UCOR Section Descriptions

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Through engagement with reading, discussing, and writing about contemporary memoirs of displaced young women and essays by prominent refugee writers from around the world, students will develop their writing, critical and creative thinking, and analytical skills. Longing for home and a fear of an uncertain future binds all of the displaced asylum seekers whose journeys you will read and respond to. In a time of immigration crises, war, and border conflicts, all of the nearly 80 million currently displaced is a person with dreams for a better, safer world.

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Our language does not only convey our messages; it constructs our belonging. This course explores: (1) how language is used to construct social identities; (2) how society perceives language varieties and stratifies its speakers into categories of race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and class; (3) how language attitudes, ideologies, and policies affect the speakers and writers of marginalized groups; and (4) how speakers and writers negotiate their social identities and access to power within language ideologies.

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Why are we so fascinated by dystopias? Is utopia a pipe dream? Dangerous? Necessary? Something else entirely? From Thomas More to the Seattle World's Fair, from universal design to Black Mirror and beyond, we will use the frame of topias to explore the rhetorical landscape of the past and future. Students will read, write, and conduct research related to their own -topian interests throughout the course.

Course Description

An introduction to mathematical ideas used in the modern world, with an emphasis on quantitative methods applied to life experiences and on developing problem-solving and critical thinking skills. Topics include graphing, exponential growth, financial mathematics, probability, and statistics. Additional topics may include voting theory, graph theory, Fibonacci numbers, geometry, or other mathematical concepts and applications.

Course Description

An introduction to mathematical ideas used in the modern world, with an emphasis on quantitative methods applied to life experiences and on developing problem-solving and critical thinking skills. Topics include graphing, exponential growth, financial mathematics, probability, and statistics. Additional topics may include voting theory, graph theory, Fibonacci numbers, geometry, or other mathematical concepts and applications.

Course Description

An introduction to mathematical ideas used in the modern world, with an emphasis on quantitative methods applied to life experiences and on developing problem-solving and critical thinking skills. Topics include graphing, exponential growth, financial mathematics, probability, and statistics. Additional topics may include voting theory, graph theory, Fibonacci numbers, geometry, or other mathematical concepts and applications.

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This course provides an introduction to the mathematical ideas behind epidemic modeling and prediction with a focus on logical thinking and epidemic simulation. Topics covered include graph theory (used to represent the spread of a disease in a group), compartmental models, as well as probability and statistics. Computer laboratory sections will provide hands-on experience with building mathematical models to help determine various health policies and resource allocation.

Course Description

An introduction to mathematical ideas used in the modern world, with an emphasis on quantitative methods applied to life experiences and on developing problem-solving and critical thinking skills. Topics include graphing, exponential growth, financial mathematics, probability, and statistics. Additional topics may include voting theory, graph theory, Fibonacci numbers, geometry, or other mathematical concepts and applications.

Course Description

An introduction to mathematical ideas used in the modern world, with an emphasis on quantitative methods applied to life experiences and on developing problem-solving and critical thinking skills. Topics include graphing, exponential growth, financial mathematics, probability, and statistics. Additional topics may include voting theory, graph theory, Fibonacci numbers, geometry, or other mathematical concepts and applications.

Course Description

An introduction to mathematical ideas used in the modern world, with an emphasis on quantitative methods applied to life experiences and on developing problem-solving and critical thinking skills. Topics include graphing, exponential growth, financial mathematics, probability, and statistics. Additional topics may include voting theory, graph theory, Fibonacci numbers, geometry, or other mathematical concepts and applications.