University of New South Wales

This course examines the intersections between international and domestic policy making. It explores the role of international governmental organizations and treaties, multinational corporations and transnational advocacy in shaping policy decisions. The course reflects critically on the scholarly debate around globalization and the state, and the extent to which national governments retain the capacity to determine their own policy directions. It considers the diffusion of policy ideas internationally and the transfer of policies and programs from one country to another. It covers the factors that interfere with intergovernmental cooperation and coordination and evaluate the ways in which policy makers respond to global policy challenges.

This course examines satellite systems, describing their main applications and providing a detailed introduction into the principles of orbital mechanics. It focuses on orbital mechanics, covering orbit description and analysis, perturbations, orbital manoeuvres, interplanetary transfers and launch systems.

This course examines financial literacy skills. It covers concepts that allow companies to manage and control profitability and cash and, most importantly, make good business decisions. It also explores the intricate link between financial information and capital markets, gaining insights into how these connections shape a company's valuation. 

This course examines venture capital and private equity investments. In particular, it focuses on issues surrounding the funding of entrepreneurial firms that are financed by venture capital or private equity funds. The course departs from conventional investment approaches that examine risk and return of publicly listed securities and analyzes issues associated with financing growing, innovation intensive private businesses.

This course examines information theory, including error-correcting codes, data compression and cryptography. Each of these subtopics are enhanced by the application of entropy functions, and more sophisticated error-correcting codes are provided by way of brief introduction to number theory and finite fields. 

This course examines the creative and conceptual foundations of animation practice. It focuses on the basic elements of animated movement, allowing students to incorporate real-world physics into their own animated sequences. 

This course examines the core concepts and research techniques of modern evolutionary biology, including natural selection, evolutionary genetics, macroevolution, and applications of evolutionary ideas to practical questions such as human health. 

This course examines key concepts, theories and methods which underpin psychology as a science. It begins by reviewing historical and scientific foundations for the study of human behavior. Topics include development, social, emotional, and cultural influences on behavior, theories of personality and application of psychology to health and wellbeing.