Drexel University
Special Topics Course Description
Term: 201535 Spring Quarter 15­16
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34538 BACS 390 001
ST:Behavioral Health and Aging
Detrick Roni
W
1300
1550
Course Description: Students will explore concepts, issues, and research pertaining to the psychosocial and mental health aspects of working with older adults and will learn about and practice basic intervention competencies and strategies.
35171 BACS 390 002
ST: Trauma Informed Care
DiBartolomeo Charlotte
M
1600
1850
Course Description: This is an introduction to the psychophysiology of complex trauma in children and adolescents, and an overview of assessment and treatment modalities in both youth and adults. The course focuses on neurobiology and how trauma impairs brain development and the life domains of children, adolescents, and adults. It also covers various issues of assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. The stages of stabilization, reprocessing and reintegration, and the multiple models helpers utilize when working with survivors of trauma are explored. Course work will culminate with students reviewing and presenting case studies of assessment and treatment interventions for children and adolescents experiencing traumatic effects. Academic Information & Systems
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Drexel University
Special Topics Course Description
Term: 201535 Spring Quarter 15­16
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35105 BIO T280 001
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ST:The Privilege of Aging
Hunte­Brown Meshagae
TR
1100
1220
The Privilege of Aging is a Hybrid Community­Based Course that is open to students that have completed BIO 122. Aging is often thought of as a negative process, however there are important benefits that are largely uncelebrated. Students in this course will explore the privilege of aging and ways to do it well with senior members of the Philadelphia community. There will be 2 class meetings each week, one on campus and one at a designated senior citizen facility. In addition to the academic underpinnings of the biology of aging, the course will provide the students with intergenerational interactions, as well as opportunities to connect the experience with their academic path at Drexel and their future professional plans.
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Drexel University
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Term: 201535 Spring Quarter 15­16
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34708 CS T480 001
ST:Computational Music
Popyack Jeffrey
TR
1400
1520
Fundamentals of representing, manipulating, analyzing and creating music through computation. Topics include: basic music theory, the mathematics and physics of sound, digital music formats, hardware, software and algorithms for music computation, musical instruments and synthesizers.A background in music will be helpful but is not required.
35177 CS T680 002
ST: Topics in Cryptography
Pandey Omkant
W
1800
2050
Description: In this course, we will cover a selection of traditional as well as latest topics in cryptography. We will discuss the modern foundations of cryptography based on reduction to hard problems and some standard proof techniques. We will become familiar with fundamental notions in cryptography such as perfect secrecy, one­
way functions, collision resistant hash functions, digital signatures, zero­knowledge proofs, public­key cryptography, and so on. We will also learn about some latest topics in the area such as functional encryption and software obfuscation. The topics will be covered using a combination of paper presentations and in­class lectures.
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Drexel University
Special Topics Course Description
Term: 201535 Spring Quarter 15­16
CRN
Course
35178 CS T680 902
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Instructor
ST: Topics in Cryptography
Pandey Omkant
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Description: In this course, we will cover a selection of traditional as well as latest topics in cryptography. We will discuss the modern foundations of cryptography based on reduction to hard problems and some standard proof techniques. We will become familiar with fundamental notions in cryptography such as perfect secrecy, one­
way functions, collision resistant hash functions, digital signatures, zero­knowledge proofs, public­key cryptography, and so on. We will also learn about some latest topics in the area such as functional encryption and software obfuscation. The topics will be covered using a combination of paper presentations and in­class lectures.
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Drexel University
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Term: 201535 Spring Quarter 15­16
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35378 ECET T680 900 ST: Optical Communications
Shankar P Mohana
35515 ECET T680 001 ST: Cognitive Radios
Dandekar Kapil
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Noise in Optical Systems. Shot noise. Origins and properties. Weighted Poisson process and avalanche noise. PSD of shot noise. Free space and optical fiber systems. Analog optical systems and subcarrier optical systems. Digital optical communication systems. Error rates and performance measures. Coherent optical systems. Heterogeneous and homogeneous systems. Optical multiplexing. WDM and DWDM. Design aspects of fiber links. Link Budget Analysis
M
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1800
2050
This course introduces students to the design and implementation of Cognitive Radios (CR). A CR is an adaptive radio that can sense its RF spectrum environment and intelligently select transmission parameters that allow it to improve its radio performance while increasing the number of users in a shared band. This course takes a lab­based implementation approach to demonstrate the basic functions of a CR on Software­Defined Radios (SDRs). This course requires programming knowledge and an understanding of digital modulation techniques and wireless protocols.
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