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CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY
Country
New Zealand
Host Institution
University of Auckland
Program(s)
University of Auckland
UCEAP Course Level
Lower Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Classics
UCEAP Course Number
10
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CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY
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CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
This course presents the myths of ancient Greece and Rome: about gods, heroes, heroines, and monsters. Topics include Greek and Roman myths in their social and historical context, identifying the important cultural and religious roles that myths served in Greco-Roman history; the ‘afterlife’ of Greek and Roman myths in later culture; Greco-Roman mythology from a local perspective, considering similarities and differences with the traditional stories and figures of Aotearoa New Zealand, such as Ranginui and Papatuanuku, Hineahuone, and Maui. The course also focuses on how myths were transmitted. The Greeks and Romans first shared their myths in oral form for hundreds of years, before starting to write down their stories and make art depicting them. Readings include the myths written up in different styles/genres; epics, religious hymns, a tragedy, and a history, to see how different genres shaped the presentation of myths; some artworks that portray myths, and consider what function these artistic representations had for the Greeks or Romans.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
CLASSICS 110
Host Institution Course Title
CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY
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Classical Studies
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SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Country
Ghana
Host Institution
University of Ghana, Legon
Program(s)
Explore Ghana,University of Ghana
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Sociology
UCEAP Course Number
156
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SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
UCEAP Transcript Title
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.00
UCEAP Semester Units
2.70
Course Description
This course examines areas in the field of social psychology including definitional issues; strategies of inquiry: problems with social psychological research; social learning: the humanizing process; social perception: impression formation, social attribution; social motivation; the achievement motive and its practical implications; social cognition: cognitive consistency theories; interpersonal attraction; social attitudes: attitude measurement: attitude formation and attitude change; communication: persuasive communication; dissonance: concept, nature, effects; prejudice: its causes, consequences and cure or prevention; aggression: frustration aggression; and hypothesis: modeling of aggressive behavior and prosocial behavior.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
SOCI303
Host Institution Course Title
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
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Sociology
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A MAD WORLD MY MASTERS: PERFORMING CULTURE IN JACOBEAN LONDON
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
King's College London
Program(s)
King's College London
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
English
Dramatic Arts
UCEAP Course Number
132
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UCEAP Official Title
A MAD WORLD MY MASTERS: PERFORMING CULTURE IN JACOBEAN LONDON
UCEAP Transcript Title
PERF JACOBEAN LONDN
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
This course examines plays written and performed in the reign of James I (1603-1625). Students look at a selection of vibrant Jacobean plays in their textual, theatrical, and cultural contexts, focusing on cultural issues from revenge to gender, from colonialism to sexuality, from witchcraft to the urban, and from Protestantism to the representation of Islam. Students examine how culture was performed in Jacobean England – that is, the ways in which Jacobean culture was both represented and created on the stage. The focus of the course is on the dramatic response to, and construction of, an urban, patriarchal society of achievement and unease, configuring Jacobean dramatic culture as a dialogue between opportunity and oppression, empowerment and enclosure, and discovery and displacement.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
5AAEB042
Host Institution Course Title
A MAD WORLD MY MASTERS: PERFORMING CULTURE IN JACOBEAN LONDON
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King's College London
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English
Course Last Reviewed
2019-2020
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MEDIA AND POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
Country
Italy
Host Institution
University of Commerce Luigi Bocconi
Program(s)
Bocconi University
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Political Science
Communication
UCEAP Course Number
105
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MEDIA AND POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
UCEAP Transcript Title
MEDIA&POLITICL COMM
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
This course illustrates, from a theoretical and an empirical perspective, the role played by the mass media and political communication within contemporary political regimes, with a specific focus on developed democracies. Topics such as the persuasive effects of the media and of electoral campaigns are covered according to a multidisciplinary approach, which blends methods from economics, political science, and communication studies. Special attention is devoted to interest groups as active players in the political communication fields, and to social networks as an increasingly relevant media channel. Prerequisites: Comparative Politics, Quantitative Methods for Social Sciences, Introduction to Economics.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
30345
Host Institution Course Title
MEDIA AND POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
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University of Commerce Luigi Bocconi
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Policy Analysis and Public Management
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CRYPTOCURRENCIES AND BLOCKCHAIN: NEW CHALLENGES FOR BANKS AND CENTRAL BANKS
Country
France
Host Institution
Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po)
Program(s)
Sciences Po Paris
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Economics
UCEAP Course Number
111
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CRYPTOCURRENCIES AND BLOCKCHAIN: NEW CHALLENGES FOR BANKS AND CENTRAL BANKS
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CRYPTO & BLOCKCHAIN
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description
This course provides an understanding of the recent developments in cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology and their consequences on the banking sector and central banks. Cryptocurrencies and Fintech questions the banking system in its essential intermediary role but also central banks as provider of legal tender currency. Cryptocurrencies like BTC built on blockchains, work on a decentralized scheme disrupting our hierarchical system. This is a serious challenge for Central Banks and regulators since the banking and financial system greatly influences the state of the economy. Cryptocurrencies - the Bitcoin in particular - were born as a way to develop an alternative to the existing system judged corrupted and biased by human action. Cryptocurrencies are more than just the design of a new monetary system, it offers an alternative design for the organization of the society based on decentralization and trust. The course investigates the consequences of their further adoption on banks and central banking together with the response of Central Banks and regulators. After a review of our traditional banking and financial system, the course introduces cryptocurrencies starting with Bitcoin, the Ethereum, stablecoins and CBDCs. The last part of the course is dedicated to the emergence of different regulatory frameworks at the international level, in particular MICA and Genius Act.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
