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This course focuses on the emergence and early structure and function of international institutions. It discusses the various departments or “organs” within the United Nations and the responsibilities they hold.

This course explores the time when the “Peoples of the Sea” roamed the southern Italian coasts, to the epic era in which Rome and Carthage fought for control over the Mediterranean basin, all the way to the period when Rome lost control of the Mediterranean at the end of Antiquity. One key component of the course consists in a number of fieldtrips to the most famous archeological sites around Naples, including Ischia, Paestum, and Pompeii. The fieldtrips are organized in temporal sequence, and so are the readings and seminar discussion, so as to arrange the course roughly in historical progression from ancient times to late antiquity. The focuses intensively on certain periods and themes, oscillating from the local to the Mediterranean at large, and from the particular to the general. In-class meetings consist of lectures and seminar discussions focusing on the history of Mediterranean life, culture, and politics in a certain historical period; fieldtrips focus more specifically on local history in that period.

The course provides knowledge on theory and research in key topics in personality and individual differences. General issues in theory and research in personality are explored, as well as the difference between personality and individual differences. A brief history of personality and individual differences is provided. Students are equipped with methods of evaluating theories in personality. Then, key topics in personality and individual differences are reviewed including both attending to theory and to research. Where topics relate to one another, there is a comparison between topics with the aim of increasing the integrative understanding of personality.

This course seeks to provide a platform for critical rethinking of the role of business in creating both business value and social value. Porter's “Shared Value Creation” is used as a broad framework to look into the building blocks of creating a win-win situation where economic success and societal benefits co-exist through innovative thinking and solutions. The courses examines how to design innovative businesses that can respond to increasing demands for a fairer and better society, a greener environment and greater job satisfaction, whilst reducing costs, building customer loyalty, attracting and retaining talents, thus creating long-lasting value. Assessment: preparation, attendance, and participation; individual written assignments; group project; group debate.