English

This course begins with the rise of Brian Boru, who became Ireland's most famous high king, to his fall which occurred at the iconic battle of Clontarf in 1014. Students explore how Irish society and kingship changed in the aftermath of Clontarf as a result of inter-provincial warfare and the changing role of the church. The second half of the course examines the causes and implications of the English (or Anglo-Norman) invasion of the late 1160s, perhaps the single most formative development in Irish secular affairs. Students study the interaction of cultures in its aftermath and the Irish opposition to English rule that saw the emergence of England's ongoing Irish problem through later centuries. The course closes with the most serious challenge to English power in medieval Ireland: the Scottish invasion (1315-18) led by Edward Bruce, brother of Robert Bruce king of Scots.

This course examines a variety of anime movies and television series featuring problems of the city, urban design, ruins, environment, and ecology as a central theme and as a source of creative inspirations. The course examines Akira, Patlabor, Ghost in the Shell, Nausicaä, Psycho-Pass, and Your Name.

The course closely analyzes and discusses each animation work (narrative, world-setting,audio-visual style, etc.) but also a wide range of critical texts on anime, urban space, environment, and ruins. This course examines why anime is an important cultural text, and what socio-political, philosophical, and ethical issues they often raise for further critical thinking.

This course explores the conceptual and theoretical framework surrounding valuation issues and the practical tools to address such topics in real-life situations. The methodologies for corporate valuation are analyzed and the approaches commonly used by practitioners (financial analysts, investment and merchant banks, consulting firms) are discussed with particular regard to the context and to the purposes of the valuation. Valuation of intangibles assets is analyzed with a focus on brands and copyrights. Students discuss topics including theoretical framework and fundamental skills in company valuation, an overview of valuation methodologies, net asset approach, intangible assets valuation, estimating the cost of capital, relationships between leverage and discount rates, discounted cash flow analysis and APV, comparative valuation: stock market and deal multiples approach, income approach, acquisition value, exchange ratios in mergers, and premiums and discounts in company valuation. Knowledge of basic financial accounting and basic corporate finance is encouraged, but not required, as a prerequisite. 

This course includes an introduction to cognitive neuropsychology and foundations of neuroanatomy, neurology, and neuroradiology; a discussion of cognitive neuropsychology of the agnosias, aphasias, alexias, agraphias, apraxias, and amnesias; and an over view of cognitive neuropsychology of the executive functions. The course covers the normal cognitive architecture, by means of the study of brain-damaged patients. The course requires a basic knowledge of psychobiology and cognitive psychology as a prerequisite.

The course addresses the history, current state, and future of North Korea, essential to understanding its human rights and human security situation. It examines the vast oppressive apparatus employed to execute North Korea’s policy of human rights denial and to maintain the status quo. The course also covers the applicable international legal framework, and the available remedies embedded in relevant provisions, as well as the methodology employed by human rights organizations dealing with North Korea, including the execution, processing, and analysis of interviews with North Korean defectors and other witnesses, and their corroboration with satellite imagery and other available relevant data. Also explored in depth is the structure and functions of both the UN system and international civil society.

This course studies how economic globalization and technological change interact in shaping development at the level of regions and countries. Peter Dicken's GLOBAL SHIFT is the main text used. The first part of the course defines economic globalization as growing functional interdependencies between countries and regions in the world economy. It proceeds to map contemporary trends, including the entry of countries such as China and India as major players. Current debates over "slowbalization" and "deglobalization" are also introduced. The second part is more theoretical, discussing specifically the role of multinational companies and more generally the question of industry localization in light of modern space-shrinking transportation and communication technologies. The role of the state in regulating and facilitating economic globalization is thoroughly discussed. Critical questions concerning who are the winners and losers in ongoing global shifts are reflected upon, with emphasis on how the policies, industrial structures, and institutional conditions of regions and countries determine whether they benefit or not. Finally, economic globalization is discussed in the context of social and environmental sustainability challenges.

This course examines the characteristics of construction management. Topics include productivity management, cost control and reporting, contract type and administration, cost estimating, planning and scheduling, engineering economy and finance, construction accounting, legal aspects, bonding, insurance, risk management, quality control and TQM, and labor relation and construction safety.