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This course examines questions such as whether gender matters on the internet; how patriarchy, misogyny, and racism get coded into our digital tools; and if a feminist internet is possible. It engages with feminist scholarship from sociology, communication, and technology studies to discuss key theories about the relationship between technology, power, and gender and consider how they are applied to describe various digital pursuits – from Instagram influencer labor to Google searches to data visualizations. The course investigates how feminist theory makes sense of our digital and technologically mediated world. The last third of the course pivots to reviewing feminism put into practice by communities of technologists, designers, and data scientists.

This course combines a critical historical overview of arts criticism with its practical application. It enables students to build a portfolio of different forms of critical writing, tailored to different potential readerships and a variety of publication formats across different media, e.g., in print or via the web. It also encourages students to engage critically with a broad range of live performance.

The course provides an orientation on the history of Swedish music in contemporary culture. Social and historical contexts are of central importance in this course. Emphasis is placed on popular music traditions (music production and technology) from the twentieth century, such as jazz and rock. The course considers both Sweden's historical and recent musical contributions to a wealth of national and international genres and cultural trends.

This course examines Western perspectives on the Middle East and North Africa. What are the origins, presuppositions, and theoretical foundations of these? Having examined Western perspectives, students are given the opportunity to hear the views of undergraduates in universities throughout MENA region. How do Western interventions and perspectives look from their point of view? Students critically examine Western perspectives on MENA and learn to assess the societal impact of Western interventions, beginning in the 18th century up until the present. Students explore the themes of refugee crises; war and genocide; law and human rights; gender; and national, religious, and ethnic identities of the region. 

In this course, students study postcolonial regions in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. The course discusses questions such as: what makes a region; who makes a region; how has the experience of colonialism shaped the region; what are the models of regional cooperation and integration, and whose models are they; and how do regions interact with postcolonial global structures and dynamics? Students are encouraged to compare different regional experiences and draw from this breadth of knowledge to critically evaluate the concepts and theories discussed in class.

The course covers the various events and processes that can create natural hazards. The concept of natural hazard is defined and the history of this important field in the various natural sciences is examined. The physical causes and processes of various natural hazards are discussed. Ongoing climate change is discussed as a form of hazard, as well as the links between climate change and various weather- and climate-related events. The role of Icelandic Meteorological Office in research and monitoring of natural hazard is discussed.

The course develops students' understanding of key concepts of the mechanisms by which gene expression is regulated. The multiple levels at which gene expression is regulated is described in relation to the central dogma of molecular genetics whereby genetic information flows from DNA to messenger RNA (mRNA) to protein. Students leran about how gene expression is regulated at the level of transcription, post-transcriptional processing, translation, and post-translation. 

The course explores the evolution and development of Ghanaian Popular Music and performance since the 19th century to the present as well as the impact of traditional and imported performance norms.

This course provides students with a thorough understanding of core techniques of quantitative economics and econometrics and their application to test economic theories and measure magnitudes relevant for economic policy and other decisions, as a foundation for subsequent study of quantitative topics, and as one of the key elements in the professional training of an economist.

This course examines the skills and techniques to effectively manage digital products from cradle to grave. It covers the core aspects of digital product management, from product strategy, planning and development, to product launch and support. The course address issues of managing an evolving digital product over its life cycle and using data from customer insights and competitive analysis for ongoing product iterations. Case studies and hands-on experience are provided. At the end of the course, students are able to effectively execute the product manager’s role in managing digital products.