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In this internship, students work closely with their host organization for up to 12 hours per week over the course of a semester. Final assessment is comprised of a mentor evaluation, a self-evaluation/reflection, and an organizational report.

Python has rapidly become the standard in scientific computing. It is however much more than that, receiving much excitement about the application of Python to finance, medicine, mobile technology, online gaming, film industry. Its appeal continues to grow in both academia and industry. Much of the advances of medical technology has been due to Python. This is a an intensive Python programming course with numerous medical and health-based applications. Due to the transferability of these skills, students also study examples from investment banking and quantitative finance. The course assumes no prior knowledge of the Python programming language. However, an interest in biomedicine/health is essential.

One often encounters situations in which two agents are involved in a mutual agreement. Invariably, one economic agent has more information about a characteristic that is relevant to the agreement, than the other. In this course, students study how agents deal with this information asymmetry by designing incentives and embedding them in contracts. Students also study the effects of information asymmetry on the prevailing market equilibrium. Applications of the theory include insurance, labor economics, industrial economics, and environmental economics.

This practical and theoretical course explores debates about the value of creative arts in engaging with aspects of Scottish history. Focusing on recent theoretical perspectives on 'multiple relations with the past', the course involve students making creative outputs on an aspect of Scottish history (either individually or in groups) and reflecting on their own practice. The course is co-taught by staff from the School of Culture and Creative Arts and the School of Humanities, thereby seeking to develop new ways of learning and teaching through an interdisciplinary approach.

This course offers a study of international marketing. Topics include: global cultural environment; global market opportunities in different regions of the world; global marketing strategies.