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The majority of lectures in political psychology focus on the American context. This course thinks outside the box and shifts attention to the intersection of politics and psychology in a comparative manner, while still keeping the U.S. case in mind. The course begins by reviewing the foundations of political psychology and then explores the current state of the field. Next, it delves into how individuals make decisions, the mechanisms used in information processing, the importance of both "cold" and "hot" cognition in forming political behavior, and the role of groups and identities in shaping political opinions. Lastly, the course concludes by examining the relationships between groups and exploring why polarization is becoming increasingly prevalent in present-day politics.

This course explores how creative advertising can be engaging, exhilarating, and even world changing. Combining conceptual thinking with practical approaches, students will focus on developing the creative dimensions for advertising campaigns related to contemporary problems ranging from low product awareness through to public social issues. Students will engage imaginatively with client briefs and develop advertising concepts all the while exploring the history of creative theory and practice, as well as the storytelling, art direction, copywriting, and pitching aspects of creative advertising.

This topical course surveys specific areas, genres, or authors of modern European literature. The readings focus on the literary discussions and representations of the encounter between the East and the West. In addition, the historical events that ushered in the new era, shaping and developing modern European literature are examined. 

Under the premise that the West was constructed through encounters with non-Western and that its aspects appear in Western modern literature, the first half of the lecture examines how the discovery of the 'New World' is analyzed, discussed, and embodied in literary works, among the various events that determined the character of Western modernity, and the second half of the lecture points the point of contact between Western imperialist expansion and modern literature.  

The particular literature or genre selections may change from term to term. 

This course is part of the Laurea Magistrale degree program and is intended for advanced level students. Enrollment is by permission of the instructor. The course provides a broad view of the major economic, organizational, and governance-related features of several artistic, cultural, and entertainment activities in creative industries. At the end of the course, the student is able to analyze the business model of organizations operating in the cultural and creative industries.

Upon completion of the course, students are able to: Define the distinctive features of organizations operating in the creative industries; Illustrate how these organizations can be financially viable; Apply analytical, planning and control tools such as the business model canvas and revenues and costs analysis; Analyze and critically evaluate the business model and governance solution of an organization operating in the creative industries; Develop and improve presentation skills, both in written and oral form. The course is organized around four themes: Defining creative industries, defining business models and the Business model canvas, understanding better the Costs and Revenues components of the business model canvas, and governance and business model in the creative industries.

This advanced course builds on prerequisite courses in business administration and economics, such as financial accounting, intermediate accounting, financial management, statistics, and economics. This course strengthens an in-depth and balanced view of the usefulness and limitations of financial statement analysis and corporate valuation concepts.  

Topics include Capital raising priorities and investment decisions, Expected shareholder return and performance evaluation, Weighted average cost of capital and return on invested capital, Growth strategy and financial debt, Importance of working capital management, financial liabilities and operating liabilities, New capital securities and investment decisions, Performance evaluation and income statement, Operating cash flow and EBITDA, Strategies and valuation for improving intrinsic value, Utilization of PBR and PER concepts, Diversification and concentration strategies.  

This course examines politics and political science using a feminist analysis and a gendered lens. The course looks at the gendered nature of politics and examines topics including women in politics, gendered institutions, gender power, political leadership through a gendered lens and mechanisms to address the under-representation of women in political life.

This advanced course introduces the basics of artificial intelligence, which include learning, searching, knowledge management, inference, and their applications. Transformer and Large Language Model are mainly discussed in addition to other types of deep neural networks. Classical artificial intelligence topics (before the deep learning era) is also overviewed. Applications to solve web, industrial, and scientific problems with artificial intelligence will also be introduced. 

Prerequisite: It is strongly recommended that students complete other basic machine learning and deep learning courses before enrolling in this course. The instructor reviews the basics of machine learning and deep learning, but it is not a guarantee that the review will be enough for students who did not previously take any related courses.  

This course introduces the characteristic of the materials of engineering and mechanical action of a material. The course emphasizes the need to understand of all kinds of the materials, the mechanical property of the engineering materials as well as to acquire the knowledge for selecting the required material for the particular engineering design. It is imperative to discover the characteristics of engineering materials and their mechanical actions so as understand how each material will perform in practice, not just in theory. Students attempt to determine the optimal mechanical action of materials. Text: William D. Callister and David G. Rethwisch, FUNDAMENTALS OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. Assessment: exam, assignments, project and attendance.

At the end of the course, the student can analyze structural and dynamic aspects of populations. Particularly, the student is able: to measure population size, variation and distribution in time and space; to measure and analyze population structural characteristics; and to measure and analyze demographic dynamics components.

Course contents include: Population studies; sources of demographic data; population composition and variation; relations between demographic dynamics and structures; elements of demographic analysis: crude and age-specific rates, standardization methods; age, period and cohort; Lexis diagram, managing data and processes on the diagram; period and cohort analysis; life tables and life tables conceived as a stationary population; mortality by cause; fertility and reproduction measures; the demographic transition and forecasts (elements); and migration in population analysis.

This course guides students in a shared exploration of the history of Chinese-US relations mainly from the 1770s to the present. It starts with the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), through the Republican period (1911-1949), and through the current era (1949-present). The course incorporates a collection of primary sources, secondary sources and non-traditional materials like art, music, new media, and films. One of the main themes of the course is examining the dominant national mythologies of the United States and China, and how these have developed since the respective nations’ beginnings. The course examines the layers of national narratives in different periods both in terms of how the two powers perceived and depicted themselves, and how they perceived and depicted each other. It also explores the most recent national narratives, incorporating popular and official voices in Beijing and Taipei, Hollywood and Washington, and more.