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*Please note: Seating for mock classes is prioritized for students. Parents, supporters, and guests are welcome to join if additional space is available once all students have been seated.

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM

Criminal Courts in an Era of Mass Incarceration
Sociology, Prof. Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve
Manning Chapel
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to America’s criminal court system and all its institutional stakeholders. We will examine America’s criminal court system from myriad of different perspectives: courts as organizations, courts as social arrangements of professionals, courts as providers of social services and courts as consumer institutions – providing the experience of justice to victims, witnesses, defendants and jurors. We will focus on state courts as well as the federal system.

1:00 pM - 1:50 pM

An Introduction to Africana Studies
Africana Studies, Prof. Keisha N. Blain
Friedman Hall, Room 108
This course introduces students to the vibrant and contested field of Africana Studies by critically exploring and analyzing the links and disjunctures in the cultural, political, and intellectual practices and experiences of people of African descent throughout the African diaspora. Beginning with a critical overview of the history, theoretical orientations, and multiple methodological strategies of the discipline, the course is divided into three thematic units that examine intellectuals, politics, and movements; identity construction and formation; and literary, cultural, and aesthetic theories and practices in the African diaspora.

2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

Corporate Finance: The Battle for Warner Brothers
Economics, Prof. Brad Gibbs
Friedman Hall, Room 108
This class will explore the takeover battle between Paramount and Netflix and the market for corporate control.

Fundamentals of Computer Systems
Computer Science, Prof. Malte Schwarzkopf
Salomon Center, Room 003
Covers fundamental concepts, principles, and abstractions that underlie the design and engineering of computer systems. Students learn how a computer works, how to write safe and performant systems software, and what systems abstractions support today’s complex, high-performance systems developed in industry. The specific topic for the mock class will be "caching", a critically important technique for performance in all modern computing systems. Interactive examples and demos will relate the concepts taught to concrete programs and use cases.

Applied Ordinary Differential Equations
Applied Mathematics, Prof. Peyam Tabrizian
Friedman Hall, Room 101
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to ordinary differential equations and their applications, which are equations that are supposed to model change. We will see how applied mathematicians use ordinary differential equations to solve practical applications, from understanding the underlying problem, creating a differential-equations model, solving it using mathematical methods, and interpreting the findings in terms of the original problem.

Introduction to Japanese Language: Discovering Katakana
East Asian Studies, Prof. Atsuko Suga Borgmann
Friedman Hall, Room 201
This course is designed for absolute beginners eager to start their Japanese language journey. We will explore the Japanese writing system through the lens of cultural context, focusing specifically on Katakana. By the end of this class, you will be introduced to all 46 characters, gain the tools to identify common loanwords, and successfully write your own name in Japanese.

We are going to the Moon!
Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Prof. Stephen Parman
Friedman Hall, Room 202
In the next 4 years, humans will walk on the Moon. How are we going to get there? Why are we going? What do we hope to find there? Should we be going? Drawing on Brown's deep involvement in lunar science and exploration, the lecture will cover current plans for lunar exploration and the science questions we hope to answer by going there. We will also discuss plans for in-situ resource utilization (mining) on the Moon and what are the economic and ethical issues surrounding human presence on our nearest neighbor.

3:00 PM - 3:50 PM

Images and Wordplay: Art and Writing of the Ancient Maya
History of Art and Architecture, Prof. Catherine Nuckols
Friedman Hall, Room 101
The ancient Maya were scientists, artists, politicians, farmers, and poets-- and nowhere is this more clear than in the beautiful, complex, and occasionally playful nature of the art, architecture, and monumental inscriptions that they created. In this course, students will explore the close relationship between ancient Maya art and writing, the clever wordplay employed by scribes, and the parallels we can find in the way we employ texts, GIFs, and emojis in our day-to-day lives. Students will leave the course with a sense of connection to ancient people who lived thousands of years ago and a better understanding of the innate human desire to create and communicate through art.

Ethics of Digital Technology
Philosophy and Computer Science, Prof. Julia Netter
Friedman Hall, Room 108
As the capacities of digital technology have increased, it has entered (almost) every domain of our lives. Artificial Intelligence, algorithmic models, and everyday processing of vast amounts of data increasingly shape both our private choices and opportunities, and also our interactions in the public sphere. These developments raise new ethical and normative political questions and prompt us to examine the role of values such as freedom, autonomy, equality, and privacy in the digital sphere.

Solving the climate challenge
Environment and Society, Prof. Kim Cobb
Friedman Hall, Room 202
This course explores the critical aspects of climate change through the lens of climate solutions, with the goal to equip students with the knowledge and tools to critically assess the technologies, economic trends, policies, and ethical frameworks that define 21st century debates around the pace of climate action and levers for change. Topics range from greenhouse gas emissions and targets to energy trends past, present, and future to carbon management, reduction, and removal strategies. As climate adaptation and resilience take center stage in discussions of public health and economic prosperity in the 21st century, the course presents the science behind climate impacts and projections, and how constructs such as the social cost of carbon and climate justice can shape durable climate and energy policy. The course will also delve into policy, economic, and social systems solutions, including international, national, and state-level climate policies, carbon markets, climate financing, and the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in addressing climate change. Students will also examine how climate communication, shifts in public perception, and efforts to combat climate mis/disinformation continue to play critical roles in advancing, and in some cases thwarting, climate solutions.

Programming in the age of AI agents
Computer Science, Prof. Kathi Fisler
Friedman Hall, Room 208
A mock lecture from an intro computer science course in which students are learning to program with and without agents. No prior computer science experience needed!