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This course is an in-depth exploration of the mechanisms underlying inorganic and organometallic reactions, with a particular focus on understanding their fundamentals and applications. Students examine key aspects of organometallic chemistry, including bonding, reactivity, and catalytic cycles, while also delving into spectroscopic and non-spectroscopic techniques used to probe reaction mechanisms. Techniques such as NMR, IR, UV-Vis spectroscopy, and kinetic studies are emphasized to elucidate reaction pathways and intermediate characterization. The course also highlights cutting-edge trends in inorganic and organometallic chemistry, showcasing recent advancements in catalysis and chemical transformations. By the end of the semester, students will develop a strong foundation in mechanistic analysis and contemporary methodologies used in inorganic chemistry research. CH344 is recommended as a prerequisite course. All lectures will be in English.

This course approaches gastronomy as a source of history, social practices, and public diplomacy. This course reflects on the limits and potential partiality of cultural diplomacy initiatives. Taking examples in South America as case studies, the course explores the role of gastronomy as a tool of soft power for the promotion of national images, their limitations and the potential role of gastronomy to raise awareness on history, society and cultural diversity. Thus, this course treats gastronomy as a means of communication and sustainable development that can promote human security.

This interdisciplinary elective course introduces students to how artificial intelligence (AI) is used in the arts and how to use AI techniques to create art. Students learn about the unique artistic potential of AI and machine learning and how to apply them to the creative process for both inspiration and as a medium. This course is intended for artists, designers, as well as computer science and engineering students and students interested in how machine learning can be applied in the context of creative industries. There are no prerequisites, and the course is designed to be accessible to anyone.

This lecture-based course introduces students to the traditions, methods, and key concepts, theories, and issues in political science. It also explores significant aspects of the relationship between political science and other social sciences. By the end of the course, students should have a comprehensive overview of the field. Topics include political ideologies, political institutions, authoritarianism, voting, social movements, and public policy.

This course examines the history of aeronautics, the commercial and scientific use of space, the operation of specifically aerospace technologies, and the exploration and exploitation of space.

This course explores inequality, labor policy, education, and gender in Japan while seeking to undersstand issues in the Japanese labor market and problems related to inequality. 

Course prerequisites: Intermediate/advanced microeconomics and econometrics. 

This course provides essential financial management, corporate finance and investment knowledge. The course covers basic corporate structure, capital budgeting, CAPM, efficient market hypothesis and corporate decisions on leverage and payout. 

This course examines the psychological, physiological, and sociological foundations of music across the lifespan. It focuses on a broad range of topics including, among others, what happens in the brain when we play or are exposed to music, and what the clinical implications of music are. Students are encouraged to apply the acquired theoretical knowledge to develop new scientific research hypotheses and ideas related to the field.

This interactive lecture-based course seeks to identify what it is people mean when they invoke the term "culture." It critiques "culture" in different contexts to examine whether it is a defensible position to justify the activities of different actors, while examining our own position, critique it, then develop a defensible stance that defines and understands culture/s. Students consider how culture is transmitted, how it evolves, the different values it promotes, whether culture has boundaries, and critique the concepts of gender and nationality in culture.

The course focuses on: 1) Identity, considering how culture/s use tools to create and maintain individual and group identity; (2) Cultural Legitimacy, where the ideas of cultural relativism, consumerism (Pop v Mass) are addressed; (3) Language, examining how cultures utilize the media and discourse to reinforce values; (4) Taboo, wherein the class critiques real world contemporary examples that may challenge one's values, ethics and morality; (5) Reflection on the way human brains process and make sense of the information in the worlds society creates, and (6) technologies, through application to contemporary and future societies.

This fundamental course examines signals and systems. Topics include the relationship between signals and systems, time and frequency domain representations, Fourier and Laplace transforms, spectrum of a signal, frequency response of systems (Bode diagrams), sampling theorem, linear time invariant systems, convolution, transfer functions, stability of feedback systems, modulation and filters. The course requires students to take a prerequisite.