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3.00 Credits
Definition of national values and threats to those values and their sources; design of appropriate measures to meet threats; methods for implementing these measures and the problems which inevitably arise over conflict between perceptions, values and actions. Applications of political violence and non-violence. Offered concurrently with INR 4334; graduate students will be assigned additional work.
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3.00 Credits
Covers the origins, mission, functions, and responsibilities of the US security agencies as well as the relationship of intelligence community providers, especially the Director of National Intelligence with key policy makers and overseers such as the President, National Security Council, the Congress, judiciary, media, and public opinion. Offered concurrently with INR 4364; graduate students will be assigned additional work.
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3.00 Credits
This course uses East Asian international history since the late 19th Century to explore some of the most enduring questions about international politics. What are the causes of war? How, once begun, do wars end? Why do some wars end in negotiated settlements while others continue until one side's total defeat? How can states effectively communicate their intentions in spite of pervasive incentives to dissemble and prevaricate? When can alliances deter one's enemies, and when might they draw states into undesirable conflicts? Finally, how do the most powerful states in the system -- the great powers -- manage the ever-shifting landscape of power between them? We begin the course in Part I by introducing two critical components of the modern theory of war-uncertainty and commitment problems-that shed light on both why wars start and how they end. Part II begins with the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, which began a marked shift in power away from China and towards Japan, and ends with the collapse of the Japanese Empire at the end of the Second World War. Next, Part III explores the politics of the Cold War, which saw the consolidation of Communist China and the retreat of the Nationalist government to Taiwan at the end of the Chinese civil war and the United States' entry into the region as the status quo superpower during the Korean War. Finally, Part IV takes up questions of China's emergence as an economic power, continuing frontier rivalries with Taiwan, Russia, and smaller neighbors, and the possibility of its emergence as a global power in the coming decades. This course will be offered concurrently with INR 4224 War and Peace in East Asia; graduate students will be given additional work.
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3.00 Credits
This course analyzes how religious beliefs and institutions shape politics that cross borders. It draws upon an array of writings to examine major global phenomena like the religious roots of international order; religious challenges both to modern states and to recent globalization; and activism amongst global religious movements. In turn, the course concentrates on two major issues for scholars, policy- makers and citizens alike: 1) international religious extremism and violence and 2) religious influences on - and targets of - U.S. foreign policy. Examples of topics covered along the way include Evangelical activism and ideologies, religious terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This course is offered concurrently with INR 4761; graduate students will have additional work.
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3.00 Credits
International Relations as a field study; theory, empirical data, historical development of the field.
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2.00 Credits
Psychological overview of Buddhist theory and practice as they relate to everyday living, clinical practice and personal and transpersonal growth. Drawing from Theravada, Mahayana, Tantra and Zen, topics include four noble truths, suffering, concentration, jhanas, dependent origination, attachments, mindfulness, vipassana, nature of self, consciousness, compassion, insight, freedom, and enlightenment.
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1.00 Credits
Students learn and practice different types of meditation to cultivate concentration and mindfulness during meditation and daily living. Construction of a personal mandala and regular class attendance and participation are required.
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3.00 Credits
A course in methods that are employed to conduct research in intelligent systems and robotics. The course addresses the conduct of literature reviews, identifying open-ended research questions and appropriate ways to answer research questions, particularly focusing on experimental design and data analysis. Students also learn how to summarize, interpret and report results. Issues pertaining to the conduct of research involving human participants are also addressed.
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3.00 Credits
This course addresses deep learning and reinforcement learning and their combination in deep reinforcement learning. Topics include reinforcement learning techniques such as dynamic programming, value iteration, policy iteration, and actor-critic methods. Deep learning techniques include convolution neural networks and learning through backpropagation. These techniques will be combined to create learning policies for various control applications. Extensive software projects will utilize open source libraries from several sources. Students will implement solutions to various problems, including agents learning to play video games and bipedal walking robot simulations. Students are expected to have a background in data structures and algorithms, linear algebra, Calculus II or equivalent, linear differential equations, and control theory.
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1.00 Credits
This course is the major individual research in a relevant research area. The dissertation reflects intensive research produced by the student and collaboratively developed with the student's graduate committee. Graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis only. Admission to candidacy, completion of all other doctoral program requirements, and permission are required.
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