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This course equips students with knowledge on the unique properties of materials useful in engineering design selection. Topics include commonly used materials in different engineering designs and emerging materials and processes, and life cycle assessment. Students learn concepts of surface engineering, strengthening and hardening techniques, hardenability, heat treatment, friction and wear properties. The course introduces key material properties and testing such as tensile testing, compression testing, torsion test, 3-point bending test along with their specific relevance. Students learn the different ways of degradation of materials when it reacts with environment.

This course explores how sustainability and social justice have evolved from isolated considerations to interrelated frameworks that jointly influence policy decisions. Discussions focus on understanding sustainable development through the diverse worldviews of local communities, businesses, and governments in emerging markets. The course not only examines sustainability from ecological and economic perspectives but also incorporates ethical and social considerations, particularly issues of intergenerational fairness and justice. The course specifically discusses and contrasts the concept of sustainability for social justice within the operations of both local and multinational corporations in emerging markets. It frames these discussions in the context of the unintended impacts that business investments can have on biodiversity, human rights, and global value chains. Special attention is given to the challenges businesses face in mitigating and adapting to climate change within their operations. The course provides the knowledge and tools needed to navigate the intricacies of sustainability, with a special emphasis on human rights, biodiversity, and global value chains in emerging markets. Supported by academic theory and real-world case studies, the course adopts a holistic, social-sciences perspective on current sustainability concepts. This comprehensive approach facilitates the design and evaluation of governmental and corporate policies and practices to contribute to a more equitable and sustainable future.

This course introduces students to key concepts and techniques used in operations management, and their practical applications. The course covers a range of topics related to manufacturing and service operations such as operations strategy, sustainability, process design and analysis, supply chains, inventory management, lean operations, and quality control.

This course explores the main international and European legal mechanisms in place to protect from different forms of discrimination on the basis of gender and sexual orientation, disability, or race. It focuses on the principles of equality and non-discrimination,  and introduces the subject through the evolution of women’s rights and its international recognition. Activities include discussion of case studies and in-class debates.

This course delves into distinct strategies for strategizing, supervising, and structuring marketing within the hospitality & tourism sector. It sheds light on the pivotal choices that marketers encounter when involved in tourism enterprises, with a particular emphasis on two key aspects: conducting marketing research and devising marketing strategies tailored to the needs of tourism organizations.

This course focuses on a research-based approach to promoting personal recovery and meaning making among individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia disorders. It studies a metacognition-based approach to the treatment of schizophrenia and discusses the unique dilemmas, challenges, and opportunities in the treatment of those diagnosed with schizophrenia. The first part of the course focuses on the theoretical and clinical definition of metacognition. It trains the coding of open interviews of clients with severe mental illness using the metacognition assessment scale developed by Paul Lysaker. The second part focuses on psychotherapy with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. It studies the values and the core elements of metacognition reflection and insight therapy. Subsequently, it analyzes case material and practices therapeutic interventions based on the metacognitive approach. In the third part of the course, students choose an issue in the field of psychotherapy with clients diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum disorders and present the issue in the class. The presentations include an integration between theory, qualitative, and quantitative studies and other relevant sources such as an interview conducted with a professional or an individual who was diagnosed with a severe disorder or media materials that enrich the subject.

This course examines the major developments in United States history from the end of the Second World War to Watergate. The issues to be covered include the onset of the Cold War, McCarthyism, civil rights, the Cuban missile crisis, Vietnam, 1960s culture, Watergate, and the institution of the presidency. The roles played by key individuals, such as John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, and Richard Nixon, are explored. Declassified documents are used in analyzing some of these topics. The course develops students' basic knowledge of this era in American history, to hone their analytical skills, to develop their ability to examine documentation, and to heighten their ability to respond to historiographical debates. Students develop an understanding of the global impact of American politics, from the Vietnam War to the Civil Rights Movement, and compare international perspectives.

This course explores debates around collective intelligence and follow the evolution of the group-mind from past to present and into the future. It looks at how the act of thinking together can go wrong in paranoid conspiracy theories, information bubbles and market panics and how, perhaps, it might be done better.

This course introduces students to social science theories, research, and application related to understanding human behavior in the workplace. This course considers "the people side" of business and management. Topics include personality and performance, managerial decision-making, motivating others, fairness in organizations, the multicultural workplace, power and influence, the adaptive leader, and team leadership.

This course examines critical social science research in Aotearoa New Zealand. It adopts an interdisciplinary approach spanning Indigenous and Feminist studies, political science and sociology, and is organized around the case study of climate change.