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The course discusses topics including space and cognition; geographical space; measurements of spatial knowledge; spatial knowledge acquired from maps; spatial knowledge acquired by navigation; the main neuro-cognitive structures involved in cognitive maps formation, landmark recognition, allocentric, and egocentric knowledge and switching between them; clinical conditions associated with spatial orientation and knowledge; weakness and challenges in spatial knowledge and representations; space and language; individual visuospatial differences in processing and representing spatial information; the relationship between individual visuospatial differences and environment learning using different modalities (maps, navigation and descriptions) with different methodologies; and spatial representations in motor activities and sport. The course requires prerequisite knowledge of introductory aspects of psychology (as perception, language, memory and learning), models of cognitive psychology, and individual differences.

This course examines the study of language meaning and looks at meaning of natural languages through a scientific lens.

This course introduces population issues, concepts, theories and typical methods by encompassing the fields of demography, sociology, and economics. It provides an overview of various aspects of demographic dynamics in fertility, migration, aging, education, family and household structure, health and mortality. This course also examines the relationship between population and development, and their potential consequences from sociological, economic and geographical perspectives.

This course introduces students to a number of major similarities and differences between English, Germanic languages, Romance languages, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, Japanese and other languages of interest. Emphasis is on the basic grammatical characteristics of these languages, the general principles that determine their common characteristics, and the parameters that give rise to linguistic variations. The course explores the common properties and systematic syntactic variation of human languages under the Principles & Parameters model (P&P) of the generative syntax.

This course starts with basic concepts in investments including time value of money, bonds, duration, and equities. Then we study the risks and the returns that are applied to Markowitz’ modern portfolio theory and the capital asset pricing model. The derivative securities such as forwards and options are introduced. Topics include Bond Price and Yields, Yield to Maturity, Duration, Equity Valuation, Markowitz’ Portfolio Theory, and Forwards and Options.

Ghana Society and Culture II is a follow-up to Ghana Society and Culture and builds upon the skills acquired in the first semester. This course is purely a Research class with three-week intensive field work in subject areas such as History, Political Science, Sociology, Geography, Public Health, Gender and Development and others. The course has 15 hours of lectures/seminar and over 80 hours of field interactions. 

This course consists of lectures on the overall system and practice using Siemens NX and ProEngineer, which are commercial programs. 2D drawing is practiced with AutoCAD, and 3D shape modeling is practiced using UGS NX and ProEngineer.

This course is designed for international students to help them develop an understanding of a new cultural setting. It explores aspects of contemporary Britain (20-21st century) revealed in newspaper articles, films, songs, documentaries, and scholarly texts. In classes and through coursework, students analyze these texts, and they acquire and practice study strategies that enable effective independent learning in a UK higher education environment.