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Shakespeare’s plays remain fundamental to an understanding of a vast array of masterpieces of world literature. In this course we will read closely two plays from Shakespeare Hamlet (1600-1) and King Lear (1604-5). Our reading will be structured around a set of main themes.  We will also examine other materials that help our understaning of these plays.

This course increases understanding and analyzes of the impact of development practices, particularly as they have affected women and men in different contexts. The course offers an introduction to debates around the gendered impact of different economic and political development trajectories, and policies, such as industrialization, agricultural transformations, democratization, and contemporary structural adjustment programs. Case studies drawn from different regions and contexts are used to illustrate the theoretical debates, including those distinguishing “women in development” approaches from “gender and development” approaches. DP requirements: Completion of all semester coursework by deadlines as specified on the course curriculum. Assessment: Continuous assessment (essays, projects, tests, etc.) counts 100%.

The course presents fundamental environmental and geographical concepts from the fields of human and physical geography and explores the interconnections, flows, and boundaries across these systems. How these systems have played out in the past, how they are changing, and what the future may hold, is critical to a full appreciation of current and future environmental challenges. This course brings together an understanding of both the biophysical geographic settings and processes that inform all facets of our landscapes, and the social engagement with their components, which present both opportunity and limitation to human development. DP requirements: Attendance of all, and satisfactory completion of all tutorial and practical assignments; students must attain an average mark of not less than 40% for the coursework component. Assessment: Essays, assignments and tutorial work count 60%; one 2-hour theory examination written in November counts 40% (subminimum of 40% required).

This course focuses on innovation policy. In a first step, various economic justifications for government involvement in innovation activities are presented with a focus on market and system failure aspects. In a second step, the development of innovation policy initiatives at national, European and international level is presented and analyzed. The course provides a general understanding of government´'s innovation policy as well as knowledge about specific innovation policy programs. Students learn to understand developments in innovation policy and to discuss them critically. Students are taught the general analytical abilities for public policy management (instrument design, implementation and evaluation). The contextual understanding of innovation policy also makes it possible to incorporate government regulation in business considerations. Topics include definitions, types of innovation policy measures, economic legitimation of research and technology policy, market failures, system failures, the market for knowledge, limits of economic analysis and alternative approaches, selected topics of innovation policy, supply-side innovation policy, R&D financing, diffusion and technology transfer, networks and clusters, entrepreneurship, education, demand-oriented innovation policy, public procurement, regulation and innovation.

Working in cross-cultural teams, the class collaborates on a project centered on Japanese comedy. This experience fosters essential global competencies for an international society while deepening appreciation for Japanese comedic culture.

This course builds upon the concepts studied in the course, Introduction to Economics A. It introduces business strategies and covers cost calculations, market structures, firms' decision making, supply chains, and other topics.

Required course prerequisite: Introduction to Economics A.

This course examines strategic public relations, including the use of effective communication to build mutual understanding and positive relationships between organizations (or individuals) and their publics. Core topics include: media relations, issues management, crisis communication, communication plans, public relations strategies and ethical practice.

This course examines the world of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander literature, film, music, and art. Through an exploration of iconic works by Indigenous creatives, students will develop a critical understanding of how these mediums express and reflect lived experiences. 

This course is an introduction to concepts central to understanding market economies, including allocation of scarce resources, consumer and business reactions to changing market conditions, and the application of economic principles to personal and business decision-making.

This course is conducted as an interdisciplinary seminar, with student-led discussions on major works in the emerging field of Existential Risk Studies. Students survey the literature in roughly chronological order, discuss several works of dystopian fiction and film, and delve into the political and ethical debates surrounding the threat of human extinction. Topics include contemporary debates in philosophical ethics, science, asteroids, and politics, concerned primarily with anthropogenic threats such as nuclear disaster, climate change, and misaligned Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).