Saumya Agrawal

CS241: Programming Systems

Basics of system programming, including POSIX processes, process control, inter-process communication, synchronization, signals, simple memory management, file I/O and directories, shell programming, socket network programming, RPC programming in distributed systems, basic security mechanisms, and standard tools for systems programming such as debugging tools.

CS233: Computer Architecture

Digital Logic Design, Logic Gates, Machine-Level Programming, MIPS assembly code, combinational circuits, Finite State Machines, Hardware Description Language: Verilog, Pipelining, Caches, Processors and Memory systems.

CS225: Data Structures

Linked Lists, Queues and Stacks, Binary Seach Trees, AVL Trees, B-Trees, K-d Trees, Hash Table, Heaps, Disjoint, BFS and DFS, Minimum Spanning Tree, Dijkstra's Algorithm, Inheritance, and iterators.

CS173: Discrete Method

Logic proofs, number theory, sets, graphs, induction, recursion, Big-O, algorithms, State diagrams, proof by contradiction, countability, trees, 2-way bounding, functions.

CS126: Software Design

Program styling, testing, documentation, debugging, modular design, design patterns, commenting and naming, abstract classes.

CS125: Introduction to Computer Science

Introduction to integrated object orientated programming in a debugging environment,

STAT410: Probability and Statistics II

Includes moment-generating functions, transformations of random variables, normal sampling theory, sufficiency, best estimators, maximum likelihood estimators, confidence intervals, most powerful tests, unbiased tests, and chi-square tests.

STAT400: Probability and Statistics I

Introduction to mathematical statistics that develops probability as needed; includes the calculus of probability, random variables, expectation, distribution functions, central limit theorem, point estimation, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing.

STAT200: Statistical Analysis

Survey of statistical concepts, data analysis, designed and observational studies and statistical models. Statistical computing using a statistical package such as R or a spreadsheet. Topics to be covered include data summary and visualization, study design, elementary probability, categorical data, comparative experiments, multiple linear regression, analysis of variance, statistical inferences and model diagnostics.

MATH415: Linear Algebra

Rigorous proof-oriented course in linear algebra. Topics include determinants, vector spaces over fields, linear transformations, inner product spaces, eigenvectors and eigenvalues, Hermitian matrices, Jordan Normal Form.

MATH221,231,241: Calculus series

Courses in calculus and analytic geometry: basic techniques of differentiation and integration with applications including curve sketching; antidifferentation, the Riemann integral, fundamental theorem, exponential, trigonometric functions, techniques of integration, conic sections, polar coordinates, infinite series, Euclidean space, partial differentiation, multiple integrals, line integrals and surface integrals, the integral theorems of vector calculus.

ECON442: Women in the Economy

Applies economic models of the labor market and household organization to a wide range of important topics, including marriage, fertility, discrimination, and family policies to better understand both personal life choices and public policy problems.

ECON402: American Economic History

Survey of the history of the American economy from the colonial era to the present. Studies the features and development of the American economy and examines the watershed events that have transformed it over its history.

ECON302: Intermediate Microeconomics

Microeconomic analysis including value and distribution theory; analysis of the pricing of the factors of production integrated in a micro-general equilibrium context which builds towards explaining the resource allocation process.

ECON203: Economic Statistics II

Utilizes a practical project format to extend the student skill set to include simple and multiple linear regression and time series techniques. Students will: Understand the relevance of statistics in their future course-work and professions; Be trained to identify the proper statistical technique to apply to a problem; Be adept at finding the answers to statistical queries using excel; Be able to properly interpret the results of their analysis.

ECON103: Introduction to Macroeconomics

Introduction to the theory of determination of total or aggregate income, employment, output, price levels, and the role of money in the economy. Primary emphasis on monetary and fiscal policy, inflation, unemployment, economic growth, and international economics.

ECON102: Introduction to Microeconomics

Introduction to the functions of individual decision-makers, both consumers and producers, within the larger economic system. Primary emphasis on the nature and functions of product markets, the theory of the firm under varying conditions of competition and monopoly, and the role of government in prompting efficiency in the economy.

PLPA200: Plants, People, and Pathology

Plant diseases and their impact on food supplies and human history are studied in lectures, demonstrations and discussions. Issues of food production and safety, pesticide use and human health, and the environment are considered. Includes the biology of pathogens that cause plant disease.

GWS275: Politics of Fashion

The politics of dress indicates inseparable links between cultures, aesthetics, and politics, as demonstrated in debates about Muslim practices of veiling, the role of clothing in colonialism’s "civilizing" mission, immigrant and "third world" sweatshop labor, fashion policing and subcultural style, and the fashion and modeling industries. Clearly manifest throughout these politics is the role of gender, race, nation, and sexuality, as relations of power and as critical factors for social life and creative imagination.

MUS130: Music Then and Now

Provides non-music majors with basic listening skills, the ability to discuss music intelligently, and an acquaintance with many types of music.

MACS100: Introduction to Media and Cinema studies

The goal of this course is for students to begin to develop a critical understanding of the role of popular movies and television in their own lives and in U.S. culture. The course looks at issues of the relationship of media to social violence, gender identities, sexual identities, adolescents, minority cultures, and the role of the U.S. media globally.

ANTH246: Forensic Studies

History and theory underlying methods used in forensic science. Topics include the courtroom, the units of a crime laboratory, methods of securing and investigating a crime scene, and the analysis of evidence collected from a crime scene such as blood, fibers, hair and fingerprints.

GWS100: Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies

Interdisciplinary introduction to the study of gender, women, and sexuality. Addresses issues such as social experience, representation and popular culture, femininities and masculinities, family structure, education, employment, economics, literature and the arts, religion, history, and technology. Explores interrelationships of race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, ability, and age from a transnational perspective.