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This course examines the interplay of religion, law and politics in contemporary India, Sri Lanka, America, New Zealand, Canada and elsewhere. Themes include secularism, religious freedom, pluralism and others.

Students in this course explore some of the important conceptual and philosophical questions underlying physics and finance, like: How are assumptions about randomness compatible with observed forms of determinism? How is it possible to seek truth using statistical theories? What does it mean to be an atom? How does the quantum world differ from the everyday world? What explains why physical models have unexpected applications in finance? To what extent do such applications help to underpin how the prices of financial instruments are set? This course will proceed at a conceptual level that is suitable for students of all backgrounds: no background in physics is needed, and there is no advantage to having one.

This course is designed to understand the rationale and the most important rules in patent law, trademark law and copyright law, mostly focusing on US and EU law. It focuses on understanding how to identify and analyze statutory law and most relevant case law pertaining to most pressing issues in patent, trademark and copyright law.

The course covers the role of data, information, and knowledge within management; the evolution of digital management practices; digital business strategy; information systems development and organizational change; artificial intelligence and distributed ledger technologies; information systems outsourcing; and IT infrastructure including cloud computing, and digital platforms.

This course examines key logistics activities. It includes total cost concept, the supply chain system, shipping value chain, just-in-time concept, risk pooling, and logistical strategic partnerships. Students study the bullwhip effect, global logistics, current trends in shipping logistics, and logistics arms of shipping-related companies. 

This course discusses international relations of Thailand in different eras by examining factors and processes in policy making, policy planning and foreign policy implementation,

This course focuses on the process of globalization, including global markets, international corporations, digital communications, and media convergence, which has created a new ecosystem for marketing, advertising, and branding. It also discusses popular culture and its influence on these areas as well as a cohesive idea of collective or generation imaginaries. This course offers a study of this influence by examining the representation and construction of different brands and cultural ideas in the new Spanish context through case studies of both local and global brands.

This course offers an introduction to various international business disciplines including international management, international finance, international marketing, international accounting, international business operations, and international business law. It examines the vision and tools required to effectively manage the challenges that globalization, changing world markets, and cultural differences demand. This course discusses industries, competitors, regions, and markets from the perspective of practicing managers and the reasons behind global differences. Finally, it offers an overview of the different areas of international business and their contributions to the foundation of global business and management.

This course examines Indigenous Māori cultural framework as a lens to better understand contemporary organizational issues, such as bicultural governance, structure, ethical leadership and organizational behaviors.

This course examines the various ways in which we can study the dead. It covers three areas: the interpretation of mortuary practices, the interpretation of past lives from skeletal remains, and the practice of burial archaeology in the southern hemisphere.