptation, and cultural responses to environmental change.
Life, Earth & Environmental Sciences- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Environmental DNA Field Methods
Integrates field sampling, contamination control, molecular workflows, sequence analysis, and ecological interpretation for environmental DNA research.
Life, Earth & Environmental Sciences- Credits
- 4.0
- Contact hours
- 75.0
- Format
- Field and laboratory
Earth-Life Systems Capstone
Guides an integrative biological, earth, environmental, or planetary research project with documented methods and a defensible output.
Life, Earth & Environmental Sciences- Credits
- 4.0
- Contact hours
- 60.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Physics of Measurement
Introduces mechanics, energy, waves, electricity, measurement, units, uncertainty, and experimental reasoning through practical systems.
Physical Sciences & Engineering- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Observational Astronomy
Develops astronomical observation, coordinate systems, imaging, spectroscopy, data reduction, and interpretation of celestial phenomena.
Physical Sciences & Engineering- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Materials Characterization
Introduces structure-property relationships and analytical approaches to metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, geological, and cultural materials.
Physical Sciences & Engineering- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Archaeometry & XRF Methods
Applies non-destructive and minimally destructive analytical methods to archaeological materials, provenance questions, technology, and conservation documentation.
Physical Sciences & Engineering- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Photonics & Optical Sensing
Examines light, optical systems, detectors, spectroscopy, imaging, and photonic sensing for scientific and engineering applications.
Physical Sciences & Engineering- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Electronics, Sensors & Data Acquisition
Builds practical foundations in circuits, analog and digital sensing, embedded systems, signal conditioning, and reliable data acquisition.
Physical Sciences & Engineering- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Robotics & Field Automation
Integrates mechanical design, electronics, sensing, controls, autonomy, and field testing for robotic and automated systems.
Physical Sciences & Engineering- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Structured-Light Scanning & Digital Models
Develops non-contact 3D capture, mesh processing, measurement, texture, metadata, web visualization, and archival derivative workflows.
Physical Sciences & Engineering- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Quantum Foundations & Contextuality
Examines foundational quantum concepts, measurement, contextuality, symmetry, information, interpretation, and responsible interdisciplinary use.
Physical Sciences & Engineering- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Engineering Systems Capstone
Guides an engineering project from requirements and risk through design, prototype, test, documentation, and demonstration.
Physical Sciences & Engineering- Credits
- 4.0
- Contact hours
- 75.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Computational Thinking & Programming
Introduces programming, algorithms, data, abstraction, testing, and computational problem solving through research and applied examples.
Computing, Communication & Enterprise- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Machine Learning Foundations
Introduces supervised and unsupervised learning, model evaluation, features, data quality, bias, and responsible application.
Computing, Communication & Enterprise- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Applied AI Systems
Builds AI-enabled applications using models, retrieval, tools, evaluation, guardrails, and human review within a documented system architecture.
Computing, Communication & Enterprise- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Data Management & Reproducible Research
Develops durable data structures, metadata, versioning, cleaning, provenance, documentation, and reproducible analysis workflows.
Computing, Communication & Enterprise- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Research Computing & Visualization
Uses computational notebooks, scripting, visualization, statistical workflows, and research software practices to analyze and communicate complex evidence.
Computing, Communication & Enterprise- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Complex Adaptive Systems
Examines emergence, feedback, adaptation, networks, path dependence, scale, and agent interaction across social, biological, environmental, and technological systems.
Computing, Communication & Enterprise- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Scientific Communication & Public Scholarship
Develops clear, accurate, accessible communication across research articles, public writing, visual explanation, presentations, and digital media.
Computing, Communication & Enterprise- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Methodological Notes Studio
Produces concise, transparent methodological publications that document workflows, adaptations, validation, failures, and reusable research practice.
Computing, Communication & Enterprise- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Technology Enterprise & Innovation
Connects technical capability to customer discovery, value creation, organizational design, finance, operations, intellectual property, and responsible growth.
Computing, Communication & Enterprise- Credits
- 3.0
- Contact hours
- 45.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
Computational Systems Capstone
Guides a substantial software, data, AI, communication, publishing, or enterprise system from problem definition through delivery and evaluation.
Computing, Communication & Enterprise- Credits
- 4.0
- Contact hours
- 60.0
- Format
- Hybrid seminar
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