• GSMS 4993

    Independent Study
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    Spring 2024

    Independent study to be arranged by student in consultation with professor. Requires instructor permission.

  • GSSJ 4993

    Independent Study
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    Fall 2024

    This course is designed to allow Global Studies-Security and Justice majors to pursue independent study of relevant topics that go beyond the program's core, track and/or elective curricula.

  • GSVS 4993

    Independent Study in Environments and Sustainability
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    Fall 2024

    This course is an independent study to be arranged by student in consultation with faculty.

  • LPPP 4993

    Independent Study
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    Last Taught

    Fall 2024

    Independent study in the field of public policy and leadership.

  • POTR 4993

    Independent Study
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    Fall 2024

    Independent study in special field under the direction of a faculty member in Portuguese.

  • GSGS 4993

    Independent Study
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    Last Taught

    Spring 2024

    Independent study to be arranged by student in consultation with professor.

  • ARCY 4998

    Undergraduate Thesis Research
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    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Research for a thesis of approximately 50 written pages undertaken in the fall semester of the fourth year by archaeology majors who have been accepted into the Interdisciplinary Archaeology Distinguished Majors Program. Prerequisite: acceptance into Archaeology DMP

  • ARCY 4999

    Undergraduate Thesis Writing
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    Spring 2026

    Writing of a thesis of approximately 50 written pages undertaken in the spring semester of the fourth year by archaeology majors who have been accepted into the Interdisciplinary Archaeology Distinguished Majors Program.Prerequisite: acceptence into DMP program

  • EURS 5000

    Perspectives on Europe and the World
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    Fall 2025

    This course introduces students to a variety of disciplinary approaches to the study of Europe (history, anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, and culture). Stress will be laid on how combining perspectives from different fields of study can help deepen understanding of specific problems of European life. Emphasis on student interpretation of readings and analysis of central issues in Europe's development across time.

  • DS 5002

    How to Train your LLM: Engineering LLMs for Custom Tasks
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    Spring 2025

    Train your own LLM for a custom task. Learn about the LLM lifecycle from architecture, to pre-training, to supervised finetuning, to deployment, to model editing/updating, including discussing LLM limitations. End up with your own trained LLM, a HuggingFace model card you can show off in technical interviews, and a plan for how to stay up to date with this fast-moving field.