University College Cork

This course explores the relationship between moving image and film soundtrack as a complex unity of music, speech, and sound effects. Often unnoticed and unacknowledged in film theory and criticism, sound is one of the most expressive elements of film's audio-visual structure and a very potent narrative tool when in the hands of true mavericks. By learning how to listen to film, students discover not only the fundamental formal, narrative, and expressive functions of a film soundtrack but also its role in the creation of film's aesthetic vocabulary.

This course introduces students to concepts of differential geometry. Topics include basic differential geometry concepts and techniques such as differential manifolds and submanifolds; tangent and normal bundles; Riemannian metric, curvatures, and geodesics, with emphasis on the cases of curves and surfaces; differentiable maps; geometric aspects of the theory of differential equations; symplectic geometry; and homogeneous spaces.

This course offers a study of major processes influencing weather. Particular attention is given to weather conditions that occur during the period of the course. Students discuss weather events in terms of meteorological processes, analyze meteorological charts and satellite images in terms of theoretical meteorological processes for forecasting and diagnostic purposes, and present appropriately referenced reports on the role of meteorological processes in producing specific weather events.

In this course, students explore standard rhythmic notation, and learn how to notate non-standard rhythms. Students perform a range of rhythmic devices and examine rhythmic techniques borrowed from diverse places ranging from mouse-song to Radiohead, Indian taal to Conlon Nancarrow, and Minimal Techno to frogs.

This course discusses the theory and practice of contemporary forensic psychology and explores the role of psychology in the study of crime and the cooperation of the criminal justice system. It explores the application of psychological theory and research in areas such as investigative psychology, confessions, and offender profiling. Students also analyze sexual and violent crimes (including homicide and serial killers) as well as the role that mental illness, psychopathy, social learning, and cognitive processes play in explaining criminality. In addition, students have the opportunity to see the administration of summary justice in a court setting.

The course explores theoretical and conceptual underpinnings of the reasons for spatial concentration, using real-world empirical evidence to test these ideas. Students explore spatial factors affecting firm location, the distribution of innovation, the development of clusters of industries, the growth of cities, and the effect of these elements on citizens' wellbeing. Students are introduced to the key theories and concepts of regional and urban economics, to shed light on the uneven spatial distribution of economic activity. The underlying causes and effects of this uneven spatial distribution are explored, including migration, business innovation, clustering of firms, and regional standards of living. Students are presented with empirical evidence for consideration and discussion, and regional policies at national and European level are evaluated.

Students carry out basic conversations, read and understand short texts, write simple accounts of topics covered in class, and gain an insight into Irish culture. Students must have completed Introduction to Modern Irish (GA1120) or equivalent in order to enroll in this course. Emphasis is placed on both productive and receptive language skills (speaking/writing, listening/reading). An immersion weekend in an Irish speaking area is arranged.

Topics in this course include: principles of monitoring and assessment, including environmental monitoring instrumentation; policy legislation and practice; techniques for physical and chemical analysis of water, air, soil, and sediments; biological monitoring methods: toxicity tests, bioassays, biochemical techniques, and microbiological analyses; principles of quality assurance and control; data analysis, interpretation, and reporting; and case studies.