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This course explores how to design matching markets, based on the contents taught in Intermediate Microeconomics 1A. Students are expected to know the differentiation of functions of one variable.  

Prerequisite: Intermediate Microeconomics 1A. 

This course introduces the modelling and analysis of time series data. A computer package is used to analyze real data sets. Topics include stationary time series, ARIMA models, estimation and forecasting with ARIMA models. The statistical software R is used to implement these methods on real-world data sets. The course requires students to take prerequisites.

The course provides an opportunity to complete an applied business project that demonstrates an understanding of key concepts, tools, and trends in strategy, while drawing on knowledge from individual majors. It emphasizes critical and creative thinking to evaluate academic and market sources and to propose solutions to real-world business problems. The course also develops professional skills through practice in delivering presentations and writing business-quality reports.

Through a close reading and analysis of several representative Platonic dialogues, this course introduces the philosophy of Plato and Socrates and prepares students for Aristotle’s philosophy and Greek Thinkers. The course also include materials on earlier Philosophy forming the background to Socrates and Plato.

The course examines microbes in human disease and the contribution of microbiomes to our health. It also covers the role of microbes in food preparation or spoilage, and the detection and control of food-borne pathogens.

This course examines the psychological approach to personality. It covers how is personality defined and measured via a comparison of selected theories in personality (e.g. Erikson, Freud, Rogers), as well as the relationship between the social environment and personality formation.

This course explores cultural, economic, political, intellectual and religious movements in continental Europe from an urban perspective. Students examine patterns and ideas which have shaped the European cultural and historical inheritance that remain relevant today. Course topics include the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Church, the Monarchies, and Europe in the 1700s. 

This foundation level course introduces the history, genres, aesthetics, practice and relevance of live and performance art along with interaction strategies that facilitate engagement with audiences or augment the performer’s capabilities. This course discusses how art can influence society, the art world and politics through enactments and cross-media interventions in public spaces. Students develop critical and artistic skills to frame live and performance art as a reference for their own practice and gain exposure to technical skills, including interactive media technologies, spatial and site-specific awareness and engineering interactivity through the lens of live and performance art methods. Students apply their knowledge in the creation, development, presentation and documentation of an original interactive or participative performance work. For this project, efficient use of technical resources leads to a deeper understanding of media authoring approaches found in electronic and interactive technologies. This learning forms a foundation for further studies in interactive media, interaction design, exhibit design and product design.

The course offers a detailed study of one or more media genres, such as film noir, science fiction, horror, or the musical. It introduces theories of genre and methods of genre analysis. 

This course conveys insight into the cognitive mechanisms and representations underpinning human meaning-making. The course presents an overview of the cognitive processes and mechanisms involved in human meaning-making, including conceptual metaphor theory, image schemas, framing, and blending. The theories employed stem from cognitive science, cognitive psychology, cognitive linguistics, and semiotics. The course also provides insight into the relationship between meaning-making and perception, as well as sensory-motor experience. Additionally, it seeks to give students a general understanding of what meaning is, regardless of whether it is expressed in language, images, or speech, or manifests itself through perception. Finally, this course provides the general theoretical tools required to analyze specific cognitive and cultural phenomena. The course is adapted to accommodate the diverse backgrounds of the students.