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Coursework in Barcelona
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Classes
will be offered by Georgia Tech's Colleges
of Computing and Architecture.
Depending on interest, there also may be some Spanish-language classes
available.
Note: 9
hours must be in courses other than Spanish-language courses.
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Details
Coming Soon!
Weekly
Itinerary in Barcelona
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Architecture
Courses Offered In Barcelona
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2009 Schedule
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ARCH 4128 (3-0-3)
Barcelona: Architecture and Design
- (Humanities
credit; Instructor: Sabir Khan)
- This course takes direct advantage of its location in Barcelona to study
the diverse components of the city's design culture: primarily
architecture and product design, but also graphics, street fashion,
urban design, food, and art. The course provides a historical,
cultural, and regional context for Barcelona's architecture and design,
focusing on the projects and developments since the 1870s and
especially since the late 1970s. Through a mix of lectures,
discussions, and site visits, students are engaged first-hand in Barcelona's
history and culture, and are given a framework and vocabulary to make
sense of the particular sensibility that informs the city's
architecture and design. No Textbook. Online resources
COA 4803 (3-0-3) City Literacy - (Social
Science credit; Instructor:
Sabir Khan) - This course looks at cities and city life with an eye
toward increasing "city literacy": the ability of city users
and inhabitants to understand and engage the city around them. The
course provides a conceptual and empirical understanding of the city,
city life, and the processes through which they are negotiated. Course
material places as much emphasis on political, social, cultural, and
economic factors as it does on everyday experience; this is done both
from the perspectives of "professionals" (planners,
designers, politicians, etc.) as well as "users"
(inhabitants, tourists, commuters, etc.) A comparative study will be
undertaken of two radically dissimilar cities: Atlanta
and Barcelona.
No Textbook
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Computing
Courses Offered In Barcelona
- 2009 Schedule Coming Soon!
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CS 3101 Barcelona
Leap-
(Instructor: Merrick Furst)
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This course will enable students to create new
computer science based products, services and ventures. Students will
be able to develop the ability to explain the basics of
multidisciplinary product development processes and cycles, identify
network-based markets and develop market estimations and predictions,
create and evaluate web-economic value positions and product
specification in the context of benefits statements. Additionally,
covered are the following areas: Why some companies become successful
and others don’t? The explanations and evaluation of early-stage
funding models and investment pitches, executive summaries for
web-centric products and services. The basics in intellectual property
and IP management, cs-product-based brand statements, theoretical and
algorithmic basics of power-law distributions, pay-per-click business
models, online auctions and social-network-graphs will also be
addressed
CS 3300
Introduction to Software Engineering – (Instructor Alessandro
Orso) –The goal of this course is to introduce students to
the concepts and techniques required to build modem software
systems. This course will
balance lectures and discussion with hands on experience, so that
students will gain practical experience and apply the techniques they
are learning to real software artifacts. In particular, throughout the course
the students will work in teams on a project that they will showcase at
the end of the class
CS 3510 Algorithms (in the real world) - (CS Core
Credit; Instructor: Merrick
Furst) - Here's your opportunity to take the required (and
sometimes dreaded) College of Computing algorithms course in a relaxed
and more informal setting with one of the more engaging and
entertaining experts in the field. In addition to a personalized
approach to the material, this class will include small, hands-on
programming experiences and topic selections designed to enhance other
offerings in the Barcelona 2006 curriculum, especially the
computational photography (CS 4803CP) course. Textbook, Algorithms,
Dasgupta, Vazirani, Papadimitriou - McGraw Hill, ISBN# 9780073523408
CS 4001 (3-0-3) Computing and Society
- (Ethics
Credit; Instructors: Alessandro Orso & Wendy Newstetter) - Examines
computing as a social process, with emphasis on ethical and social
impacts on local and global organizations. Topics include the
responsibilities of computing professionals, intellectual property,
privacy, governance and policy, and system safety and security. Also discusses
the social context of computer-based technology especially as it is
revealed in transnational and cross-cultural differences. No Textbook
CS4793 Cognition and Culture (Instructor: Wendy Newstetter) This course is designed
to enhance your knowledge regarding the perspectives and the
controversies regarding the intersections of culture and mind. The
setting, Barcelona,
Spain,
will provide a backdrop against which to explore this
intersection. At completion
of the course you will be able to articulate and discuss some of the
major issues associated with the idea of culturally mediated cognition.
