A critical discussion of recent research in selected contemporary areas of cognition and memory. Topics include working memory, attention, reading, prediction, intelligence, language, semantic and episodic memory, decision-making, and other related topics. Our focus will be on human cognitive processes and how they relate to social behavior, development, and pathology, with additional readings about primate cognition for comparative and evolutionary perspectives.

Multidisciplinary approach to psychiatric disorders. The content of the course will cover the diagnosis and treatment principles of common psychiatric disorders, the care of adult and childhood patients in emergency services, outpatient clinics and inpatient services. The students will participate in the proceedings of Adult and Pediatric Psychiatry. The program will include lectures, panels, symposia and clinical presentations.

Multidisciplinary approach to psychiatric disorders. The content of the course will cover the diagnosis and treatment principles of common psychiatric disorders, the care of adult and childhood patients in emergency services, outpatient clinics and inpatient services. The students will participate in the proceedings of Adult and Pediatric Psychiatry. The program will include lectures, panels, symposia and clinical presentations.

Statistical techniques in business data analysis; decision making under uncertainty. Concept of loss functions, decision trees, Bayes' Rule; correlation analysis, simple and multiple regression analysis (variable selection, model building, residual analysis); exponential smoothing methods; autoregressive (AR), moving average (MA), and ARMA models; introduction to intervention analysis, outlier-level shift-variance change detection procedures , and autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity models. Extensive use of computer-based computational tools and business applications.

Statistical techniques in business data analysis; decision making under uncertainty. Concept of loss functions, decision trees, Bayes' Rule; correlation analysis, simple and multiple regression analysis (variable selection, model building, residual analysis); exponential smoothing methods; autoregressive (AR), moving average (MA), and ARMA models; introduction to intervention analysis, outlier-level shift-variance change detection procedures , and autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity models. Extensive use of computer-based computational tools and business applications.

Fundamental quantitative methods for business decision making: problem formulation, analysis, and use of management science tools, such as linear and integer programming, decision analysis and Monte Carlo simulation with spreadsheets. Extensive use of business applications.

Multidisciplinary approach to the diagnosis of respiratory diseases: Mechanisms of diseases, pathologic findings, clinical presentations, laboratory tests, diagnostic imaging and treatment. Topics include diseases of upper respiratory tract, pulmonary infections, tuberculosis, obstructive pulmonary diseases, interstitial lung diseases, pleural diseases, tumors of upper respiratory tract, lung, mediastinum and pleura.

The aim of the course is research capacity building among undergraduate medical students through a hands-on approach. RMHS adopts a student-centered approach design is based on active learning where student research groups develop a research project and carry out the project until the reporting phase on their own under supervision by a faculty. Overall objectives of the course are: • Define the cross-sectional, cohort, and case-control designs. • Differentiate the differences between study designs • Interpret the biases in a scientific manuscript • Define the effect estimates (relative risk, odds ratio, hazard ratio) • Define the role of the chance in scientific studies. • Define the descriptive statistics • Describe statistical tests (univariate and multivariate) • Describe the probability (p value) • Interpret the confidence intervals (skill) • Define hypothesis (skill) • Define the steps of survey design • Describe the important aspects of questionnaire-based survey • Develop a sound questionnaire • Describe the ways to effectively administer a questionnaire • Collect data (skill) • Visualize the study findings (skill) • Analyze collected data (skill) • Write a report (skill) • Present the findings (skill)

Designed to introduce beginner students to the four language skills, listening, speaking, reading and writing and to the Russian culture in order to develop basic communication in the target language. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: first half of level A1.

Designed to introduce beginner students to the four language skills, listening, speaking, reading and writing and to the Russian culture in order to develop basic communication in the target language. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: first half of level A1.

Designed to develop basic Russian listening, speaking, reading and writing skills and to deepen cultural awareness in order to interact successfully in routine situations. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, second half of level A1.

Introduction to the science of ecology including the physical, chemical and biological processes, and interactions that influence the distribution and abundance of organisms. Fundamental principles and concepts of ecology across multiple levels of organization: individual organism, population, community, ecosystem, and landscape. Global climate/biome structure and distribution, population structure and growth, community diversity, species interactions, evolution, energy flow, nutrient cycling, succession, molecular ecology, and human influences on ecosystems.

Introduction to the science of ecology including the physical, chemical and biological processes, and interactions that influence the distribution and abundance of organisms. Fundamental principles and concepts of ecology across multiple levels of organization: individual organism, population, community, ecosystem, and landscape. Global climate/biome structure and distribution, population structure and growth, community diversity, species interactions, evolution, energy flow, nutrient cycling, succession, molecular ecology, and human influences on ecosystems.

Does light behave as waves or particles? How does light interact with atoms? What is special about the speed of light? The revolutionary theories of light that have emerged over the recent centuries. Topics include a historical survey of the milestones and pioneers, wave nature of light, photons, quantum theory, Einstein?s relativity theories, and interaction of light with atoms. Lasers, fiber optics, and other technological applications based on light.

Introduces basic concepts, methods and approaches to the study of society. Focuses on social, cultural, and political systems and structures, social conflict and social institutions. Topics include family, education, gender, race and ethnicity, social class, the economy, organizations, social groups, aging and generations.

Research process and basic research concepts; critical framework to examine social science problems and evaluate research; constructing social explanations; concept of causality; measurement, sampling, questionnaire construction; experimental methodology, ethnomethodology, document study; philosophy of social science.

This course examines gender as a major organizing principle in social life. Particularly, it focuses on how gender identities are socially constructed and how gender intersects with ethnicity, nationalism, class, sexuality, age and other dimensions of identity and social inequality. It also investigates the roles of family, education, the media, politics, economics and religion in shaping gender identities and inequalities.

Advanced design issues related to empirical sociological research are presented. These include conceptualization, hypothesis formulation, study design, sample design, sample size determination, data collection strategies, data analysis, interpretation of statistical findings, and drawing social and policy relevant conclusions. Students conduct their own research projects and present results orally and in written form.

Discusses the development of modern organizations and bureaucracies, and the deviations from the bureaucratic model with a focus on business organizations. Also provides an introduction to the sociology of work. Focuses on labor control, labor process, gender relations and the transformation of the structure of employment in industrial and service sectors.

Examines the works of major classical sociological theorists such as Marx, Durkheim, Weber and Simmel. Discusses twentieth-century perspectives that build on classical theory (such as structural functionalism). Also explores the contemporary challenges to classical theory such as feminism, postcolonialism and poststructuralism.

Major social scientific theories and concepts that examine mass media and computermediated communication. Use of foundational and contemporary concepts to examine the role of communication and information technologies in shaping interactions among economics, politics, culture, and the broader society. Study of media and communication as objects of social scientific inquiry in relation to issues such as politics of representation, social movements, inequality, affect, and the state.

Major social scientific theories and concepts that examine mass media and computermediated communication. Use of foundational and contemporary concepts to examine the role of communication and information technologies in shaping interactions among economics, politics, culture, and the broader society. Study of media and communication as objects of social scientific inquiry in relation to issues such as politics of representation, social movements, inequality, affect, and the state.

Major social scientific theories and concepts that examine mass media and computermediated communication. Use of foundational and contemporary concepts to examine the role of communication and information technologies in shaping interactions among economics, politics, culture, and the broader society. Study of media and communication as objects of social scientific inquiry in relation to issues such as politics of representation, social movements, inequality, affect, and the state.