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Learn the basic structure and function of the human nervous system, how nerve cells generate electrical signals and communicate, how they reshape their connections with use, and how neural systems integrate external and internal sensory signals to orchestrate action.

Learn to provide psychological first aid to people in an emergency by employing the RAPID model: Reflective listening, Assessment of needs, Prioritization, Intervention, and Disposition.

Learn how police and intelligence agencies can access your data, and how the law (might) protect you! Hackers, attorneys, and concerned citizens are all welcome.

In this final project course, students will take a position on a controversial topic, research the topic, and present arguments based on data analysis in the form of a 1,500-2,000 word essay.

Learn how energy is extracted from three naturally occurring fluid flows: wind, waves and tides. Strengths and weaknesses of the various technologies will be discussed and illustrated through case studies of specific installations.

An advanced introduction to nonlinear dynamics, with emphasis on methods used to analyze chaotic dynamical systems encountered in science and engineering.

Develop a song from initial idea to polished production in this capstone experience, using the knowledge and experience gained from Developing Your Musicianship, Introduction to Music Production, and Songwriting.

This course combines an overview of the science behind water and climate in the Western United States with a survey of the major legal, political, and cultural issues focused on this precious resource.

Курс посвящен базовым понятиям комбинаторики. Кроме основных принципов, в курс также включены современные проблемы комбинаторного анализа.

Este curso dotará a sus participantes con las herramientas que le permitirán llevar a cabo una planeación financiera personal y entender la necesidad de salvaguardar su patrimonio y recursos financieros, así como los requerimientos mínimos que se deben considerar para tomar buenas decisiones financieras.

拍微电影，没什么必须要走的路，可以从任何地方起步。但起步之前，需要对拍微电影有个较为正确的认知。 拍微电影，很多人以为是关于“拍”的问题，而实际上，“拍”只是一个关于微电影实现的动作而已，好比露在水面上的冰山上一角，只是冰山庞大山体的很小部分。拍微电影这座冰山，更多的是关于“拍什么”、“怎么拍”这些隐藏在水面之下不为大多数人知道的真正内涵所在。所以，本课程从水面上可见的冰山一角——“拍”开始，逐渐深入水面之下，挖掘“拍什么”、“怎么拍”的问题，揭开冰山的真相。

Nesse curso, você irá entender um ingrediente fundamental da revolução digital: a amostragem, que permite que sinais como músicas e imagens sejam armazenados e processados em dispositivos digitais.

This course will give you a glimpse into six different areas of American law: Tort Law, Contract Law, Property, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, and Civil Procedure. You will gain insight into the complexities and dilemmas that arise from the application of law in different settings, and what is distinctive about American approaches.

Os estudantes terão a oportunidade de compreender quais são as habilidades e competências que o empreendedor deve criar e desenvolver para empreender um novo negócio tecnológico. Empreendedores convidados participarão das aulas, contando e discutindo suas experiências empreendedoras, articuladas aos conceitos e práticas do curso.

Arnold Steinhardt, first violin of the internationally acclaimed Guarneri String Quartet, invites music listeners to the world of the string quartet repertoire and ensemble. Journey with him and interpretive analysis instructor Mia Chung through the history and features of quartet music, colored by stories of legendary quartets and insights from the stage.

Este curso busca estimular os participantes a compreender e refletir sobre organizações e ambiente de negócios, apoiar compreensão de terminologia contábil, de contabilidade e seus relatórios básicos e inspirar uma reflexão sobre carreira e desenvolvimento profissional na área.

A vida que conhecemos só ocorre na Terra ? Pode existir vida em outros lugares do Universo? Para conhecer melhor a vida faz-se necessário conhecer outras vidas. Este curso explora questões abertas sobre a origem da vida em um contexto astronômico.

A course on English and teaching methodology that aims to help university lecturers do their teaching in English, in line with university internationalisation policies.

We all have our own understandings of ‘sustainability', of its significance as an environmental, social, economic and moral concept, and as a principle for individual, collective or corporate behaviour. This course begins from your starting point and explores how we might make positive differences to the future of our planet, and encourage others to do so.

This course explains the general principles of chicken behaviour and welfare, and the behavioural and physiological indicators that can be used to assess welfare in chickens kept in hobby flocks through to commercial farms.