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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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Barcelona - Summer 09
1. Summer weekly schedule
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Week of May 11
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May 12, Tuesday: Students arrive in Barcelona
May
13, Wednesday: Orientation
May
14-15: Classes Begin
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Week of May 18
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Typical classroom schedule
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Week of May 28
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Typical classroom schedule
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Week of June 1
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Typical classroom schedule
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Week of June 0 8
-No classes
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Week of June 15
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Typical
classroom schedule
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Week of June 22
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Typical
classroom schedule
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Week of June 2 9
-No classes
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Week of June 06
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Typical
classroom schedule
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Week of July 13
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Typical
classroom schedule, last day of classes: 17 Jul
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Week of July 20
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students depart
Monday, 20 Jul
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Summer course
schedule (typical)
TBD
Course
meet for 6 hours each week (regularly schedule) for a total of 45 contact
hours. Additional hours will be schedules as necessary for missed classes
and exams.
Summer classroom
schedule (typical)
TBD
Course
meeting times do not conflict; students may register for any combination
of courses.
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Architecture Courses Offered In Barcelona
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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.
Textbooks
No Textbook. Online resources.
COA 4803
(3-0-3) Cities & Citizens: What Makes Great Cities Great - (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.
Textbooks
No Textbook.
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(Tentative)
CS Courses Offered In Barcelona
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CS 3750 Human-Computer Interface Design &
Evaluation - (Instructor: Wendy Newstetter) – This course will teach
you about the importance of the human-computer interface in the design
and development of things people use. The perceptual, cognitive, and
social characteristics of people will be discussed, as well as methods
for learning more about the people you with to use your systems. The
course also discusses capabilities and limits of computers and other
related systems, as well as how these affect design and implementation
decisions. Methods of design and ways to evaluate and improve a design
will be covered.
Textbooks
Design of Everyday Things, Norman
CS 4001 (3-0-3) Computing, Society &
Professionalism - (Ethics Credit; Instructor: Irfan Essa) - 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 role and
impact of robotics, distributed sensing and actuation, ubiquitous
computing and related technology in society.
Textbooks
Ethics for the Information Age (3rd Edition)
Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric with Readings, Concise
Edition (4th Edition)
CS 4475 (3-0-3) Computational
Photography - (Instructor: Irfan Essa) - This class explores perceptual and
technical aspects of pictures, and more precisely the capture and
depiction of reality on a 2D medium. The scientific, perceptual, and
artistic principles behind image-making will be emphasized. Topics
include the relationship between pictorial techniques and the human
visual system; intrinsic limitations of 2D representations and their
possible compensations and technical issues involved in
depiction.
Textbooks
No textbook.
CS 4793 Perspectives
in Cognitive Science: The Intersection of Culture & Mind - (Instructor: Wendy
Newstetter) – Barcelona,
a new and different culture, is the perfect place to explore the
intersection of mind and culture.
Through discussion of papers from anthropology, neuroscience,
linguistics and cognitive neuroscience, from street exercises and from
a final project, you will develop a new understanding of how culture
impacts the possibilities for action, interpretation and reasoning.
Textbooks
Edward Hall (1977) Beyond Culture. Anchor
books.
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Language
Courses Offered In Barcelona
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Spanish
- 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
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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Courses
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Merit
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GT
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E1A:
Beginning Spanish
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SPAN 1813
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E1B:
Elementary Spanish
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SPAN
2813
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E1C:
Intermediate Spanish
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SPAN 3813
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Placement procedures (TBA for
2010)
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
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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)
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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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