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Syllabi are for course approval and reference only. Students will receive up-to-date syllabi when their courses begin.

After completing the Intensive German course, students choose three from the following list of courses: Organic Chemistry, Cell Biology, Basic Statistics and Probability, Sociology of Culture.

Required Course

Students enroll in the following four-credit course. (Students who have studied German previously can enroll in a four-credit language class at the advanced beginner to intermediate levels, according to placement test results.)

CAS LG 113 Intensive Beginning German
Intensive German course for beginners or according to placement test results. Introduction to grammar, vocabulary, and structure of German, emphasizing the basic communication skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. 4 cr. Syllabus

Elective Courses

Students choose three out of the following courses typical for science students in the first semester of their sophomore year:

CAS CH 203 Organic Chemistry
Fundamentals of organic chemistry, including electronic structure, stereochemistry, and reactions of important functional groups.  Laboratory includes extraction, distillation, and chromatography. Three hours lecture, one hour discussion, one hour prelab lecture, three-and-a-half hours lab on alternate weeks. Rüger and Habicher. 4 cr. Course Syllabus     Lab Syllabus

CAS BI 203 Cell Biology
Principles of cellular organization and function: biological molecules, flow of genetic information, membranes and subcellular organelles, and cell regulation. Three hours lecture, one hour discussion. Dieter. 4 cr. Syllabus

CAS MA 213 Statistics
Prerequisite: good background in high school algebra. Students may receive credit for not more than one of the following courses: CAS MA 113, MA 115, or MA 213. Rudl. 4 cr. Syllabus

CAS IP 400 Sociology of Culture
Examines the mutual  interdependence between social structure and culture, focusing on the ways in which belief, faith, knowledge, symbol, ritual and the like both produce and are products of social organization. Zeuner. 4 cr. Syllabus

Optional Additional Elective

CAS NS 291 Introduction to Scientific Research
Prerequisite: one year of a laboratory science course. For students enrolled in Boston University science study abroad programs. An introduction to the performance of scientific research through lectures, discussions, and readings about the design of projects, the understanding of the scientific literature, and the ethics of research and publication. Local science faculty members will describe their research projects, and welcome students into their laboratories for approximately six weeks of practical research experience. 1st semester. Irrgang, Henle, Pée. 2 cr. Syllabus

All elective courses are taught in English.

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Faculty

Prof. Dr. Peter E. Dieter: Ph.D., Biology, Albert Ludwigs University, Frieberg, Germany. Having served as a research fellow in biochemistry at Australian National University, Canberra, Australia and in cell biology at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, Dr. Dieter is a member of the medical faculty at Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, and professor of biochemistry, Dean of Student Affairs, and Program Director of the Dresden-Harvard Education Alliance at TUD.

Silke Fimmel: MA, Professor of German as a Foreign Language. She is certified to teach both Russian and English, which she has done in Germany at both the high school and continuing-education levels, as well as at Acadia University in Canada and Wabash College in the USA. She teaches German as a Foreign Language at the TUD and is the Resident Director and Language Preceptor for the Boston University program.

Prof. Dr. Wolf D. Habicher: PhD in chemistry at TU Dresden1969, Habilitation (Dr.rer.nat.habil.) 1981, since 1984 Hochschuldozent for Organic Chemistry at TU Dresden. 1970 -1973 he worked in a expert group at the Research Institute of Synthetic Resins in Vladimir (Russia). 1987 visiting lecturer at Aston University, Birmingham. Teaching activities at TU Dresden in the field of organic and supramolecular chemistry. Main research topics: hetero- and macrocyclic chemistry, chemistry of organophosphoric compounds, and stabilization of polymers. More than 150 scientific publications and patents. Coauthor of the ?ORGANIKUM?, the leading textbook for organic chemists in Germany.

Dr. Jan Rudl: studied mathematics at Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, finished 1993, after that moved to TU Dresden, PhD 1999, since then employed at the Institute for Mathematical Stochastics. Main Research: Financial mathematics, controlling of stochastic processes, game theory, fuzzy logic, parallel algorithms.

Prof. Dr. Claus Rüger: studied chemistry at the Technical University of Dresden, earned his PhD in 1970, and his second PhD in 1983, since 1998 honorary professor for organic chemistry at the TU Dresden. From 1976 to 1977 post-doctorate study on the slovak and czech academy of science. From 1982 to 1990 head of the Technology research department of Arzneimittelwerk Dresden. Managing Director of this company from 1990 to 2003 and responsible worldwide for the production and technical activities of ASTA Medica AG from 1997 to 2000. Since 2003 a universitary teaching position for organic chemistry at the TU Dresden. Teaching activities: lectures, seminars and labs in the field of organic chemistry, chemical kinetics, structure determination and pharmaceutical industrie. Key activities are synthesis of drugs, stabilisation of polymers and the industrial marketing strategies in the pharmaceutical companys.

Dr. Ulrich Zeuner: PhD. Professor of German as a foreign language at the TUD and academic advisor to Boston University in Dresden, Dr. Zeuner offers many courses for foreign students at the TUD. As a researcher and graduate instructor in the theory and pedagogy of intercultural language education, he trains German students pursuing teaching careers in German. He is also certified to teach English, which he has done at both the high school and higher-education levels.

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