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This course emphasizes the use of stochastic dynamic optimization methods in theory and practice. General knowledge of probability theory and stochastic processes is assumed. Applications considered include revenue management, queueing systems and supply chain systems. The topics discussed also have wide applications to financial, economic, and engineering systems. 

Required Prerequisites: A background in college level mathematical analysis, probability theory, and stochastic processes is required. In addition, homework and term projects will include developing computer codes for algorithms presented in class. These computer codes could be applied to solve stochastic dynamic decision problems in practice. 

This course provides a sociological perspective on economic, social, and political processes, focusing especially on global social change and sustainable development. Students acquire the knowledge required to understand and critically examine the discussions pursued about the global social change that marks modernity, focusing especially on the post-war period. The course includes four modules, this is the first module: Classical and Modern Social Analysis. The first module addresses classical and modern sociological theory, as well as the economic, social, and political transformations in focus of classical sociology. Emphasis is placed on the processes leading up to the social transformations that are usually covered by the concept of modernity, such as the emergence of sovereign nation-states, capitalism, bureaucracies, rationalization, and increasing division/differentiation of labor in and between countries. Furthermore, the module utilizes the different theories of science positions originally developed in classical sociology but still marking the social sciences.

Hundreds of myths and sagas survive from medieval Ireland. Many of these display intricate narrative techniques and structures, and their contents often reflect contemporary ideologies as well as inherited mythological motifs. In this course, students focus on one specific long narrative from the early Middle Ages and conduct a thorough and critical analysis of the text. No knowledge of Old Irish is required, as students read the story in full in English translation, but throughout the course key Irish terms and concepts are examined and their significance explained. 

The Nordic countries have often been regarded as model societies, famous for their high levels of economic prosperity, social equality, and political stability. Students discuss the historical roots of this distinctive Nordic experience and how it has changed since the end of the Cold War, as the Nordic countries have needed to adopt to new regional, Europewide, and global developments. The historical introduction is followed by a thematic examination of contemporary Nordic societies in a comparative perspective, looking at the varied legacies of the Nordic model. Topics include Nordic foreign and security policy, domestic politics and the rise of the populist right, immigration and integration, crime and justice, gender equality, environmentalism and Nordic co-operation. It should be noted that a focus on the Nordic countries also provides a new perspective on some of the most important developments affecting the whole of Europe over the last 30 years. 

This course examines one style, historical period, or geographical location of Jewish musical expression.

This course covers algebraic number fields and their rings of integers; trace, norm, and discriminants; prime decomposition in Dedekind domains and rings of integers; prime decomposition in quadratic and cyclotomic number fields; decomposition theory in Galois extensions; decomposition- and inertia groups and fields; quadratic reciprocity via decomposition theory; Frobenius automorphisms; the prime divisors of the discriminant and ramification; finiteness of class numbers; Dirichlet's unit theorem; the first case of Fermat's last theorem for regular primes.

This course is designed to help foster an understanding of the psychology of new media. New media are forms of media that are native to computers; they are computational and rely on computers (including smart devices) for distribution, such as social media, websites, mobile apps, virtual worlds, mobile games, human-computer interface, etc. This course seeks to illustrate the relevance of psychology theory and research in understanding cognitive, emotional, and social processes that people have in new media (e.g., motivation, self-presentation in SNSs, social interactions in virtual worlds). 

Students should have basic knowledge of key theories, concepts, and research methods to succeed in this course. By the end of the semester, students will demonstrate an understanding of the psychological mechanism underlying the processes of new media consumption and how new media impacts us.

This course examines the practical knowledge and skills of some advanced analytics and statistical modeling problems.

This course examines core political science questions concerning judicial decision making and judicial power: What explains the judicialization of politics? To what extent do ideological and strategic considerations influence how judges decide cases? Under what conditions are courts able to constrain other political actors? What is the policy impact of judicial decisions and what can judges do to increase their impact? This is not a course on constitutional adjudication, and the focus is not on doctrinal analysis or close reading of cases (though cases are discussed to illustrate and examine the topics of the course). Instead, courts are conceptualized as political institutions and judges as political actors. The course covers topics such as the government of judges, constraints on judicial power; conflicts between constitutional courts and the other branches of government; decision making within the judicial hierarchy; judicial appointments. After having examined the fundamentals of constitutional courts, the course compares models of judicial review through various case studies: the USA strong model; the Kelsenian model as applied in France, Italy, Germany and Spain; the Commonwealth and the Nordic weak models; the Irish hybrid model; the Latin America model(s); the Canadian and Israeli activist models; the new democracies model(s). The course finally addresses contemporary challenges to judicial review such as popular constitutionalism and the lack of diversity on the bench.

The course covers cryptology, web applications security, server security, client security, remote login, Email and spam, and DNS Security. A selection of the following topics is also included: E-cash overview: Blind signatures, blockchain technologies and digital monies, Bitcoin, Ethereum, smart contracts; Secure communication: TLS attacks; Database security: Inference, differential privacy; and anonymity: traffic analysis, Chaum's Mix, Tor.