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This course involves studying the works of a number of poets, whose work reflects the variety of techniques used in modern and postmodern poetry. Students are asked to focus on, for example, the imagery, structure, prosody and diction used in these poems, and to experiment with these elements in their own poetry writing. Students undertake a series of writing exercises that allow them to explore these techniques and concerns.

This course offers an in-depth critical analysis of right-wing populism, emphasizing its theoretical foundations, historical evolution, and contemporary empirical manifestations. Students explore the ideological underpinnings of right-wing populism, its intersections with nationalism and authoritarian tendencies, and its broader implications for democratic governance. Through interdisciplinary scholarly literature, critical media analyses, and collaborative discussions, the course examines how right-wing populist movements emerge, sustain, and transform within diverse political systems and cultural contexts, focusing particularly on case studies from Europe and North America. Special attention is also given to the relationship between right-wing populism and pressing global issues such as climate change, fostering awareness of how environmental concerns are framed, instrumentalized, or denied within populist rhetoric. Upon completion of this course, students can clearly define and differentiate between key concepts including right-wing populism, radical right, and extreme right. They are capable of analyzing and critiquing the core ideological dimensions of populism and identifying the underlying factors that drive the emergence and rise of right-wing populist movements. Additionally, students evaluate the impact of digital communication technologies on populist rhetoric and political mobilization. They are also equipped to conduct comparative analyses of right-wing populist phenomena across different national contexts and critically assess the consequences of right-wing populism on democratic institutions, civil society, civic norms, and environmental discourse.

This introductory course covers theories and research findings in the area of intercultural communication, providing a basic understanding of intercultural communication theories and their relevant issues in global society.  

Topics include Cultural identity and categorization, High vs low-context communication, Verbal codes and intercultural communication, nonverbal codes, Communication accommodation, Intercultural conflict and negotiation, Acculturation and adaptation, Intercultural competence and development, Intercultural relationships and dialog, Group dynamics, Ethics and power in intercultural work, Digital media and global dialog.  

Students can take this course without a prerequisite, but preferably students have taken an Intro to Media course before or while taking this course.  

This course introduces and investigates two interdisciplinary approaches that connect the arts and sciences. In the first part, we explore how scientific knowledge deepens our understanding and interpretation of the arts. Beginning with the formation of artistic conventions, we examine the fundamental cognitive mechanisms that shape perception and aesthetic appreciation. The second part of the course explores how the arts can serve as a lens for interpreting scientific concepts. By engaging with contemporary arts inspired by biotechnology, robotics, artificial intelligence, etc., students explore how the arts critique and complement scientific endeavors. The course provides students with a solid foundation for conducting further research at the intersection of arts and sciences, fostering a deeper engagement with interdisciplinary studies.

Topics include vision and its relation to artistic conventions, key factors about light and color, various artistic techniques (perspective, shading, etc.), perceiving motion in artwork, emotional responses to art, empirical methods and approaches in science, neuroscientific approaches, art through changes in science and technology, robotics and digital media in art, AI-generated art, and more. 

This course covers modern spectroscopic techniques used for structure elucidation of organic compounds and spectral data analysis techniques. 

Lectures on natural products biosynthesis and structure determination will be given at the end of the course.  

This course is specifically designed for students who will be practicing the structure determination of organic molecules for their research project. 

Topics include Basic Principles of NMR I, Basic Principles of NMR II; NMR Chemical Shift, Proton NMR (Mosher Ester Analysis + CASA reagent); Coupling Constants, Murata J-Based Method; Nonclassical Coupling + NMR Calculations, 2D NMR I (COSY, HSQC, HMBC); 2D NMR II (Other NMR Techniques), 2D NMR Peak Assignment Practice; 2D NMR Unknown Determination; Mass Spec Ionization; Mass Spec Application + Analyzer, Mass Spec Fragmentation analysis I; Mass Spec Fragment Analysis II, IR Group Frequency; Practical X-ray microED (Video Lecture), Biosynthesis I Introduction; Biosynthesis II NRPS, Biosynthesis III PKS; Biosynthesis IV Terpenes + Alkaloids, Biosynthesis V Review. 

This course examines authoritarian politics from a global comparative perspective. It explores what autocracy involves, how autocrats come to and lose office, and how they attempt to hold on to power. This involves studying both blunt and sophisticated tactics ranging from indiscriminate physical repression to digital surveillance, as autocrats seek to mitigate threats to their position from foreign powers, elites within their regimes, and their own people. 

This course is part of the Laurea Magistrale degree program and is intended for advanced level students. Enrollment is by permission of the instructor. The main purpose of the course is to provide students with a thorough knowledge of the core concepts of tort law in the automotive industry issues not only from a national perspective but also from the perspective of the harmonization of European Union Law and the US legal system. The course provides the student with a general knowledge of basic principles and concepts of European Union and US tort law and consumer protection law focused on the automotive industry issues. It also focuses on corporate social responsibility and environmental and technological innovation issues that the automotive industry faces. Using the method of the economic analysis of law, the current EU and US legal systems are evaluated in the light of a pragmatic proposal to check that the basic liability law can still function properly in the light of rapid changes to some of the products that it covers. The attention focuses on the new issues arising from highly automated vehicles and the role of the precautionary principle governing the EU consumer protection law, and the risks development doctrine which can be seen as a limit to the manufacturer liability. The automotive litigation prospective also leads to focus the attention on class action and punitive damages which play a crucial role in the American legal system and are not still implemented in EU legal system. At the end of the course the student is expected to become familiar with the legal notions of producer, consumer, tort law, damage, product liability law, and product safety law governing the automotive industry, in order to observe the problem of the automotive litigation in a globalized prospective. 

The course is divided into five parts: Introduction to private law; Product safety and product liability in the EU legal system; Product safety and product liability in the US legal system; Automotive and private law; Highly automated vehicles, connected vehicles and autonomous driving cars

This course gives students the tools to analyze, research and respond to real world issues such as globalization, crime, social justice, community breakdown, and racial, sexual and indigenous inequality.

The course deals with time discrete signals and systems. Items such as the Fourier Transform, the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) and the z-transformed are treated in the course as well as some basic structures for implementation of digital filters. Also, system function and frequency functions are introduced as well as digital filters. Digital processing of analogue signals using A/D and D/A conversion is studied. In the laboratory work, practical applications of digital signal processing such as speech signals processing and biomedical signals processing are treated. Also, the course includes basic filter design using Matlab and digital signal processors (DSP).