English

This is a survey of a century of Anglophone literature from the mid 19th to the mid-20th century. Since this period covers a challenging range of texts and authors from various backgrounds and nationalities, a central focus is on writers who, until a few decades ago, were hardly considered to be part of the canon: female or queer-identifying authors, writers of color, outsiders, exiles. In the case of the well-established authors, the focus is on texts that frame the impact of industrialization and mechanization; that represent landscapes of war, imagined or real; that explore technologies of time, that problematize gender and sexuality; and on less explored themes, such as the occult and the surreal. The course considers the distinctive characteristics of a range of literary genres; identify the historical and cultural movements specific to each period; and read the themes and formal elements of poetry, prose and essays against the social and political backgrounds that compose the ‘Brave New Worlds’ of the era.

This course focuses on data about connections, forming structures known as networks. Networks and network data describe an increasingly vast part of the modern world, through connections on social media, communications, financial transactions, and other ties. This course covers the fundamentals of network structures, network data structures, and the analysis and presentation of network data. Students work directly with network data, and structure and analyze these data using the R statistical programming language. This course develops the theory and methodological tools needed to model and predict social networks and use them in social sciences as diverse as sociology, political science, economics, health, psychology, history, or business. The core of the course comprises the essential tools of network analysis, from centrality, homophily, and community detection, to random graphs, network formation, and information flow. 

The course teaches students on modelling, analysis, and design methods in relation to continuous and discrete control systems. Introduction to state variable analysis is also provided. It is assumed that students have some knowledge of classical control theory, including frequency response methods and complex frequency methods. A level of understanding of linear algebra is also assumed. The coursework assignments are designed to give the student an opportunity to develop skills in carrying out realistic control designs using modern simulation and analysis tools.

This course explores literary engagements with the French Revolution together with responses to the Haitian Revolution, while Sir Walter Scott's inauguration of the historical novel frames our discussion of later responses to the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865. The course considers the multiple forms of discursive and ideological connection between literature and history, and students think about what literary forms are capable of registering the shock of historical novelty: the historical novel looms large in that respect, but students also explore the transformation of the bildungsroman, the differing poetics of various mid-Victorian writers, fin-de-siècle utopian imaginaries and early examples of the Empire "writing back." The seminars discuss various non-literary "para-texts," including writings by anti-colonial rebels such as Toussaint L'Ouverture, Firoz Shah and Paul Bogle, in order to explore the broader intertextual, international and political constellations that inform the literature of revolution and rebellion during the long 19th century.

The course is divided in two parts. The first part of the course starts with a historical introduction to the building of the cosmological model. It is followed by the introduction of key concepts in Einstein’s theory of relativity, which then allows for the introduction of the Friedman-Lemaitre- Robertson-Walker cosmological model for an expanding universe. Several observational probes of cosmology are introduced, such as the cosmic microwave background, supernovae and the large-scale structure. From these, the presence and nature of dark energy and dark matter are examined. The course concludes the first part with a description of the earliest moments of the Universe and the building of a complete timeline for its history. The second part of the course focuses on extragalactic astrophysics. The goal is to overcome the assumption of galaxies as single points and understand the origin of their diversity. This diversity presents some structure, which is quantified in so-called “scaling relations” for different galaxy types. How they connect to the supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies are discussed. Finally, the course looks into the stellar population composition of galaxies and some of the key evolutionary processes and understand how they lead to observed colors and estimates of galactic distances. Assumed previous knowledge includes NS-106B, NS-108B, NS-112B, NS-120B, NS-121B, NS-220B, and Python or other programming language knowledge (e.g. NS-109B). NS- 251B and NS-268B are recommended. 

The course examines some of the legal and ethical issues arising from the use of AI. It analyzes the technologies and considers the legal issues arising from a range of applications (in areas such as financial services, healthcare, employment, judiciary). It provides an overview of existing and emerging legislation on an international and comparative basis and self-regulatory systems.

In this project course, students explore the future of computation, focusing on quantum algorithms and hands-on programming on various platforms. Students collaborate on a project to apply quantum solutions to real-world problems, enhancing their skills in this cutting-edge field.

This course explores the security issues faced by South Korea through the examination of traditional and non-traditional threats. It covers the historical context of the Korean Peninsula, ongoing military threats from North Korea, regional security dynamics, and emerging security dynamics such as cybersecurity and economic security. It covers several key concepts (alliances, multilateralism, regional geopolitics, deterrence, human security) that are essential for understanding the country's complex security landscape while providing a foundation for analyzing South Korea's national defense strategy, its international relations, and its security challenges. Through case studies and in-class discussions, students gain a comprehensive understanding of South Korea's security environment, and the strategies employed to address these challenges, while preparing to engage with contemporary security issues in East Asia with a nuanced and well-informed perspective.

This interactive course studies American conservatism as an intellectual movement, political ideology, political force and cultural phenomenon through difference approaches: political theory, history, historiography, cultural and media studies.

This course examines concepts and theoretical frameworks that influence the management of cross-border operations in multinational enterprises. It explores a series of conceptual tools to understand the building blocks of competitive advantage of multinational enterprises and their global value chains. It examines contemporary business problems exploring issues such as how multinational enterprises innovate and upgrade their global value chains in different countries.