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This course is offered through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program in Science (UROPS). The intent of UROPS is to formally involve undergraduate students in research activities under the supervision of faculty members in their respective fields of study. UROPS aims to enhance undergraduate students’ knowledge of, and acquire the skills required for, the intellectual process of inquiry. 

This intensive course is the second of five levels in French as a Second Language offered at the French Language Centre (FLC). Focus is on all oral and written skills with a view to improving comprehension and expression. Review and further training in basic structures. Enrichment of vocabulary and awareness of French-speaking culture through selected readings and audiovisual material. 

This course introduces financial economics. It develops a theoretical foundation for choice under uncertainty, portfolio analysis, and equilibrium asset pricing models. A considerable portion of the course is devoted to fixed-income and derivative securities. 

This course offers a panoramic view of several tools available for predictive modeling. It explores the main concepts in linear models and their extensions. Topics include: simple linear regression; multiple linear regression; linear regression extensions; logistic regression.

This course introduces Science and Technology Studies (STS), a field that examines the work of scientists and engineers as sociocultural processes, informed by and informing society. The course analyzes ethnographic and historical accounts of scientific laboratories, medical clinics, everyday infrastructures, and computerized simulations, among others to answer questions including: How does an observation get accepted as a scientific fact? How do science and technology factor into our understanding of our bodies and our kin? Who counts as an expert and how does the meaning of expertise change over time? How do technologies get incorporated into the meaning of being human? 

This course is an introduction to medieval literature. 

This course provides an introduction to numerical methods for solving problems in physics and chemistry, including methods for solving ordinary and partial differential equations, matrix operations and eigenvalue problems, numerical integration, Monte Carlo methods, and modeling. The course also covers a short and hands-on introduction to programming in C++ and version control with git, and provides training in how to write a scientific report.

This course examines the economic techniques used by policymakers to address environmental issues. These techniques include: Pigovian taxes and subsidies; regulation with asymmetric information; marketable permits; pricing contributions for public goods; optimal damages; and the allocation of property-rights and market failures.

This course examines global postmodern and contemporary art from the 1950s to the present day. It discusses transformations in media, authorship, spectatorship, display, and distribution, along with globalization of art through art markets, biennales, artistic networks, and museum franchises. Students learn about key developments such as Pop, Minimalism, conceptual art, performance, computer art, and the Social Turn, with particular emphasis upon how these have been interpreted, expanded, and challenged by artists outside of Western metropolitan centers in, for example, Brazil, China, India, Ireland, Japan, and Oceania. In addition to the themes and contexts of postmodern and contemporary art, students engage with relevant debates concerning economic and cultural globalization, transcultural exchange, Indigeneity, and postcolonial politics. 

1. Understanding entrepreneur mindset;
2. Understand relevant literature and methodologies that promote innovation, creativity and disruption; 
3. Identify potential problems and formulate solutions that may can be transformed in business opportunities; 
4. Understand that its possible to become an entrepreneur despite limit available resources;
5. Identify opportunities with economic, social or environmental impact and be able to empathize with clients or market needs;
6. Develop abilities towards creative process and the capacity of approaching and solving problems in a different way.
7. Learn how to structure a customer map experience;
8. Understand how to communicate ideas and connect with potential customers;
9. Understand China innovation environment and the opportunities for entrepreneurs within this context
10. Identify growing trends in Chinese economy and how can these impact economic development cross boarders;
11. Interact with entrepreneurs carrying out business in China

Students need to be prepared for a world that has an unprecedented rate of change, specially, in countries such as China, with unparalleled levels of development, competition and digitalization. Traditional pedagogy is focused to create logical, sequential learning that is purposefully aimed at building competency or perspectives. Simulating experiences and a fully experiential entrepreneurship allows this course to complement those skills mentioned. This course applies design thinking, creative thinking, story telling and other entrepreneurial development creative theories.

Entrepreneurial development is aimed at providing students a set of tools and methodologies that will help them identify and develop business opportunities.