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This course offers an engaging introduction to creative music and sound production through the use of digital tools and techniques. Students will encounter a range of genres and formats, and gain practical experience with industry-standard tools and techniques including basic sound recording, manipulation and mixing. 

This course uncovers the realities of diplomacy in action. Students explore how nations negotiate, respond to crises, and manage relationships behind the scenes. From drafting urgent communiqués in the early hours to navigating the complex rules of protocol, students gain insight into the skills and strategies that shape international affairs—and discover what it truly takes to succeed in the field.

The course teaches what diplomats do and how they do it with an exceptional group of LSE faculty including Professors who have served as the former Deputy Foreign Minister of Mexico, the Chief Economist of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, an advisor to the Prime Minister in 10 Downing Street, a Senior Advisor in the U.S. Department of State, and acting High Commissioner (Ambassador) to India and Pakistan.

This course is the undergraduate introductory course in child development. Topics include: Major theories of child development, Research methods in the field of child development, Biological processes, physical and perceptual development, Cognitive and language development, and Socioemotional development. 

This course equips students with a various set of analytical skills, computational tools, and research methodologies essential for producing high-quality research in Finance, Management, and Economics. It emphasizes the principles and practices required to conduct rigorous and impactful research, focusing on methods and real-world applications. Unlike traditional courses that provide a broad overview of knowledge, this course dives deeper into selected advanced topics, prioritizing research design and practical implementation. The curriculum introduces cutting-edge methodologies, including but not limited to: Macroeconomics, Continuous-time dynamic contracting problems, Computational methods in economics, Game theory applications in Finance, Causal machine learning, and Regression discontinuity and kink design. A key focus of the course is on the practical application of these methodologies and the development of skills necessary for writing academic research papers. Students receive guidance on crafting a high-quality term paper and are required to use LaTeX for their submissions. By the end of the course, students have the tools and knowledge to conduct empirical research independently and the ability to write and present a scientific paper to a professional standard.

This intermediate business course links the elements of strategic management with value creation by adapting an organizational structure to respond rapidly to changes in the relevant environment of any organization. The class will analyze organizational design components and the impact technology can have on them, using work optimization tools and orientation towards process quality and continuous improvement. 

No prior knowledge is required for this course.

This course is a practical and theoretical introduction to performing cultures of the Pacific with emphasis on Polynesian cultures. Basic music and dance skills are taught in practical instruction. Consideration of commonalities and differences among Pacific cultures. Academic discussion of styles, instruments, performer categories and the place of the performing arts in Pacific cultures.

This course examines the ways that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people draw on a range of personal, social and cultural resources to compensate for adversities brought about by colonization. It explores agency, successes and joys as well as the ways that people live with the challenges and traumas of history. 

The course offers a rigorous, varied, and exciting introduction to the scholarly field of book history, engaging the University of Oxford’s world-famous manuscript and archival collections. Students will take part in hands-on bookcraft workshops and learn from academics undertaking cutting-edge book-historical research. Each week of the program focuses on a particular period of book history, starting with a focus on the medieval period (500-1500), proceeding to the early modern period (1500-1800), and concluding with the modern and contemporary period (1800-present day), while also reflecting on conceptual, textual, and material connections between them.

The course provides an introduction to the theory of Special Relativity and some basic concepts of General Relativity. Topics include the need for Special Relativity (light propagation and key historical experiments); Einstein's principle of relativity, time dilation and length contraction; the geometry of spacetime (Minkowski space); the Lorentz transformation and causality; kinematics, dynamics and electromagnetism in Special Relativity; and a brief introduction to General Relativity.

This course provides English-speaking students with various kinds of knowledge about the Korean language including structural characteristics of modern Korean, the information on the writing system (i.e. Hangeul), socio-cultural effects on the Korean language, etc. The course is offered from a linguistic point of view, but does not require a specific linguistic knowledge. It is not a language training course, but will help gain a deeper understanding of Korean, which is very useful in acquiring a better command of Korean.