The goal of this course is to introduce students to common desktop and database applications and to elements of basic programming and of problem solving using the computer. Focus Course This course will put into action some of the general approaches explored in previous semesters. Specific topics will depend on available faculty. A brief history of the automobile and automotive transportation systems. A discussion of human-machine interfaces.
Choices made by African states regarding international economic affairs are especially important.
The interplay of domestic and international economic and political forces has increased in importance in recent years. This course will introduce students to selected issues facing African states, using and interdisciplinary approach to interpret them. Changes in three basic aspects of political life will be explored. How politics manages and divides economic production is a special interest and policy concern. In the last few sessions the course will turn to current day relations between Africa and its global environment.