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Summer 2021 - Courses available for Tufts College ExperienceSUMMER SESSION II: July 6 - August 13, 2021All Summer 2021 TCE courses are exclusively virtual.Course DeptAstronomyBiologyBiologyBiologyCivil yNumberAST 0010BIO 0010BIO 0013BIO 0041Wanderers SpaceExp&DiscPlants & HumanityCells & Organismsw/LabGeneral GeneticsCEE 0059Emerging GlobalHealth CrisisCH 0036Fundamentals ofBiostatisticsCHEM 0002InternationalLiterary & Cultural CHNS 0004StudiesClassicsCourse NameCLS 0032Meeting Pattern6:00 - 8:15 PM TWRAsynchronous1:30 - 4:00 PM TRAsynchronousAsynchronous4:00 - 7:30 PM MWChemical Principlesw/Lab9:30 - 11:15 AMMTWRIntermediateChinese6:00 - 8:00 PMMTWRRoman Literature:Texts & Context9:00 AM - 12:30 PMTRGroupCourse DescriptionEveningSpace-age exploration of the planets and their moons; human landings onthe moon; robot landings on Venus and Mars; liquid hydrogen and heliumrain; planetary rings; asteroids and comets; thermonuclear reactions in theSun; solar oscillations; the million-degree solar corona; the solar wind;solar effects; the greenhouse effect; ozone depletion and global warming.AsynchronousPrinciples of botany accenting economic aspects and multiculturalimplications of plants, their medicinal products, crop potential, andbiodiversity. Emphasis placed on global aspects of this dynamic science,with selected topics on acid rain, deforestation, biotechnology, and otherapplications. Also covered are medicinal, poisonous, and psychoactivespecies, as well as nutritional sources from seaweeds and mushrooms tomangos and durians.AfternoonAn introductory course primarily for prospective biology majors. Generalbiological principles and widely used methods related to current advancesin cell and molecular biology, genetics, immunology, plant and biomedicalsciences. Two lectures and one laboratory each week. Credit cannot bereceived for both BIO 13 and ES 11. Recommendations: Advanced highschool chemistry and biology recommended.AsynchronousBasic concepts of classical and molecular genetics, including Mendeliangenetics, genetic mapping, the genetic code, gene transcription andtranslation, regulation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, genomics, andhuman chromosomal abnormalities.AsynchronousThe principal focus of CEE 59 in the summer of 2021 will be on anexamination of the global reach of COVID-19. The course will place it withina context of other emerging and re-emerging diseases such as HIV/AIDS,SARS, measles, avian flu and review how they are transmitted anddistributed. Find out why the control of this unfolding pandemic requiresnot only solid science but also effective public health policy. Come join ourexploration of understanding and discussing how COVID-19 is shaping bothour present and our coming future.EveningExamination of statistical methods used in biomedical and public healthstudies. Descriptive statistics, probability, basic hypothesis testing, ANOVA,linear regression, logistic regression, and an introduction to survivalanalysis. Instruction in the use of statistical software will be providedthroughout the course.MorningChemical kinetics and thermodynamics, physical and chemical equilibria,aqueous equilibria (acid-base, precipitation, and complex formation),electrochemistry, introduction to organic chemistry (families of organiccompounds, basic stereochemistry, and nomenclature). Additional topicsmay include environmental, nuclear, coordination chemistry; chemistry ofselected elements; and introduction to biological chemistry.EveningContinuation of Chinese 3. Emphasis on fluency in oral communication.Further studies of grammar and vocabulary. Development of reading andcompositional skills. Online drills required. Prerequisite: Chinese 3 orequivalent.MorningIn this survey course we devote particular attention to the origin of LatinLiterature (what is literature, how do we define literature, and why does itdevelop), to generic forms and their socio-political function, and to the wayliterature helps define, reflect, but also challenge Roman cultural identity.Readings will include texts not solely written by well-known Latin authorssuch as Cicero, Vergil, and Ovid, but also anonymous texts like streetgraffiti and inscriptions. Fulfills the Humanities Distribution Requirement.Fulfills the Classical Culture Area. The class has no pre-requisites andassumes no prior knowledge of Roman history, literature, or culture, or ofthe Latin language.

