All Courses
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BSC2862 - Global Change Ecology and Sustainability
This course provides an overview of evolutionary ecology, selected aspects of global change with emphasis on climate change. Tools for sustainability are referenced throughout the course. Exams will be short answer, short essay, and long essay. Students are required to read and understand selected papers from the scientific peer-reviewed literature.
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BSC3307C - Climate Change Biology
The course covers climate change and its impacts on biological communities, feedbacks from the biosphere to the climate system, and human impacts on the carbon cycle. Impacts of climate change on human health are reviewed. Readings and discussions will emphasize the response of vegetation to climate change and rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations and the role of terrestrial ecosystems in regulating climate via the carbon cycle.
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ART4612C/6925C - Experiments in ARTificial Intelligence
ART 4612C/6925C Digital Media Workshop is a revolving topics, studio workshop. This semester we will explore ARTificial Intelligence. We will learn about the history and theory of AI in computing from a scientific, mythological, and material viewpoint. We will investigate it from a “pharmakological” position that is deeply critical, yet simultaneously analytical with regard to its potential. Not only will we gain a literate understanding of AI, but we will learn “heuretically”: we will learn through the act of making. Students will materially engage AI as a medium for the production of art works. Experience with digital image practices, computer modeling and programming are recommended, but not required. The class is a hands-on, art studio, experimental workshop. It is project-based and students will propose work that explores their own practice using artificial intelligence as a medium or source of inspiration. Sample project ideas include but are not limited to: simulations, networked experiences, generative audio, generative imagery (still and motion), info-viz, general research, etc. As a Senior-level and Graduate-level course, you develop your own project ideas (with our help). Your primary task is to challenge your own abilities and push the boundaries of your current knowledge.