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This course explores the creative and industrial process in developing a script for a television fiction. It discusses the different tools available for a television writer. Topics include: concept development; characters and the characterization process; development of plot lines; dialogues; the pitch.

The course provides a comprehensive examination of the processes of European integration and offers a critical analysis of EU policies in their broader historical, political, and economic contexts. This  analysis is undertaken considering the peculiar and often problematic relationship between Britain and European integration, which culminated in the country’s decision in June 2016 to leave the EU altogether. Given this momentous referendum result, which will shape the UK for decades to come, the course analyzes in explicit terms the costs and benefits of ‘Brexit’. The course is divided into four parts: Part I gives an insight into the main historical currents and key institutional mechanisms. Part II analyses the main policies, which continue to shape the integration processes of the EU including the Single Market (SEM), Cohesion, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), as well as Economic and Monetary Union (i.e. the Euro). In Part III the course focuses on the EU’s external policies which influence non-EU countries, as well as future member states, ranging from External Trade to enlargement and the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). The fourth part summarizes the effects of EU integration on the UK and discusses to what extent Brexit (the UK’s decision to leave the European Union) will be beneficial or detrimental to the country’s future.

This course offers a study on competition regulation and policy. Topics include: the need for regulation and regulatory instruments; regulation in the presence of complete information--regulation of a natural monopoly; regulation in the presence of asymmetric information; legal framework-- conduct control, structure control, and state aid; theoretical models-- incentives for horizontal mergers, equilibrium condition to sustain collusion, incentives for vertical integration, and predation; analysis of real competition cases in Spain and Europe.

This course provides a study of the nature, form, and scope of international business including key concepts and theories. It examines management strategies concerning production, marketing, human resource, and finance in an international context. Other topics include foreign environment and major international business activities, such as exporting, direct investment, licensing, and other contractual arrangements. The course involves hands-on practice with a number of critical skills such as case analysis, class experiential exercises, optional field trip to China, and professional business and dining etiquette workshop.