Summer 2021 - Courses available for Tufts College ExperienceSUMMER SESSION II: July 6 - August 13, 2021All Summer 2021 TCE courses are exclusively virtual.Course DeptClassicsClassicsCollege SpecialStudiesCollege SpecialStudiesCollege SpecialStudiesCollege SpecialStudiesNumberCLS 0075CLS 0079CSS 0090CSS 0091CSS 0092CSS 0094Course NameClassical MythologyWar & DiplomacyAncient WorldHealth ScienceHonorsFoundations of Lawand EthicsBioInformaticsthrough SequencingTufts SummerWriting ProgramMeeting PatternAsynchronousAsynchronous1:30 - 5:00 PM TR1:30 - 5:00 PM TR9:30 -11:15 AMMTWR11:30 AM - 1:15 PMMTWRGroupCourse DescriptionAsynchronousExploration of the world of Greco-Roman mythology and its intersectionswith art, ideology, and ritual. Examination of the stories of the gods andheroes as cognitive tools for interrogating the essential questions of beinghuman: justice and morality, fate and identity, humor and heroism,suffering and triumph, and the meaning of life. Focus on how ancient mythhas remained a powerful source of inspiration for millennia, informing theart and narratives of the Renaissance to the present.AsynchronousIntroduction to the complex and intersecting practices of warfare anddiplomacy in the ancient world from the organization of states in the NearEast to the fall of Constantinople: c. 3,200 BCE to 1,453 CE. Exploration ofthe role of social ideology and religion in shaping how the Egyptians,Assyrians, Hittites, Persians, Greeks, Romans, and others negotiated formaland informal interstate contact and exchange. There are no prerequisites.AfternoonLearn about the philosophy and practice of medicine. As a Health ScienceHonors student, you will attend weekly physiology and anatomylectures/labs and learn about the human body as well as its functions. Youwill participate in an exclusive series of behind-thescenes visits to areahospitals, clinics, and medical laboratories. Through group sessions and theobservation of patient treatments, you will discover the importance ofthorough and compassionate patient interviewing skills. In addition, theHealth Science Honors program will give you experience in physicalexamination skills and diagnostic reasoning and show you firsthand thespecialized procedures in diagnostic imaging, invasive cardiology, andgeneral surgery. Alternative therapies, such as acupuncture and mindbodytechniques, are also included.AfternoonThe Foundations of Law & Ethics course will introduce you to thefundamental concepts of legal thinking, examined through the lens ofhistorical and contemporary issues. Improve your ability to write andconvey your viewpoints more clearly, assess the validity of arguments, andlearn to identify mistakes in reasoning. Exploring these foundations of legalthought and practice will give you the opportunity to see yourself in therole of an advocate for others and help you to assess your interest in thisfield.MorningThis course will allow students to experience the excitement ofparticipating in a genuine research-based activity in the field ofbioinformatics. In the process, they will have the opportunity to learnimportant molecular biology and genetics laboratory techniques, work witha next-generation DNA sequencer, and use advanced computer technologyto gather and make sense of the data. Tufts faculty and graduate studentswill lead a variety of activities, from transforming bacteria to performingpolymerase chain reactions (PCR), and sequencing DNA. Students will havean opportunity to learn about different mutations and the microbiome the microbes that colonize our bodies and the environment. Students willbe introduced to bioinformatics - the use of computer technology tocollect, organize, and analyze complex biological data.AfternoonThe Tufts Summer Writing Program provides a distinctive forum for yourwriting endeavors. Using texts and film, you'll learn to navigate therelationship between writer and reader, and develop critical literary skills.With in-class free-writing exercises, informal sketches, drafs, and revisions,you will write three papers that build on a specific theme. The program'sinstructor will provide you with regular evaluation of your skills anddevelopment as a writer. Guest speakers will challenge you to push yourwriting in new directions and will show you how good writing is useful inwhatever major you choose in college or job you take in life. Your finalproject will be a writing portfolio that stands as a testament to yourgrowing literary skills.

