English

This course introduces students to some of the key doctrines and methods in the study of the private law. Students study key aspects of contract law and of property law within the context of the common law of England and Wales. Contract law centers on exchange, from simple consumer purchases to complex international financial arrangements. Property law governs varying forms of ownership, including in land and in personal property, which give rise to legally protected claims. This course examines both their substance and uses them to illustrate the broader nature of the common law. English private law is extremely important globally: it is commonly selected by parties to international commercial contracts as the governing law, and influential on worldwide legal developments. 

This course introduces major atmospheric phenomena and their related basic concepts of atmospheric dynamics, optics, chemistry, thermodynamics, and meteorology. 

Students examine atmospheric thermodynamics to describe changes in the state of water, atmospheric dynamics to describe the movement of air, photochemistry to determine the composition of the atmosphere, and the formation and radiation processes of aerosols and clouds. In addition, students acquire theoretical and experimental methods necessary to understand these complex processes and cultivate the ability to solve practical problems related to extreme weather. 

Prerequisites:  (Essential) Earth Environmental Science (1,2), Calculus (1,2). (Recommend) General Physics (1,2), General Chemistry (1,2) 

This course introduces students to a cross-period tradition of English literary satire, both as a bold genre with precise conventions (verse satire, Menippean) and as a scurrilous mode that infects a wide range of writings, traditions, and media. We will learn the form's main conventions, techniques, and models, and analyse how it reflects on the power of language to dissent, transgress, playfully evade censure, and ultimately provoke change.

This course introduces the principate of Augustus (27 BCE - 14 CE) as a pivotal moment in the political and cultural history of Rome and its subsequent influence. This course helps students understand the creation and design of the Principate in the context of the late Republic, its experiments in one-man rule, and the Civil Wars; explores the literature and art of the Augustan period, above all Virgil's Aeneid, with particular attention to their cultural and political backgrounds, and discusses the development of the Principate over the course of Augustus' reign.

This course provides an integrated treatment of two critical topics for a computing professional: human computer interaction (HCI) and security. It will cover basic skills to evaluate systems for their effectiveness in meeting people's needs within the contexts of their use, building knowledge of common mistakes in systems, and approaches to avoid those mistakes.

This introductory course on feminist theory offers a panoramic overview of the field, while maintaining sensitivity to the historical emergence of gender studies as an academic discipline. After a general introduction, the course begins with a session on women's becoming subjects of research and the implications this had for academic topics and approaches. The course sessions address topics such as: abortion, motherhood and reproductive justice; theories of sexual liberation; feminist, queer and trans materialisms; ecofeminisms; intersectionality; queer and feminist theories of the state and nationalism; sexual violence; the institutionalization of feminist thought; feminist theory at the crossroad of other political sets of theory (liberalism, Marxism, anarchism, Critical Theory and postmodernism) and feminist perspectives on far-right sexual politics. Although the course primarily follows a lecture format, interactive segments are regularly incorporated.

The widespread adoption of deep learning methods has been largely driven by the availability of easy-to-use systems such as PyTorch and TensorFlow. However, it is less common for users to explore the internals of the libraries and understand how they function, as well as how to optimize the high-level code for hardware systems. When deep learning algorithms are deployed into custom hardware, they are often modified to run faster and more efficiently. This course provides students with the basic concepts and principles of modern deep learning systems, and it explores how optimizations can be applied from both the software and hardware aspects of the system stack.

Students study the principles, procedures, and practices  of drug discovery and development; discuss the challenge facing those involved in drug discovery and development; evaluate experimental observations in relation to current theory; and explore technical expertise in certain areas of experimental pharmacology.

The course provides technological insights into hydropower harnessing, with special emphasis on Icelandic conditions. Topics include hydropower potential, technically feasible hydropower, main structural components in a hydropower plant, structural design of hydropower plants, both underground (tunnels) and above ground (dams, spillways), regulations, environment, health and safety considerations over life cycle of plant, ice and sedimentation, hydro- and electromechanical components, electricity production, cost analysis of main structures and equipment, and feasibility of the power plant.

This course provides an overview of some of the main legal, ethical and policy foundations that shape public health debates in contemporary societies through a multi-disciplinary perspective. During thematic sessions, it explores how legal and ethical considerations structure public health policies and decision-making. The course provides starter tools in policy analysis and engagement with legal texts as well as with bioethical principles. The topics covered include an introduction to comparative analysis of healthcare systems, health policy debates such as the question of access to medicines and reproductive health care, the study of legal levers available to citizens through the example of the right to health, but also a specific focus on public health crisis. Finally, moving to a selection of main contemporary bioethical debates, three classes are devoted to the exploration of the rapidly evolving intersections between innovation, bioethics and legal frameworks. The reading materials include news articles, public organization reports, academic articles and book chapters that present diverse viewpoints on the topics presented. Students are expected to have completed all assigned readings prior to each class to ensure fruitful discussion and an interactive experience. This course is based on guided discussions enriched by concrete case studies.