ID 1414 Pre-Intermediate Mandarin Chinese

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Students will be able to have more fluent conversations about daily topics such as shopping, ordering at a restaurant, booking a hotel, taking a taxi, asking for directions, etc.  For this purpose, the basic Chinese verb tenses will be used (present, past and future).  Students will continue to learn about important aspects of Chinese culture (for example, interesting places to visit in China).  They will finish the course with an active vocabulary of 750 characters, applied

PI 1009 Interdisciplinary Final Evaluation Program

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Students will plan and develop a project similar to the projects they will encounter in their careers and which integrates the knowledge acquired throughout their undergraduate degree program. They will develop their professional responsibility and methodological ability to search for, process, and use information, formulate problems , design solutions, and implement appropriate techniques. They will also work in interdisciplinary teams

ID 1405 Elementary Mandarin Chinese

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Students will be able to have slightly more complex conversations about simple topics.  They will be able to describe themselves and their families, their daily routines, ask and give simple directions to neighboring places and they will practice short, simple conversations in a restaurant.  In order to do this, they will mostly use the present.  They will learn the importance of word order to express their ideas and other ways to ask questions in Chinese.  They will co

ID 1400 Introductory Mandarin Chinese

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The course is intended for people with no prior knowledge of the Chinese language.  Students will become familiar with the pronunciation system of the language.  They will be able to have short conversations about simple everyday matters such as greeting, introducing oneself, enquiring about the location of objects, asking  for and giving directions to common places, telling time, describing the weather, and ordering food or drinks.  They will learn common verbs such as

ID 1325 Upper-Intermediate German

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This course prepares students for the Certificate in Intermediate German by giving them training in skills such as global text understanding, selective text understanding, written expression, formal letter writing, and oral expression.  Mock tests will be conducted and feedback will be provided on them.

ID 1320 Intermediate German

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Students will be trained to acquire the vocabulary and skills required to take the Certificate of German as a Foreign Language Examination. They will develop their speaking, listening, and reading comprehension skills. They will also be able to write short texts in German.

IC 1200 Surveying Laboratory

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The aim of this laboratory is for students to apply techniques to carry out the calculation and layout of open polygonal lines, closed polygonal lines, horizontal curves, vertical curves, and ground levels. They will also learn to use the different surveying instruments available, tape measure, level, and total station.

IC 2000 Mechanics of Materials II

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Upon completion of this course, students will: (1) Use the concepts of statics to analyze the behavior of beams subjected to general bending. (2) Analyze stresses, strains, and deflections in them. (3) Analyze torsioned bars and determine buckling conditions in columns. (4) Understand and apply general analysis concepts of compounding stress and failure criteria.