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This class deals with various global historical issues ranging from politics to culture, sometimes using basic IR (International Relations) theories. The course covers such current issues as US foreign policy, Middle Eastern questions, Russian invasion of Ukraine, conflicts in Africa, re-surging nationalism and gender and minority questions from global historical perspectives.

This course applies the concepts and analytical tools of game theory and information economics to cover election patterns, the influence of interest groups, the inconsistency of monetary policy, fiscal policy including taxation and government spending, the expansion and socialization of the social security system, income distribution policy and economic growth, and the impact of the electoral system on economic policy and system. (Prerequisite: Microeconomics) 

Because of the development of music-related AI area and multidisciplinary trends in science and music, the skills of digital music and audio synthesis are gradually needed by industries. The knowledge of digital music involves three areas: music, electrical engineering, and computer science. This course teaches how to program and design digital music, utilizing related programming languages, including chucK (for sound synthesis), Python (for edit and analyzing MIDI data), and Scratch (for auditory-visual interactive projects). 

Course Prerequisite: "Learning Programming for Music" or any other related text-based programming courses. 

The course covers the history of media in the period 1600 – 1850. Major emphasis is placed on the media system concept and material aspects of early modern print. The course focuses on the breadth in early modern media systems and the interplay between different media such such as rumours, sermons, newspapers and pamphlets. Other themes that are examined are censorship and the emergence of a mediated public sphere. 

This lecture-based course addresses some of the major themes which have characterized Irish history since 1750 – the rise of nationalism and campaigns for Home Rule and independence; the establishment of the new state; Irish engagement with Britain, Europe and the world; religious and ethnic divisions within Ireland; impact of gender and age on life experiences; socio-economic events and developments like the famine in the 19th century and economic planning in the twentieth. The particular range of themes to be addressed may change from year to year and will be announced by the Department at the start of the year.

Biology, the science of life, studies organisms as the basic units of life. How they evolved, how they are built up, how they act, how they communicate with each other, how they are related to the non-living environment, and how they reproduce. The course starts with biomolecules and reactions that enable life, followed by tasks about organelles, cells, DNA, and the protein machinery that results in the diversity of cells. The course continues with cell growth and differentiation, metabolism, and reproduction. The end of the course goes into organ systems and evolutionary mechanisms that ultimately provide the biodiversity on planet Earth.

This course covers review topics restricted to life sciences. Enrolled students conduct research project or literature review exercise on a mutually agreed topic under the supervision of a faculty member. Approval of the course instructor is needed for students to enroll in this course. Graded P or F.

This course provides general knowledge in radio frequency applications, especially those which are common in radio communications. The fundamentals are introduced without penetrating the electronics or design details. The different parts are treated as functional blocks defined by their physical properties. This gives a basic understanding of the radio receiver or the cellular phone but also the requirements put on the used circuits. Thus, this is a compulsory course for those who later want to specialize as radio frequency designers.

This course is designed to give an in-depth knowledge of structure and function of neurons, neuronal communication and muscle. Major topics include a) The detailed structure of neurones and muscle cells, b) The biophysical membrane properties of these cells, c) Ion fluxes and permeabilities, d) Synaptic transmission, e) Excitation/contraction coupling and cell signalling. Parallel computer simulated assignments complement the lecture material in addition to an assignment on muscle function and EMG measurements.

This course is an introduction to the fundamentals of Western music theory with an emphasis on reading and writing musical notation, ear training, and analytical listening. It helps develops an understanding of how texture, harmony, rhythm, dynamics, melodic development, and other parameters interact to create music. Examples used in the class are drawn mostly, but not exclusively, from classical repertoire. Although prior musical training is helpful, there are no prerequisites for the course.