DECO 25A13
Host Institution Course Title
CRYPTOCURRENCIES AND BLOCKCHAIN: NEW CHALLENGES FOR BANKS AND CENTRAL BANKS
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Seminar
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Economics
Course Last Reviewed
2025-2026
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RISE OF THE NOVEL
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
King's College London
Program(s)
King's College London
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
English
UCEAP Course Number
161
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
RISE OF THE NOVEL
UCEAP Transcript Title
RISE OF THE NOVEL
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
The novel has always been a source of critical debate and even social anxiety. This course examines a range of significant fiction from early in the 18th century to the early 19th century. Themes for discussion might include the origins of the novel; the relationship of the novel to other genres (newspapers, letters, political pamphlets, graphic satire); the central role of women authors in shaping the novel; the moral and religious aspects of the genre; the relationship of the novel to contemporary theories of personality, sympathy, affection and identity. Students read a range of important novels from the period and are encouraged to explore the wide range of secondary literature on the novel.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
5AAEB020
Host Institution Course Title
RISE OF THE NOVEL
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King's College London
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English
Course Last Reviewed
2024-2025
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GEOGRAPHIES OF RACE
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
London School of Economics
Program(s)
London School of Economics
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Sociology
Geography
UCEAP Course Number
150
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UCEAP Official Title
GEOGRAPHIES OF RACE
UCEAP Transcript Title
GEOGRAPHIES OF RACE
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
This course analyzes the intimate relationship between race and geography in the modern world. Through a range of historical and contemporary cases, it examines how interconnected forms of racial and spatial difference are produced, reproduced, and transformed. Focusing on the material and cultural formation of racialized geographies, students learn to recognize how racially inflected discourses and practices shape the production of space and how geographical location matters to racial classification, identification, and discrimination. The course is organized around a series of archetypal spaces: the body, the nation, the colony, the city, the home, the prison, the plantation, the border, the school, or the street. In each case, students examine the confluence of race and space within broader themes, such as colonialism, capitalism, urbanization, globalization, environmentalism, migration, and incarceration. Since race often intersects with other forms of difference, students also learn to interrogate the influence of gender, class, religion, and sexuality on the production of space. Texts from human geography, critical race theory, colonial and postcolonial studies, history, sociology, and anthropology in addition to other media, such as film, literature, journalism, and photography, provide students with conceptual resources and methodological tools. Ultimately, the objective is to advance a comparative, critical analysis of the relationship between geography and race, past and present, and to explore the conditions of future possibility for the linked political projects of anti-racism and spatial justice.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
GY315
Host Institution Course Title
GEOGRAPHIES OF RACE
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London School of Economics
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Geography
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MOBILE COMPUTING
Country
Denmark
Host Institution
University of Copenhagen
Program(s)
University of Copenhagen
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Computer Science
UCEAP Course Number
109
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UCEAP Official Title
MOBILE COMPUTING
UCEAP Transcript Title
MOBILE COMPUTING
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
This course provides an overview of mobile, ubiquitous, and wearable computing interfaces; including commercial devices such as mobile phones, smart watches, augmented reality glasses, smart speakers, and other home devices; as well as research interfaces such as public displays, smart jewelry, or body-based user interfaces. The course sheds light on two fundamental aspects of mobile computing: the technological foundations of mobile computing interfaces and the user interface requirements for such novel computing interfaces. It contains advanced material on both technological foundations and interaction styles on mobile interfaces.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
NDAK16004U
Host Institution Course Title
MOBILE COMPUTING (MC)
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Faculty of Science
Host Institution Degree
Master
Host Institution Department
Department of Computer Science
Course Last Reviewed
2021-2022
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EASTERN AND WESTERN LITERATURE
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
Chinese University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
English
Comparative Literature
UCEAP Course Number
128
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UCEAP Official Title
EASTERN AND WESTERN LITERATURE
UCEAP Transcript Title
EAST & WEST LIT
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description
This course serves as a cross-cultural and intercultural introduction to the advanced study of literature from comparative perspectives. The concepts of comparative literature and world literature and even post-world literature are investigated along with the various cultural and literary issues we come across in the study of literature. We examine such areas of interest as influence, reception, genres, and style as well as focusing on themes and of course historical and political context. The course covers recent cultural and literary theories and also classic texts in literary and cultural criticism. The course also examines recent Asian humanities texts in seeking to set up an intercultural perspective on important world texts.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
ENGE3140
Host Institution Course Title
TOPICS IN EAST/WEST COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
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English
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SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODS
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
Chinese University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Sociology
UCEAP Course Number
123
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODS
UCEAP Transcript Title
SOC RESEARCH METHOD
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description
This course is an introduction to the fundamental principles and procedures of empirical research in sociology. The course presents the theoretical and practical challenges involved in problem formulation, research design, data collection, and data analysis; examines some of the major types of both qualitative and quantitative social research methods (e.g., structured interviews, questionnaires, qualitative interviews, and ethnography) and the sampling, measurement and analysis issues involved with their use. Students conduct and report a basic qualitative interview project.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
SOCI2003
Host Institution Course Title
SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODS
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Sociology
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