English

This course focuses on the main analytical approaches in comparative social science. It examines the main objectives of comparative sociology and the main dimensions of contemporary societies. The course is divided into three parts: a conceptual introduction, demography and migration, and core social divides.

This course introduces concepts of business information systems. It examines what is meant by an information system, its basic components and their interrelationships, and why and how such a system is being used in businesses to achieve operational excellence and strategic advantage. There are five major themes covered: organizational and managerial foundations of information systems; fundamental and emerging infrastructure related to information systems; different types of information systems and their use and value; developing, implementing, and managing information systems; an social and ethical issues of information systems. 

This course introduces students to the Greek and Latin literary tradition. It is for students without any background knowledge of ancient literature and offers a chronologically laid out, broad survey of periods, genres, and best known authors of Greek and Roman literature. Although the broad conceptual categories of “socio-cultural context” and generic expectations define the overall intellectual tone of this course, judiciously chosen extracts from the texts themselves (all in English translation) are strategically woven into lectures. Major thematic stops of this course include early Greek epic and lyric poetry; fifth-century Athenian drama; classical historiography; fourth century oratory; Plato and Aristotle; Hellenistic poetry; imperial Greek literature; the literature of early and late Republican Rome; highlights from Augustan literature; Stoicism and Epicureanism in Roman literature and thought; early imperial literature and historiography; the Roman satirical tradition; and the literature of the Late Empire.