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Production technology covers major part of manufacturing processes applied for creating form and shape of the product. The manufacturing processes covered in this course include: casting processes, such as sand casting, shell mold casting, die casting and investment casting; forming processes, such as hot and cold forging, rolling, extrusion, bending, deep drawing, wire drawing and spinning; shearing operations such as blanking and fine blanking; metal cutting methods such as turning, milling grinding, threading and drilling; non-traditional machining processes, such as chemical, electrochemical, erosive, laser and ultrasound machining; joining processes including metallurgy, weldability of the materials and different welding methods, such as fusion welding and solid state welding processes. 

Much of insular history is determined by connections forged across the seas. This course explores significant times and places in insular history where this dynamic played an especially important role. Beginning with an introduction to Ireland and Britain at the close of the Late Antique period, the course covers themes such as the dynamics of slave trade in relation to St Patrick and Ogham culture, the origin of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, the dynastic politics of Dal Riata and Iona, the cultural exchanges between Ireland and the English kingdoms in terms of book learning, the Easter controversy in the context of relations with Rome, and the significance of sea journeys in secular and ecclesiastical law and literature. The second half of the course explores interactions, both political and scholarly, with the Merovingian and Carolingian courts and with the Germanic kingdoms as well as the arrival of the Vikings and their impact on trade, literature, kingship and the geography of Ireland and Britain. The course explores each of these themes at the hand of primary sources contextualized with modern scholarship, allowing students to explore questions of historicity, genre, and source analysis.

This course provides students with the tools needed to understand how domestic violence and abuse was and is now understood in public debate and what the key theoretical underpinnings are to understand domestic violence from a social science lens. The course explores how legislation within different jurisdictions has evolved to reflect new research evidence and changes in public debate, and it critically reflects on what the social policy response to domestic violence is and has been in different settings. The course focuses primarily on the UK context with potential for exploring other countries as case studies.

The course offers a unique opportunity to learn one of the official languages of Scotland. Students develop simple strategies to learn languages and gain confidence in holding a basic everyday conversation. This course is suitable for students with no previous knowledge of the language. Students achieve the equivalent of the A1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)and develop their confidence in holding a basic everyday conversation. Students develop these basic linguistic skills through a variety of comprehension and production activities. The course focuses on language that is required for communicating in real everyday situations, such as introducing oneself and others and talking about the daily routine. The course includes autonomous learning activities, which enable students to practice and consolidate their skills.

This course comprehensively introduces the physics of stars. It explores the fundamental principles that govern the structure, evolution, and final fate of stars. The following topics are covered: 

1. How to measure stellar parameters. 

2. Stellar atmosphere and radiative processes.  

3. Fundamental equations of stellar evolution.  

4. Stellar interiors.  

5. Stellar stabilities.  

6. Formation of stars.  

7. Overview of stellar evolution.  

8. The end of stars.  

9. Compact objects. 

Cities at War is a lecture series bringing together scholars from war-affected cities to explore how armed conflict shapes urban life and space. Unlike studies that conflate urban militarization with cities enduring active conflict, this series centers on the physical destruction, ruination, and everyday survival strategies within cities at war. It examines how planning, reconstruction, displacement, and commodification are formed by the continuum of times of war and times of peace. A key aspect is the erasure of knowledge, heritage, and memory - both through material destruction and the ideological rewriting of cities in post-conflict nation-building.

This course provides an in-depth critical introduction to a range of important concepts, musical works, institutions, and people in music of a given time period, and explores both their impact on musical culture and their relationship to wider political, social, and artistic issues. Topics may vary by year.

This course introduces students to the study of the archaeology and history of ancient Egypt from the start of the 1st Dynasty at c. 3000 BC, and through the two Pyramid Ages of the Old and Middle Kingdoms, ending at c. 1650 BC. The course focuses on providing a basic solid grounding on the chronology, geography, society, and political organization of Egypt during this period. It furthermore looks to aspects of religion, daily life, and provide some insights into art and literature, particularly pertinent for the Middle Kingdom, the classic period of Egyptian literature.

This cours centers on the theme of, "The Samurai across Time and Space." Focusing on the samurai as one of Japan’s most distinctive and enduring cultural icons, it examines various sources, including myths, warrior narratives, medieval tales, dramatic literature, paintings, and samurai films produced within and outside Japan. The course offers a comprehensive view of the history and diversity of samurai representations, revealing how images of premodern Japan and its people have been received and shaped both in Japan and abroad.

This course introduces the fundamental themes of intercultural communication by drawing on current language and intercultural communication theory, research, and practice, to better understand communication between culturally diverse individuals. Through experiential projects and personal reflections, students explore what it means to be an interculturally competent communicator or mediator and the competencies necessary for interacting more appropriately and effectively in intercultural encounters. By engaging with readings, project and reflections, students are encouraged to become more actively engaged with intercultural interactions and to foster an ethno-relative mindset with greater curiosity and open-mindedness. Topics include conceptions of culture and multiculturalism, the relationship between language, communication, power and context, language and cultural socialization, identity and belonging, ‘othering’, prejudice and stereotypes, facework and conflict management, intercultural transition, intercultural relationship-building, social justice and global citizenship.