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This course examines some of the fundamental issues in the philosophy of creativity. Topics may include the definition of "creativity"; the relation of creativity to imagination; the nature of the creative process; the relation of creativity to knowledge and skill; computational theories of creativity; Darwinian theories of creativity; the relation of creativity to tradition; whether creativity is a kind of virtue and its relation to moral and intellectual virtues; and, whether creativity differs fundamentally between the arts and the sciences.

Network science provides powerful tools for modeling and understanding complex systems, and offers data-driven approaches to uncovering their underlying structures and dynamics. This course introduces students to fundamental statistical methods with a particular focus on their application within network science. It provides a comprehensive foundation in the principles and techniques essential for network modeling, analysis, and statistical inference in complex networks.

The course introduces students to selected areas of work psychology, including how organizations identify and select talent (personnel selection), individual differences, teamwork, motivation, leadership, stress in the workplace and career management. The course focuses on the application of psychological theory and research to help students from any discipline develop their future careers and to thrive in the modern world of work.

This course extends the discussion of molecules and cells presented earlier to the biology of a wide range of organisms and to the processes and mechanisms that affect their functions and activities. The course covers evolution, starting with key evolutionary concepts and the "Tree of Life".  In lectures and work groups, the differences and similarities between organisms and their genes and proteins and how these can be studied from an evolutionary perspective are covered.  The importance and diversity of microorganisms and the biological processes in which they function, e.g., nutrient cycling is explored. This section includes a hands-on microbiology laboratory session. The course then focuses on the higher eukaryotes, especially plants and animals. Here, the multicellularity, growth, development, and physiology of these organisms is discussed. In individual assignments, students explore the parallels and differences among important biological processes, such as development, chemical signals that direct growth and physiology, reproduction, immunity, electrical signaling, and neural regulation. Throughout the course, students work on a group project describing research on a biological process in a selected model organism, culminating in a plenary poster session during the course's final week.

This course provides an introduction to some of the main questions and ideas in development economics. It is designed as a less technical alternative to ECON 118 DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS. Broadly speaking, the course tries to answer two questions: why are some countries (and within countries, some people) poor, and what can be done about it? It covers conceptual frameworks and empirical evidence. It adopts a micro and a macro perspective and discusses the role of different actors, from households to firms to governments. The course covers a wide range of issues, from communicable diseases to gender inequality to environmental degradation.

This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of how financial technology is reshaping the landscape of wealth management. The course explores key innovations, including robo-advisors, algorithmic trading, artificial intelligence, big data analytics, and the Internet of Things (IoT), and their applications in personal and corporate investing. 

What is the nature of news? What is the future of democracy? After we survey the literature on media and democracy, the class introduces journalism and communication theories and methodologies developed mainly in the United States and Europe. We apply those theories to explain the relationship between media, democracy, and political development in the era of great transformation through the 4th industrial revolution. The course theoretically and experientially addresses the roles played by the media, old media, and new media during Korea's industrialization and democratization process. The course also discusses gatekeeping and media effects on politics.  

Prerequisite: Any Writing Course, Including Journalism Introduction and Science News Writing 

By adopting an interdisciplinary approach (African studies, history, political sciences, anthropology), this course explores globalization from the vantage point of the Global South, taking Africa in particular as an entry point. It looks at the history and contemporary configurations of the relations between African, Asian and Latin American countries through a holistic approach that keeps the political and economic dimensions of these phenomena connected to their wider social and cultural contexts, the analysis of macro-phenomena tied to individual experiences. To do so, the course is divided into six teaching modules: history; politics and international relations; goods and infrastructures; people; religions; media and popular culture. Each module combines the discussion of larger, transversal trends with the analysis of specific case studies that, through their specificities, help understand global phenomena in their locally grounded dimensions. The course thus offers an alternative understanding of globalization process that permit to reconceptualize the European experience within a larger universe of ex-centric and multipolar interconnections that characterize contemporary politics and culture.

The course introduces students to the analysis of spoken discourse, drawing on conversation analysis, Goffman's micro-sociology, and linguistic ethnography. Students learn how these perspectives help us to understand different aspects of talk-in-interaction, see where they overlap, and put them to use in the analysis of empirical data.     

This course takes a thematic approach to the literary representation of medical professionalism, disease and illness (physical and mental), across a range of literary texts dating from the 18th century through to the present, including poetry, prose fiction, and memoir. No prior medical knowledge is required, but students are encouraged to give attention to specific cultural contexts and historically shifting medical paradigms.