Summer 2021 - Courses available for Tufts College ExperienceSUMMER SESSION II: July 6 - August 13, 2021All Summer 2021 TCE courses are exclusively virtual.Course DeptNumberCourse NameMeeting PatternGroupCourse DescriptionCivic StudiesCVS 0014Intro to Ethics1:30 - 5:00 PM TRAfternoonTBADrawingDRWC 0016Drw for Illust. & Fig.Art6:00 - 9:30 PM MWEveningTBAEveningThis course is designed to improve your concept and understanding of thehuman figure by studying the underlying skeletal and muscular structureand how it affects surface appearance. Class meetings will includeobservations and drawing from the model (gesture and long pose),illustrated lectures, the skeleton, plaster casts, occasional slide lectures andmore. Anatomy study is best suited for students who have had at least abeginning course in drawing.AsynchronousAn introduction to the fundamentals of microeconomic andmacroeconomic analysis. Topics covered in microeconomics include (1)how markets determine composition and pricing of outputs and inputs, and(2) the behavior of individual consumers and businesses in response tomarket forces. Topics covered in macroeconomics include (1) thedeterminants of economic growth, and (2) the effects of fiscal andmonetary policy on unemployment, inflation, and capacity utilization.MorningPrinciples of finance from the perspective of the corporation. Topicsinclude an overview of capital and money markets, short- and long-termsources of finance, issues in selecting equity vs. debt, capital budgeting,costs vs. risks of various instruments, and appropriate uses of particulartypes of finance. Prerequisites: EC 0005, or EC 0003, or consent.AfternoonThe theory of price determination and resource allocation in a privateenterprise economy, analysis of consumer and producer choices, influencesof market structure, and the interrelationship of product prices and factorincomes. Required of all economics majors who have not completed EC0017 or 0203. Prerequisites: EC 0005 or EC 0008; and MATH 0032 or above.DrawingEconomicsEconomicsEconomicsDRWC 0028Anatomy for LifeDrawing6:00 - 9:30 PM TREC 0005Principles ofEconomicsAsynchronousEC 0007Principles ofFinancialAccounting10:00 AM - 12:15 PMTWREC 0011IntermediateMicroecon Theory1:30 - 3:45 PM TWREnglishENG 0005Creative Writing:Fiction1:30 - 5:00 PM MWAfternoonThis course is an introduction to fiction writing. Our mission through theterm will be to examine and practice the craft that underpins a well-madeshort story. Often we will come together as a workshop, where we will helpa writer to see the range of possibility in his or her work. Other activitieswill include weekly readings from an anthology of contemporary fiction—totake apart, to study as potential models—and exercises that will allow forfurther practice of various fictional techniques. By delving into the craft offiction writing, we will look to uncover a measure of its mystery and art.EngineeringScienceES 0009App Mechanics Strength4:00 - 7:30 PM TREveningTBAEngineeringScienceES 0093Internet of Things3:30 - 6:00 PM MTWAfternoonGuided study of chosen topics in Engineering and Engineering Science.Please see the School of Engingeering Website for further details.ExperimentalCollegeEXP 0014Global Journalism inthe 21st Century6:00 - 9:30 PM TREveningTBAArt HistoryFAH 0055Contemporary ArtSince 19606:00 - 9:30 PM TREveningMajor art movements in Europe and America from the 1960s through theearly 2000s. Discussions of the major works of avant-garde art and itscriticism, from abstract Expressionism through the postmodern prcatices ofconceptual art, feminist art, performance art, and site-specific installationart. Analysis of works of art in terms of formal issues, the art-criticaldebates in which they were produced, and their importance for current artproduction. May be taken at the 100 level.Art HistoryFAH 0155Contemporary ArtSince 19606:00 - 9:30 PM TREveningCross-listed with FAH 0055Film & MediaStudiesFMS 0066Philosophy & Film6:00 - 9:30 PM MWEveningCross-listed with PHIL 0054

Summer 2021 - Courses available for Tufts College ExperienceSUMMER SESSION II: July 6 - August 13, 2021All Summer 2021 TCE courses are exclusively virtual.Course DeptNumberRomance Studies FR 0002Graphic DesignGRAC 0030Course NameElementary FrenchIIAdobe Illustrator:IntroMeeting Pattern5:00 - 5:50 PM M6:00 - 9:30 PM MWGroupCourse DescriptionEveningAdvances the study of basic grammar structures, fosters the developmentof vocabulary, and broadens the range of situations in which the studentcan understand and impart information. Multimedia materials provide thecultural context for linguistic activities. May also include asynchronouscourse components.EveningThis course is a comprehensive introduction to the wide-ranging qualitiesof Adobe Illustrator. The class will take you through many of the program'stools and effects, and will include contextualizing topics such as colortheory and graphic design history. Class time is based on a lecture anddemonstration format, along with hands-on experimenting. The course willgive you insight into the depths of the software and its potential toenhance your work and design.HistoryHIST 0054Europe Since 18156:00 - 9:30 PM MWEveningThe forces that shaped and characterized the history of Eastern andWestern Europe from the Congress of Vienna into the contemporary era.Topics include nationalism, ethnic consciousness, the Industrial Revolution,political ideologies, the development of nation-states, Great Powerdiplomacy, the impact of the "Eastern Question," the disruptions of theFirst and Second World Wars, and the current conditions of the Europeanstates.HistoryHIST 0177World of Islam1:30 - 4:30 PM