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This course provides some insight into most of the major themes and issues on China and the Korean Peninsula. Topics include Nationalism and Political Cultures in China, The Korean War, China-DPRK Relations, ROK-China Relations: From Normalization to 2020, Korea between Ally and Partner: Trump, Xi, and Moon, US-China Rivalry and Sino-Korean Relations, THAAD and a New Normal in Relations between Seoul and Beijing, Implications of and Responses to the "Rise of China", and The Future of “The Rise of China” and the Korean Peninsula.

This course considers how personal autonomy, the idea that persons should be in control over their own lives, underlies virtually every aspect of law, from private law institutions like property and contract to the basic rules of constitutional law. To navigate this complex relationship, it discusses questions such as what cognitive capacities are needed for personal autonomy; what does it mean to exercise autonomous control over a given decision, action, or event; what role does causation play in such control; and what is meant by a person's “own life.” In addition, the course discusses how these questions figure in Canadian and American criminal law, tort law, and law on socio-economic rights.

Burial mounds, megalithic tombs, enigmatic earthworks, ringforts, ancient churches, medieval castles, and shipwrecks these are just some of the vast array of archaeological monuments in the Irish landscape. This course teaches you how to recognize and date these various sites and monuments, how to access and use various online resources that contain detailed map-based information about all known Irish archaeological sites, and finally, how archaeologists progress from this abundance of "raw" data to interpreting and presenting archaeological monuments and landscapes to the public.

This course is aimed at students interested in starting their own business who want to learn different aspects of business management. It is also suited to those involved in corporate entrepreneurship or in improving competitive positioning and transforming corporations towards value-creation. The course instructs on the essential skills needed to start and manage a successful new business venture.
 

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Evaluate the necessary qualities and characteristics of a successful entrepreneurial profile.
- Recognize and determine the steps necessary to open and operate a small business enterprise.
- Identify the marketing, financial, leadership and other competencies needed by an entrepreneur.
- Use information, projections, logic and critical thinking to recognize an opportunity and solve small business problems in a multicultural, ethical and legal environment.
- Develop and present a business plan for a business in Japan or another country.

The course is delivered through a combination of lectures, class discussions, and presentations.

The contemporary world is characterized by both interconnectedness and disconnectedness. Some people, ideas, and capital move between different parts of the world with ease, speed, and frequency: companies exist in multiple countries simultaneously; new technologies enable us to connect with people all around the world; environmental change creates new challenges to be faced by all. Other people, ideas, and cultures are entrenched in their own isolation, shut off from these global flows: people find comfort in local attachments, political space is increasingly fragmented, and cultural boundaries reinforced. How do academics understand these experiences, and how might they challenge some of the core assumptions of sociology? This course examines some of the key ways in which the contemporary world is evolving. By investigating specific social spheres such as migration, religion, culture and risk, the course considers both the potential and limits of globalization.

This course examines conflict in world politics. Topics include types of conflicts, causes of conflict; actors in conflict; behavior during conflict; consequences of conflict; and moral evaluation of conflict. In each dimension, the course poses questions and examines different and even opposing answers. Answers are examined illustrating them with cases and/or empirical material. Assessment: coursework (50%) and final exam (50%).

This course provides an introduction to the enterprise of comparative constitutional law as a judicial practice and as a field of academic study. It compares, across different constitutional systems, issues of constitutional structure, judicial review, separation of powers, constitutional interpretation, constitutional amendments, and individual rights, among others. Additionally, the course considers the various approaches that have been used to solve similar constitutional problems, with special attention given to equality, freedom of expression, religious freedom, and the recognition and adjudication of social and economic rights.

This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive overview of the American legal system. It examines the U.S constitution and the relationships it creates between federal and state governments; the separation of powers, and how basic rights are guaranteed and protected under the federal constitution. it also reviews several areas of US law, including constitutional law, contracts, torts, and criminal law.

This is the first half of a two-part course which offers an introduction to philosophical debate in the Warring States period of ancient China, the Classical Age of Chinese Philosophy and the seedbed from which grew all of the native currents of thought that survived from traditional China. It begins by considering the intellectual-historical background to the ancient philosophies and focuses primarily on the Confucius (the Analects), Mozi, Yang Zhu, Mencius and Laozi, closing with a brief introduction to some of the later developments that will be covered more fully in Part II. The approach of the course will be both historical and critical.

This course considers the behavior of firms in a market economy. It has two parts. The first part on basic theory considers how firms behave under different market structures. The second part is policy oriented. It applies tools from the basic theory part to everyday problems and scenarios and tries to assess market efficiency and effects of possible intervention by the government or regulatory agencies. The two parts proceed simultaneously. Applying knowledge obtained in the class, students solve optimization problems and critically discuss real-life problems or scenarios.