English

This course examines human development from the preschool period through adolescence.

The course introduces digital media and its theory, history, aesthetics, function, and impact on society. After an introduction to different theoretical perspectives on media (e.g. medium theory and medialization theory), the course turns to topics such as media archaeology and -materiality, digital publics and political communication, media use and participatory culture, misinformation and surveillance. It analyzes social media (e.g. Facebook and Twitter), digital visual media (e.g. photography), and other forms of digital media.

This course offers an introduction to philosophy. Topics include: truth and error; reality, language, and concepts; the concept of self; freedom, mind, and body; good and evil; justice and politics; beauty, experience, and wisdom; death and ultimate questions.

This course provides a people-oriented global approach to sustainable environmental resource management and an introduction to essential contemporary issues related to global forests. Emphasis is placed on the relationships between people, environmental resource use, and conservation, with a particular focus on forests. Central topics include the ideas and views that guide forest use and conservation; how people rely on environmental resources and the relationships between forests and human health; how a price is placed on environmental products and their importance to local people is made visible; quantifying forest cover; deforestation and what can be done; the existence and effectiveness of national and global policies; and sustainable forest management. The course offers a combination of guided readings, in-class discussions and exercises, online discussions, and detailed feedback on two individual essays.