MWAfternoonTBAMorningPronunciation, basic grammar, and conversation. An introduction tomodern written Japanese, including hiragana and katakana syllabaries andsome kanji. Please see departmental website for specific details:http://ase.tufts.edu/grall/japanese/. Recommendations: JPN 1 orequivalent.JapaneseJPN 0002ElementaryJapanese10:45 AM - 12:30 PMMTWRMathematicsMATH 0010-BMath of Poverty &Inequality9:00 - 11:00 AM TRMorningIn this interdisciplinary course, we will learn to think about wealthdistribution in a quantitative fashion. We will learn the difference betweenwealth, money and income, and we will learn how these things aremeasured by central banks, governments and international institutions.We will survey historical thought on this subject from mathematical,economic and philosophical perspectives.MathematicsMATH 0010-BAIntro to SpecialTopics: on to mathematical methods for dealing with questions arisingfrom social decision making. Topics vary but usually include ranking,determining the strength of, and choosing participants in multicandidateand two-candidate elections, and apportioning votes and rewards tocandidates. Recommendations: High school algebra.Differential and integral calculus: limits and continuity, the derivative andtechniques of differentiation, extremal problems, related rates, the definiteintegral, Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, derivatives and integrals oftrigonometric functions, logarithmic and exponential ticsMATH 0019MATH 0032MATH 0034MATH 0070Math of SocialChoice9:30 - 11:30 AMMTWRCalculus I9:00 - 11:00 AM TRMorningCalculus II11:30 AM - 1:30 PMMTWRApplications of the integral, techniques of integration, separabledifferential equations, improper integrals. Sequences, series, convergenceEarly Afternoontests, Taylor series. Polar coordinates, complex numbers.Recommendations: MATH 32.11:30 AM - 1:30 PMMTWRIntroduction to the theory of vector spaces and linear transformations overthe real or complex numbers, including linear independence, dimension,Early Afternoon matrix multiplication, similarity and change of basis, inner products,eigenvalues and eigenvectors, and some applications. Recommendations:MATH 34 or 39 or permission of instructor.Linear Algebra

Summer 2021 - Courses available for Tufts College ExperienceSUMMER SESSION II: July 6 - August 13, 2021All Summer 2021 TCE courses are exclusively virtual.Course DeptMusicNumberMUS 0064Course NameOrigins of ElectronicMusicMeeting PatternAsynchronousGroupCourse DescriptionAsynchronousThe history and technology of electronic music starting from its beginningsin the age of Edison and Bell, to the dawn of the digital era. Topics includecomposers' search for new sounds; technological developments enablingthe electronic creation and manipulation of sounds; inventors of newinstruments and compositional techniques; and development of schools ofelectronic music in various cultures in North America, Europe, and Asia.Emphasis on listening to and analyzing important works, viewing andreading interviews with composers and inventors, and hands-on soundmanipulation using modern simulations of historical electronic-music tools.To provide an understanding of basic nutrition science to non-sciencemajors and students with a limited scientific background. Students willbecome familiar with: the principles of diet planning, governmentstandards, and food labeling; the biological functions and food sources ofeach nutrient; energy balance, weight management, and physical activity;the role of nutrition in chronic disease development; nutrition throughoutthe life cycle; food safety issues; and current nutrition-relatedcontroversies. This course meets the science requirement forundergraduate non-science majors. It is not acceptable for biology creditfor biology majors.NutritionNU 0101Human NutritionAsynchronousAsynchronousPhilosophyPHIL 0002Intro to Philosophy11:30 AM - 1:30 PMMTWRThe major types of philosophical thought and the central problems ofEarly Afternoon philosophy are presented through study of some classic texts of the greatphilosophers. Offered each term.PhilosophyPhilosophyPHIL 0024PHIL 0054Intro to EthicsPhilosophy & Film1:30 - 5:00 PM TR6:00 - 9:30 PM MWAfternoonAn introduction to moral judgment--and the reasoning it is based on--by adetailed study of current issues such as abortion, vegetarianism, andresponsibility for war crimes, and the application to such problems ofethical theories, such as egoism, utilitarianism, and the doctrine of rights.EveningIntroduction to the study of film as a philosophical medium. Centers onfilm's capacity to bring out the ethical dimensions of the problem ofdistinguishing reality from illusion. A classic or contemporary film pairedwith a philosophical text each week.PhilosophyPHIL 0092-BExistentialism6:00 - 9:30 PM TREveningWhat is the meaning of life? Why is there anything at all? What should wedo? Questions like these are the focus of the existentialist tradition. Thiscourse is a study of that tradition, focusing on Kierkegaard, Nietzsche,Heidegger, Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, as well as several contemporarywriters. We will explore accounts of why the universe exists, why each ofus human beings exists, what the meaning of life is, how we can live

App Mechanics - Strength 4:00 - 7:30 PM TR Evening Engineering Science ES 0093 Internet of Things 3:30 - 6:00 PM MTW Afternoon Experimental College EXP 0014 Global Journalism in the 21st Century 6:00 - 9:30 PM TR Evening Art History FAH 0055 Contemporary Art Since 1960 6:00 - 9:30 PM TR Evening Art History FAH 0155 Contemporary Art Since 1960

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