An introduction of beginners to the four language skills listening, speaking, reading and writing and to contemporary everyday Italian culture in order to be able to communicate simply in the target language. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: first half of level A1

An introduction of beginners to the four language skills listening, speaking, reading and writing and to contemporary everyday Italian culture in order to be able to communicate simply in the target language. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: first half of level A1

Develops the four language skills listening, speaking, reading and writing, and the awareness of contemporary everyday Italian culture in order to interact successfully with native speakers of the language in routine situations. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: second half of level A1.

Develops the four language skills listening, speaking, reading and writing, and the awareness of contemporary everyday Italian culture in order to interact successfully with native speakers of the language in routine situations. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: second half of level A1.

Introduction to the Kurdish language. To develop the language and skills required for effective communication at the basic level and raise awareness of processes involved in learning to communicate. To learn and use Kurdish in daily interactions and also read and write in Kurdish. To gain the awareness of multiplicity of dialectal varieties of the Kurdish language and to encourage to learn differences between these varieties.

Introduction to the Kurdish language. To develop the language and skills required for effective communication at the basic level and raise awareness of processes involved in learning to communicate. To learn and use Kurdish in daily interactions and also read and write in Kurdish. To gain the awareness of multiplicity of dialectal varieties of the Kurdish language and to encourage to learn differences between these varieties.

A continuation of KURD 201 designed to help students develop the language and skills required for effective communication at the Basic level and raises their awareness of processes involved in learning to communicate. Completion of basic tenses and grammatical structures. Providing the students with ample input to be able to use the language in daily situations with more confidence.

Linear algebra and matrix theory; mathematics of finance; counting and the fundamentals of probability theory; game theory.

Limit of a function; Continuous functions and their properties; Derivative andapplications; Extreme values; Indefinite integral; Riemann integral and fundamental theorem of calculus; Logarithmic and exponential functions; L?Hospital?s rule; Sequence and series of numbers; Power series and their properties;

Limits and continuity; derivative and properties of differentiable functions; mean value theorems, Taylor's formula, extreme values; indefinite integral and integral rules; Riemann integral and fundamental theorem of calculus; L'Hospital's rule; improper integrals.

Vectors; matrices and systems of linear equations; vector spaces; linear maps; orthogonality; algebra of complex numbers; eigenvalue problems.

Descriptive statistics; measures of association, correlation, simple regression; probability theory, conditional probability, independence; random variables and probability distributions; sampling distributions; estimation; inference (confidence intervals and hypothesis testing). Topics are supported by computer applications.

A course in basic concepts and tools of statistics for students who will study social and Behavioral sciences. Topics to be covered are representation of quantitative information in social sciences, forms of numerical data, creating and interpreting graphical and tabular summaries of data, descriptive statistics, estimation of population parameters, confidence intervals, basic hypothesis testing, t-statistics, chi-squared tests and analysis of variance.

Graphic design and image editing skills through the use of creative software. Use of design principles and techniques as well as visual and graphic design software.

Overview of experimental and traditional approaches in visual storytelling. Establishing connections between text and image, form and content across media. Analyzing images, transitions, subjectivity and aesthetics of selected narratives. Developing, selecting and editing visuals. Topics include visual narrative, graphic layout, storyboard, sequence, character and format.

Principles of biochemistry; molecular and cell biology. General introduction to cell structure and function. Genetics, bioenergetics, anatomy and physiology; introduction to biotechnology.

Topics will be announced when offered.

In this course, the students learn how new business are created and developed. The course consists of three modules. In the first module, the students learn how to create new business ideas, evaluate the extent to which their business ideas are true opportunities, form effective entrepreneurial teams and craft partnership agreements. In the second module, the students learn how to formulate business strategies, marketing strategies, and business models of new ventures. Finally, the third module will help students develop their financial plan and learn basics of entrepreneurial finance including valuation and term sheet negotiation. This course offers learning benefits to students who are willing to form a no-tech, low-tech, or high-tech firm, work for young entrepreneurial firms, or pursue a career as a risk capitalist such as a venture capitalist or an angel investor.

Topics will be announced when offered.

Reviews major theories and empirical findings on consumer behavior; relates them to design and execution of effective marketing strategy. Individual decision making and consumer learning; external influences such as culture, social class, reference groups, family, and situational variables.

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.

Theories and research, including behavioral and cognitive perspectives, and such topics as classical conditioning, operant conditioning, social learning, insight learning, and information processing.

Human development from birth to old age. Different spheres of development are studied, such as cognitive, socio-emotional and moral, both from an individual and interactional perspective.

Brain processes involved in perception, motivation, aggression, emotions, attention, psychopathology and learning.