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This course introduces students to the principles and methodologies under the hood of typical CFD software. Major topics include numerical discretization, stability and accuracy analysis, and methods for solving incompressible viscous fluid flow and convective heat transfer problems. Students write a code/script to solve simple fluid problems. Students gain a working knowledge of the basic principles of fluid flow simulation and implementation of computational methods in solving complex problems. The course requires students to take prerequisites.

This course examines various aspects of data processing including database management, representation and analysis of data, information retrieval, visualization and reporting, and cloud computing. 

The subject provides a broad introduction to plants' development, function, and interactions with other organisms. Emphasis is placed on the connection from genes and genomes to cells and organs in different plant types, and how the evolution, development and function of plants is understood in such a perspective. In an overall focus, the role of plants in society is highlighted in this perspective, such as domestication, agriculture, environment, climate, and genetic engineering.

In this studio course students will be introduced to aspects of contemporary sculpture with a focus on object making, the exploration of physical materials and applied processes. While working to a brief, students are expected to undertake independent investigations and develop individual responses.

This course explores the human microbiome and its effect on development and disease and explores the role of pre- and pro-biotics in health. Topics include mechanistic insights into microbial communities through more controlled studies focusing on experimental biofilms. The course requires students to take prerequisites.

This course is part of the Laurea Magistrale degree program and is intended for advanced level students. Enrollment is by permission of the instructor. The course provides an overview of labor market policies, highlighting the main areas of intervention and the beneficiaries: employment protection legislation, income support, promotion of job opportunities and training, and employment services. A comparative analysis of the evolution of labor policy regimes will be carried out with particular reference to current demographic, social, and economic challenges, considering the influence of politics on labor market policies. At the end of the course the students are able to: have a knowledge of the main areas of intervention of labor market policies and their beneficiaries; identify and compare the different labor policy regimes; gain an expertise as regards to the definition and planning of active and passive labor market policies; recognize the current characteristics of the labor market and the employment system, the emerging risks and the related needs in terms of labor market policies; and interpret the influence of politics in labor market policies. The course adopts an iterative approach between theoretical debates and the analysis of cases and empirical examples, also based on current events and trends, and aims at integrating in a transversal way a focus on the gender aspects of the issues addressed.

This course covers theoretical and practical knowledge of international financial markets and financial management of multinational corporations. Topics include international financial markets, foreign exchange, financial derivatives, and corporate governance around the world.

This course introduces students to the uneven scope, scale, and pace of change in contemporary Britain. Students interrogate the ways in which different narratives of continuity and change emerged in and about the 20th century in Britain, and the purposes they have served. By exploring different areas of life – from politics, voting, and protesting, to working, shopping, belief, and love – students engage with alternative ways of understanding this period in British history. In this course students tackle big historiographical debates in the field and develop a more complex understanding of the political turmoil, economic uncertainty, and social upheaval of the 20th century.

The course provides an overview of the main developments in monetary and financial history from 800 to the 18th century, taking the students from the simple beginnings of medieval European monetary history to the emergence of the complex financial arrangements characterizing the modern world. Historical developments in major European and non-European countries (England, Spain, Italy, France, Germany) are discussed and compared. The course introduces students to the main concepts of money and finance (commodity money, inflation and deflation, financial development, financial integration, monetary policy etc.).