The UMBC Preschool will be hosting a UMBC Open House for faculty, staff and students during the Early Bird Registration Period (May 11 through May 20, 2016).

Stop in and meet the new Center Director, tour the newly renovated Preschool, and see the children in their learning environment. You will be able to obtain information on the following,

• enrollment and registration deadlines
• preschool tuition and financing (new rates for UMBC
  Affiliates)
• curriculum and staffing
• UMBC partnerships

After the UMBC Early Bird registration date, registration will be open to members of the community interested in enrolling their child in the Y Preschool at UMBC.

We encourage you to attend the Open House from 9am-5pm on May 11th and visit their website for more information about the Preschool at UMBC. You may also follow the UMBC Preschool Group to remain abreast of upcoming events and other important information related to the Preschool at UMBC.

Y Preschool at UMBC provides quality preschool education to children ages 2-5. With a focus on school-readiness, Y Preschool encourages children to be enthusiastic learners and provides the educational and developmental support for success in kindergarten and beyond! 

SUMMER 2016

ANTH 211: CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

GEP "Culture" OR "Social Science" (3 credits)

Anthropology is both a theoretical and applied field involving the study of humanity in its socio-cultural dimensions. The goal of this course is to provide a broad perspective of human life through cross-cultural comparisons of topics such as language, race and ethnicity, economics, gender, politics, ritual, art, and religion. Students will learn how anthropological theories and methods developed over time, research skills, and how to present ideas effectively as a speaker and writer in a social science format. 

The course introduces students to the concepts, approaches, and skills of a particular discipline - Cultural Anthropology concerned with intercultural studies. The class will examine various anthropological approaches to understanding human behavior, and highlights insights to other cultures as well to our own culture.

Facebook. Fast food. The TV show Friends. The consumable objects and activities that make up what we call popular culture or consumer culture circle the globe millions of times every day. In the process, they carry images of “the good life” recognized around the world as the American Dream, both shaping and reflecting the complex technological, political and economic dynamics associated with globalization. How do these ideas and images shape other cultures? And what are the ecological, political, and economic impacts for the countries that produce iPhones, Nikes, and other iconic objects of consumer desire for the USA?

In AMST: 352 American Culture in Global Perspective, offered at UMBC’s Shady Grove campus, students will examine these issues by ‘hitching a ride’ with some of America’s most visible consumer goods as they cross the globe. This course, which fulfills both the Arts and Humanities and Culture GEPs, is part of this summer session’s Culture & Social Justice emphasis.

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Walk In Advising Hours May 9th-13th

Monday - Thursday
10am-11:30am and 1:30pm-3pm

Friday
10am-11:30am

Advisors are also available by appointment. Our advising offices are located in ITE 202-206. Email and telephone contact information is available here.

**If you are a new freshman or transfer student for Fall 2016, please be sure to sign up to attend orientation. You will meet with an advisor and register for classes on your orientation date. It will not be possible to register for classes in advance of orientation. If you have questions or concerns after you have attended orientation, you are welcome to email an advisor, attend walk-in advising hours, or schedule an appointment with an advisor.**

Vehicles can be considered as a specialized form of Cyber Physical Systems with sensors, ECU’s and actuators working together to produce a coherent behavior. With the advent of external connectivity, a larger attack surface has opened up which not only affects the passengers inside vehicles, but also people around them. One of the main causes of this increased attack surface is because of the advanced systems built on top of old and less secure common bus frameworks which lacks basic authentication mechanisms. To make such systems more secure, we approach this issue as a data analytic problem that can detect anomalous states. To accomplish that we collected data flowing between different components from real vehicles and using a Hidden Markov Model, we detect malicious behaviors and issue alerts, while a vehicle is in operation. Our evaluations using single parameter and two parameters together provide enough evidence that such techniques could be successfully used to detect anomalies in vehicles. Moreover our method could be used in new vehicles as well as older ones.