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In this introductory course, students examine key concepts and approaches that are relevant to the study of film. The course develops the skills needed for film analysis by looking at aspects of film form such as mise-en-scene, editing, cinematography, narrative, and sound. Students also examine particular aspects of Film Studies such as genre, authorship, stardom, acting, fandom, and film industries. This course introduces students to notions of popular and art cinemas as well as documentary through a range of important cinematic texts from around the world.

This course analyzes the major societal transformations triggered by globalization through transportation and telecommunications revolutions. It examines the effects that changing scales of economic and political activity and organization have had on the experiences and opportunities of both corporate and individual actors. The course provides an overview of the social transformations captured by the globalization concepts of networks and re-scaling, their impact on the citizens' experiences, patterns of consumption and identity, and, consequently, on the reception that these changes have among the population. 

Lectures in this course cover a range of practical policy analysis within the area of the criminal justice system. Students start by exploring the policy process within Ireland, and how different factors and narratives can shape and change policy, extended by how policy is analyzed and reviewed. 

For Fall/Autumn 2023, students in this course will participate in the Virtual Business Professional Project (https://www.marshall.usc.edu/departments/business-communication/vbp-project) which will be coordinated by the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (USC). Students will be assigned to a team and will collaborate with students from other universities on a project about major global companies. 

From the VBP Project website: 
The VBP Project is a global student collaboration project created and managed by business communication faculty at the Marshall School of Business at USC. The goal of the VBP Project is to help students develop skills necessary to succeed in a fast-paced global business environment that is increasingly relying on social platforms and virtual collaboration for their internal and external communication.  Every semester, 500 to 700 students participate in VBP. These students collectively represent over 50 countries around the world and study at 17 universities in 10 different countries.
 

The course covers elementary programming concepts (arithmetic expressions, for-loops, logical expressions, if-statements, functions and classes) that are closely connected to mathematical/technical problems and examples, as well as mathematical manipulations (setting up matrices, solving linear problems, solving differential equations, finding roots). 

This course provides students with an opportunity to learn how to systematically compare public policies. It pays attention to the reasons behind the similarities and differences in public policies in different countries. The course consists of three parts. The first part of the course introduces and discusses concepts, theories, and methods in comparative public policy. The second part covers real-case comparisons for problem-solving. Key public policy issues are examined in comparative perspectives. Finally, while examining cross-national policy learning and policy transfers, the course discusses the importance of comparative public policy in policy-making and formulation. The key purpose of the course is to strengthen students' capacity to compare public policies, devise policy alternatives, and enhance their ability to make good public policies. In this course, we will specifically focus on the Triple Transition—digital, climate, and demographic—and discuss how to design relevant and impactful policies during this era of great transformation through comparative analysis.

This course introduces the basic structure of the American legal system and various topics of substantive law.