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This is an upper division and graduate level course on experimental economics, focusing on behavioral game theory. The course covers an introduction to Experimental Economics, analyzing classic experiments in each field of behavioral game theory and describing how their results affirm or differ from economic theory and field data. The course provides opportunities to evaluate current research and practice experimental design by writing a research proposal. 

Course Prerequisite: Intermediate microeconomics or game theory. Graduate microeconomic theory and/or undergraduate analysis is valuable.
 

This course explores the meaning of gender both in different academic disciplines and in contemporary culture. It provides an introduction to the history of the concept of gender and examines how different understandings of gender shaped history; that is, how they formed our present understandings of past historical phenomena. The course traces how gender and sex shaped individuals and society and how both reflect gendered ideas. It looks at deeply connected issues to gender and sexuality, such as the body, the state, and the mundane life of the past; but also reflects on ideas of resistance, non-conformity, and intersectional issues. Particular emphasis is placed on visual practices and global connections.

This course covers moral philosophy, the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature, extent, and foundation of obligations, duties, virtues, practical reasons, and moral rights. Precise topics vary from year to year; representative topics include: Where do moral obligations come from, and what motivates people to follow them? How do we know what we morally ought to do? Do people have moral right; what about animals? What reasons do we have to help those in need? Do we have moral duties to ourselves; to our loved ones? Is the aim of providing a fully general, informative, moral theory achievable? Is there a universal human morality?

Language is often considered a “tool” of communication, but what kind of “tool” is it? What are some other ways of perceiving language? Do people with different mother tongues and cultures tend to think and behave differently? How do misunderstandings in intercultural communication happen? How can we develop a competence that will enable us to reach better understanding of ourselves as well as people from various cultures? These are some of the questions examined in this course. The course introduces some major topics concerning language, culture, and intercultural communication.

This course offers a study of American literature through a selection of short stories related to major American cultural themes. Students acquire analytical, reading, and argumentative tools for written and oral expression, and learn the methods of literary criticism. 

This course on the British 19th century focuses on London and beyond. London is the neuralgic center of 19th-century England, and a key subject of study for Anglicists - making it an ideal location for a multidisciplinary, civilizational, artistic, historical, and literary approach. Complementary insights highlight the specificity of the capital in the 19th century. But London is also an invitation to travel, both spatially (the foreigners who visit London, but also, conversely, the Empire/Commonwealth elsewhere, and the orientalism they generate) and temporally: today, London is a figure, it lends itself to all the "neo" crazes, and Victorian London seems resolutely modern.

This course introduces students to key geographical debates, theories, and concepts. Students gain a broad understanding of the interaction between human societies and the spaces in which they exist, looking at a range of economic, cultural, social, and political processes at a variety of scales. The course explores four key themes: environment; colonial afterlives; bodies, identities, and difference; and people and mobility. Through these themes students examine why geography matters to a series of contemporary debates and concerns, including globalization, climate change, social inequality, capitalism, and the future. A variety of local, national, and international case studies are used to examine these substantive issues and to consider issues of social justice, values, and ethics. 

This is a first course in real analysis and a concrete introduction to group theory and the mathematics of symmetry. Students study fundamental concepts of Analysis (completeness, epsilon-N, continuity, epsilon-delta) and Group Theory (groups, group actions, symmetries).

This course considers how scientists, journalists, and film makers communicate about climate change; what measures are used by activists, social media users, and "green influencers" to convey urgency and persuade others to engage; and how the challenges and solutions of the climate crisis can be visualized using stories, short videos, memes, news, infographics, and other media. It introduces people whose job it is to communicate about climate change and discuss issues such as trust, greenwashing, attention, engagement, mobilization, urgency, and apathy. The course is built on active participation: students collect and analyze a variety of climate change communication and team up with others to create a media product as part of their exam.

Through visits to ten of London’s most important institutions, this course examines the development of how institutions curate culture from Renaissance "cabinets of curiosities" to the modern "white cube" gallery space. The course equips students with the historical, theoretical, and practical knowledge necessary for studying culture through institutional collections. Students analyze the techniques and practices museums use to collect, organize, and display their objects; consider the messages these institutions send through their architecture, patronage, and methods of display; and they delve into some of the most important issues affecting cultural institutions today like decolonization, repatriation, and social impact. Aside from the introductory class, the course takes place off campus, with seminar groups visiting a different institution in each meeting.