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This course develops skills and knowledge that help students to get more out of the experience of listening to Western art music. Surveying set works drawn from different periods, the course considers the roots, emergence and establishment of this repertoire and its associated practices. Students consider how musical compositions were historically shaped by cultural and material contexts, and develop analytical skills in using musical scores to describe musical organization, style, and genre. Students are not required to perform as part of this course, but some prior familiarity with western musical notation is necessary.

The purpose of this course is to introduce recent breakthroughs in the physical and biological sciences that are now being explored for biomedical applications. The topics come directly from the research expertise of the lecturers, all of whom are young principal investigators in the new research institutes at the UM: MERLN and M4I. The course covers a broad range of topics, including nanomaterials for regenerative medicine, supramolecular biomaterials, big data and computer learning, electron microscopy, imaging and diagnostic mass spectrometry, and structural biology of tuberculosis. Gain firsthand experience of scientific research taking place at the UM and have the opportunity to visit research laboratories as part of a demonstration of some of the topics discussed in the lectures. In addition to a final content-based oral exam, there are two papers for evaluation. For their midterm, students choose a recent discovery reported in the press and investigate the scientific claims and integrity of the reporting. In the final paper, the student acts as the reporter, and write an opinion piece on a topic of research in either MERLN or M4I; this report is informed by an interview with one of the lecturers. Prerequisites include at least one of: SCI2017 Organic Chemistry, SCI2037 Cell Biology, or SCI2038 Physics. Highly motivated students with a different background should speak to the course coordinators. 

The public sector is a crucial component of the business environment, as government decisions and activities impact the private sector and citizens’ daily lives. Public management has changed enormously in recent years due to reform initiatives in many countries. Furthermore, functions and activities that used to fall under the compass of the public sector are now performed by a variety of actors, including companies and NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations). In light of these changes, the primary purpose of this course is to introduce students to foundational concepts and current developments in the field of governance and public management. Throughout the course, students discuss and work on assignments that stimulate their understanding of the collective sphere, how we decide collectively, and how managerial techniques can be employed to deliver better public services. Students are also exposed to 'the public role of the private sector', i.e., a set of non-market strategies that are considered essential to succeed in the global competitive landscape. 

What are people asking for when they say they want freedom? The class begins by considering what it means to be free. Is a person free when they can act without being interfered with? Or does freedom require abundant options? Or independence from the will of others? Then the class turns to the social aspect inherent in the initial question. When people demand freedom, they usually don’t just want it for themselves; they want freedom for everyone. The second part of the course explores the conditions in a free society. Is a society free when it’s members can act as they choose, compatibly with everyone else doing likewise? Or must a society provide its members with more or different freedoms? A particular emphasis is placed on the sources of, problems with, and responses to unfreedom.

This third year course focuses on using economic principles and management science to tackle real world business decisions. Students apply the concepts and tools learned in previous courses covering statistics, microeconomics, spreadsheet modeling and quantitative methods, to put them into practice through real-world examples with a global perspective.

This course examines major systems of the brain from the perspective of clinical neuroscience and covers behavior, cognition, emotion and development. It looks at theoretical models of the aetiology and neural mechanisms of clinical pathologies (such as anxiety, depression, psychosis), as well as considers wellbeing and cognition, and the research evidence supporting them. Research methods in clinical and cognitive neuroscience, including experimental, analogue, genetic, imaging, longitudinal and epidemiological studies will be covered to outline the strengths and limitations of these techniques. 

The course is built on the recognition that the key challenges of the Anthropocene are complex, dynamic, and multifaceted and that understanding and tackling these challenges requires working across the boundaries of academic disciplines. Students experience teaching where multiple disciplinary lenses and different approaches come together in dialogue around specific themes (like carbon, energy, water, plastic, or sea level rise). Students examine the interactions between scientific knowledge and economic, political, social, and cultural processes involved in making and tackling of climate and nature crises. Students learn how taking action for more sustainable planetary futures requires scientific knowledge; collaboration; an openness to different perspectives; a commitment to social justice; and communication.

This course examines the fundamental concepts of probability and statistics required for data analysis. Topics include sampling; introduction to experimental design; review of simple probability; estimation; confidence intervals; hypothesis testing including types of errors and power; inferences about means and proportions based on single and independent samples; matched pairs designs; introduction to nonparametric methods; contingency tables; regression; and analysis of variance.

This course unlocks the secrets of modern electronics. It explores semiconductor materials, quantum mechanics, and carrier transport, as well as the principles behind p-n junctions, transistors, and the devices that power today's technology.    

This survey course covers an extensive review of the human body's structural framework and describes how it functions. The course introduces terms in anatomy and physiology; students get to know the body's anatomical structures and gain insight into how the structures and systems function in sickness and health.  

Topics include The human body: reading the map, Cells, Tissues and systems, Skeletal system, Muscular system, Integumentary system, Nervous system, Endocrine system, Cardiovascular system, Respiratory system, Lymphatic system, Immune system, Urinary system, Reproductive system.