An introduction of beginners to the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing and to the French culture in order to develop basic communication in the target language. Common European Framework of Reference for Language: first half of level A1.

An introduction of beginners to the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing and to the French culture in order to develop basic communication in the target language. Common European Framework of Reference for Language: first half of level A1.

Continuation of FREN 201, designed to develop listening, speaking, reading and writing skills and to deepen cultural awareness for successful interaction in routine situations. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: second half of level A1.

Continuation of FREN 202, with emphasis on the progressive development of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Enables students to carry out communicative tasks related to matters regularly encountered. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: first half of level A2.

An introduction of beginners to the four language skills listening, speaking, reading and writing, as well as to the German culture. Enables learners to ask and answer simple questions on very familiar topics; to initiate and to respond to simple statements in areas of immediate need. Complies with the first half of level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

An introduction of beginners to the four language skills listening, speaking, reading and writing, as well as to the German culture. Enables learners to ask and answer simple questions on very familiar topics; to initiate and to respond to simple statements in areas of immediate need. Complies with the first half of level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Targets learners with little previous knowledge of German; designed to develop listening, speaking, reading and writing skills; deepens cultural awareness; enables learners to interact in a simple way in routine situations. Complies with the second half of level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Targets learners with little previous knowledge of German; designed to develop listening, speaking, reading and writing skills; deepens cultural awareness; enables learners to interact in a simple way in routine situations. Complies with the second half of level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

For advanced beginners who have completed GERM 202 and/or who have a sound knowledge of German at A1 level; emphasizes the development of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills; enables learners to communicate in routine tasks on matters regularly encountered in everyday life. Complies with the first half of level A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Targets advanced beginners who have completed GERM 301; designed to deepen the four language skills; enables learners to interact with reasonable ease in short conversations and predictable everyday situations. Complies with the second half of level A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

This course will provide an overview of the most important health issues that the contemporary world is facing. Health issues changing with demographic and epidemiological transformations and future projections, determinants of global health, successful international programs in improving global health and reducing inequalities, key declarations, key subjects, key actors in global health and global health metrics will be discussed.

The biological, social and political factors contributing to the emergence of infectious diseases and the effectiveness of disease control strategies will be discussed. Basic concepts related to the epidemiology of infectious diseases will be discussed. In particular, patterns related to the emergence and spread of emerging infectious diseases, disease control strategies, and response mechanisms such as the early warning system will be discussed through historical and recent examples.

Psychosocial wellbeing and related mental health agendas aim to intensify due to emerging social changes and global crises (migration, conflict, social emergencies, health crises). A complex set of dynamics, actors, and stakeholders shape the nature of these agendas. A multidisciplinary, collaborative and systemic approach is needed to address the needs of this multilayered agenda. The course focuses on theoretical background and skills for bridging the systemic thinking and mental health through designing community-based psychosocial interventions. The course aims to gather last year undergraduate (design, engineering, psychology) and master (global health, MBA and clinical psychology) students who are planning to develop new perspectives and professional skills on systemic thinking, ethnographic participant & observation research, and community based psychosocial intervention design.

This course is designed to introduce upper level students to the field of Health Economics. Students will study various topics including why health is different from other goods, measurement and determinants of health, health disparities, unhealthy behaviors, health insurance, aspects of the health care market in different countries, health care reforms and policies, as well as discussing the importance of health for development and some fundamental health economics evaluation techniques and economic models including models of health, addiction, demand for healthcare and demand for insurance.

This course aims to define and systematically examine the social determinants that affect health. The focus of the course is to discuss the social determinants of health in a social, economic and political context with a methodological approach. In this course, the factors affecting the health of the societies living in rich and poor countries and the systems that affect the health of the society in different parts of the world are evaluated with a critical perspective. Health inequalities, early life, physical environment, unemployment, nutrition, migration and minorities, elderly life, religion, beliefs and values related to health and inequality are discussed with a conceptual and methodological approach.

Introduction to the basic grammar of the Ancient Greek language. Alphabet and pronunciation. The active verb system. Passive and middle verb systems. Indicative, subjunctive and optative moods. Nouns of all three declensions. Adjectives and adverbs. Participles. Concentration on building basic prose reading vocabulary. Students to read simplified prose texts to increase fluency and to build background cultural knowledge.

Introduction to the basic grammar of the Ancient Greek language. Alphabet and pronunciation. The active verb system. Passive and middle verb systems. Indicative, subjunctive and optative moods. Nouns of all three declensions. Adjectives and adverbs. Participles. Concentration on building basic prose reading vocabulary. Students to read simplified prose texts to increase fluency and to build background cultural knowledge.

Ethical principles in biomedical research, biosafety, ethics in animal studies, human and patients' rights, ethics in clinical research, national and international examples in publication ethics and principles will be discussed. Course will be completed via CITI online education program.

An introduction to important topics in biostatistical concepts and reasoning. Tools for describing central tendency and variability in data; methods for performing inference on population means and proportions via sample data; statistical hypothesis testing and its application to group comparisons. Several statistical methods such as linear regression, ANOVA, logistic regression, survival analysis, nonparametric methods, ROC analysis that are commonly used to study biological problems. In-lab practices on computers and software for statistical analysis, to provide students with the skills to generate, read and interpret the results in their fields of study.

The philosophy of history and various methodological approaches used in studying the past. Critical reading and writing skills emphasized.

Introduction to the ancient civilizations of Anatolia. Important human social developments in the past, such as the establishment of first temples in the world, origins of agriculture, emergence of cities, extensive use of metals and long-distance, international trade. Settlement organization and architecture, religion, economy, trade and artistic expression in ancient Anatolia. The period from 8000 BC to 600 BC including the prehistoric and protohistoric times and the Assyrian colonies of Anatolia, Hittites, Urartians, Phrygians, Lydians and the Persian conquest of Anatolia in 550 BC.

The Classical Age The origins, construction and transformation of the Ottoman polity from late medieval frontier principality to early modern empire. The geographical, ethnic and ideological premises of the Ottoman state’s establishment. A detailed analysis both of its expansion into the Balkans and the Arab world, and of the development of its central institutions as such. On the question of periodization, and introduces students to the key historiographical debates and methodological problems involved in the study of classical-period Ottoman history.