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This course explores the foundation of microeconomic theory at an intermediate level.  The course sequence addresses the broad methodological topics of consumer theory, producer theory, market structure, and contract theory. 
 

Required course prerequisites: Introductory microeconomics, linear algebra, and multivariate calculus.

This course engages key sociological issues through the critical reading of theoretical and analytical texts. Students engages with advanced concepts in sociological thought, and explores the connections between theoretical arguments and the practice of social enquiry and analysis. Students read a combination of social theory texts in a range of traditions as well as contemporary research studies.

This course focuses on key events that take place in different stages of vertebrate nervous system development including neural induction, neurogenesis, glial biology, neuronal growth and polarity, axonal guidance, synapse formation, and regeneration. Pathological states such as muscular dystrophy, spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurodegenerative diseases are examined, both in terms of understanding the deficits as well as examining potential solutions to improve the outcomes of these neuronal diseases. Latest findings are discussed, allowing students to learn the current state of research in developmental neurobiology. The course requires students to take prerequisites.

In this course, students get an introduction to the concepts of database software, database design, management, and programming. This includes conceptual database design using the entity-relationship approach, logical database design, and physical database design. The course focuses on the relational data model. Students learn to design and implement a relational database using Structured Query Language (SQL), retrieve and manipulate data via SQL queries, normalize relational databases: normal forms, and the elimination of certain anomalies based on redundancy, tune database queries with security via permission rights and indexes, write stored procedures and triggers using procedural SQL, and use Java Database Connectivity libraries (JDBC) to access databases in Java programs. 

This course involves the study of major literary genres of importance for the European literary tradition in translation. It is suitable for students of Classics as well as outside Classics, because it aims to help students to read widely and to engage with a broad range of literary-critical issues. The course focuses on Homer, but also includes reference to other archaic epics (e.g. Hesiod). Issues discussed include structure, plot, and character of the epics, the role of the gods, war and battle scenes, issues of gender and social values, the reception of Homer in later ages. 

The course provides an overview of the growth and development of the global economy during the 20th century. To develop an understanding of these processes, the course examines the forces shaping the global economy and the institutions to which it has given rise, from the World Trade Organization to the multinational enterprise. Understanding is aided by the introduction of relevant theoretical perspectives (economic, historical, management, geopolitical). Attention is given to the role of Foreign Direct Investment as a driving force in the integration of developing countries into the globalization process, although the consequences of globalization in relation to the environment, social inequalities and poverty are also examined and other measures of welfare studied. 

This course addresses current needs for the statistical modeling of random patterns and structures in spatial contexts, which arise in multiple fields ranging from geophysical, life and earth sciences, to communication engineering and social network analysis. The course approach relies on computational and statistical tools from stochastic geometry. The course requires students to take prerequisites.

This course teaches the theory of political economics, a recently growing area in the field of economics, in which economic theory and game theory are applied to understand political-economic phenomena. 

Course Prerequisites: The lecture assumes that participants have a basic knowledge of microeconomics and game theory at the introductory level. Some algebra, such as differentiation and optimization, will be required.

Humans and other group-living species, such as bees, songbirds, nonhuman primates and dolphins (to name a few) face a number of challenges. Sociality provides benefits to individuals, but also exposes them to conflicts and competition. Understanding how these challenges are resolved is one of the most dynamic areas of research in evolutionary biology and comparative and developmental psychology. This course looks at sociality from an evolutionary perspective and focuses on how animals - humans included - use communication to live and cooperate with others (as well as deceive and manipulate them). Content includes: How language has evolved in humans, how non-linguistic communication evolved in humans and other species, the role of gesturing in communication, the flexibility of vocal signalling in nonhuman animals, the role of language for cognition and communication, the evolution of sociality, and game theoretical approaches to social interactions.