You will discover this knowledge through extensive required reading,
through in-class discussion of those readings, and through writing
short assignments and a long final paper. We may meet periodically in the
city to explore topics on-the-ground.
For CS 4793
Cognition and Culture
The
students should order the book online before going to Barcelona (using
Amazon or other online book seller)
Lakoff,
George. (1980) Metaphors we live by. University of Chicago Press
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Language
Courses Offered In Barcelona
- 2009 Schedule
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Spanish:
Spanish-language courses are expected to be offered, pending arrangements
between Modern Languages at Georgia Tech and the Merit Institute in Barcelona (as well
as student interest). These language courses will incur an additional
fee.
Classes
are taught by instructors at the MERIT Language Institute in Barcelona .
Credit
can be earned for equivalent GT SPAN courses.
Course
equivalencies
Grading
For questions about the Spanish
courses in Barcelona , please see Dr.
Shook, School
of Modern Languages
, Swann 213, or email david.shook@modlangs.gatech.edu
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SPAN courses through BCN program
Classes are taught by instructors at the Merit School on the UPC campus
Credit can be earned for equivalent GT SPAN
courses
Supplemental fee might be required
Courses
MERIT
GT
E1A: Beginning Spanish
SPAN 1813
E1B: Elementary Spanish
SPAN 1813
E1C: Intermediate Spanish
SPAN 2813
Placement
procedures
Before Late March, 2009:
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Go to ML website; follow
procedures to take the SPAN placement test http://www.modlangs.gatech.edu/student_resources/registration/placement_test.php
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Email your resulting
score to Dr. Shook –
david.shook@modlangs.gatech.edu
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You’ll receive a
reply:
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which course to register
for OR
§
request that you come in
for an interview
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Register for appropriate
SPAN course BEFORE April 6, 2008
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Take the Merit placement
test (Date to be determined)
§
If Merit placement is
higher/lower than GT placement, we can change your registration during
Phase II registration Summer 2008 ()
Grading
Merit grades based on:
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Monthly progress checks
on grammar an vocabulary, listening comprehension, reading comprehension,
oral expression, written expression
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Final exam
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Attendance (must attend
90% of classes)
Grades will be transferred to Dr. Shook at the
end of the summer; converted to GT grades; assigned
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Course
Load and Schedule
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Students
may register for any combination of courses adding up to a minimum of
nine credit hours (nine hours must be in
courses other than Spanish-language courses). Students will meet
regularly with the faculty in set blocks of time, both in the classroom
as well as in predetermined city locations. Attendance and full
participation in all classes is mandatory. The class schedule,
currently being developed, will thus provide ample time for independent
travel and exploration between modules.
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Faculty
Biographies
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Sabir Kahn
Sabir
Khan is Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Creative Activity
and Director of the Common First Year at the College of Architecture
at Georgia Tech. In addition he is an Associate Professor in the
Architecture Program where he teaches graduate design studios and
seminars. He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton
University and an M.Arch from Rice University. His primary
research interests at present are: the discursive space of design
with a particular emphasis on inter-disciplinary; and cross-cultural
practices, specifically the capacity for a cross-cultural framing to
inform the way art, architecture, and design are produced, consumed, and
received. Over the last five years he has developed the pedagogical
content and curricular structure for the Common First Year, the College of Architecture¹s
pre-disciplinary program for its entering students. A new research
project, Hyphen-nation, looks at the way race and ethnicity articulate in
contemporary American spaces and culture.
Merrick Furst
Merrick
Furst, distinguished professor and associate dean, supports
commercialization and new venture creation and oversees academic programs
and faculty development in the College
of Computing at
Georgia Tech. He recently co-founded the anti-botnet startup,
Damballa, Inc.. Prior to GT he was a professor at UC Berkeley,
president of the International Computer Science Institute at Berkeley and
CEO of Essential Surfing Gear, Inc., which grew to 53 employees before
being sold in 2000. Merrick helped establish a new high school in San Francisco and
served on the boards of several large non-profit organizations. Earlier
he was professor and associate dean in the School of Computer
Science at Carnegie Mellon. Dr. Furst is
known for seminal research in algorithms, complexity theory and AI. He
co-invented probabilistic circuit analysis and planning graphs, which are
considered among the most influential breakthroughs in the field of AI
planning.
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