University College Dublin

This course provides an introduction to the cell, its structure and functioning. Also the basis of genetics and inheritance are explored. Topics include (1) an overview of cell biology; (2) cellular organelles and the cytoskeleton; (3) how cells work- cellular respiration and photosynthesis; (4) the cell cycle and the key roles of cell division; (5) how meiosis and sexual life cycles provide biological variation; (6) an introduction into genes and inheritance from a Mendelian perspective; (6) the link between chromosomes, genes, and inheritance; (7) DNA and the molecular basis of inheritance; (8) how proteins are made from genes; (9) how genomes can inform our understanding of life's diversity; and (10) a brief introduction into basic genetic molecular techniques. 

Digital Business is rapidly evolving and today it should be regarded being a central resource in the pursuit of business objectives and strategies. As a result, the role of Digital Business in organizations needs to be re-evaluated to develop a sophisticated understanding of how it supports today’s organization to gain and sustain competitive advantage in the marketplace. Incorporating a generic Digital Business Framework, this applied course evaluates and discusses components of a comprehensive Digital Business strategy and investigates its impact on different industry sectors.

This course introduces students to the field of Human Geography, which is the study of the dynamic relations between people and places. Students gain an understanding of such complex processes as globalization and development, and the regional disparities in prosperity and inequality that result from these. The discussion evolves around the three main themes of economic, political, and social actions, all of which significantly shape the spatial organization of human activities. The course presents a general overview of the discipline, provides the opportunity to develop independent critical thinking skills, and offers insight into practical skills and tools that can be applied to a wide range of research settings. Overall, the course supplies the foundation for further, more topic specific, courses that focus on the spatial analysis of political and socio-economic phenomena at later stages.

The course provides a thorough introduction to graph and network analysis from a computer science perspective. It covers the basic concepts and key algorithms in network analysis, and discusses their use in the context of many real-world applications across a variety of domains. Students learn to apply network analysis methods in practice through the medium of the Python programming language. Students taking this course must have previously completed the module COMP30760 "Data Science in Python". or an equivalent class at their home university.

A sustainable future requires to focus not only on the responsible use of natural resources but also on the social, economic, and cultural challenges we face as a global society. This course explores the role education plays in key global issues such as poverty, migration, conflict, human rights abuses, and climate change to better understand how it can contribute to a sustainable and equitable society.

This course walks the students through the complex set of concepts and projects that form the Big Data stack. Students learn how to set up Big Data environments, how to use efficient data management operations and how to run algorithms - to the scale and speed required by Big Data datasets. At the end of the course, students design and implement their own solutions to address Big Data problems.

This course introduces students to a range of contemporary Irish writings, spanning non-fiction, the novel, short stories and poetry, closely examining the choice of theme, the significance of form, and the nature of the works' impact. In analyzing the depiction of contemporary Irish urban and rural society in contemporary fiction, students engage with ongoing debates concerning the function and importance of literary representation in the context of social crisis and change. The interrogation of Irishness and identity in the course texts is examined as is writers' preoccupation with the transnational and the global.

This course offers an in-depth study of Irish cinema and television from historical, cultural, social, and economic perspectives. Spanning different cinematic and televisual genres from documentary to political thriller, and from the sitcom to reality television, students learn how Irish people and society both shape and are shaped by screen culture through an analysis of key texts. Eschewing unhelpfully narrow definitions of Irishness, this course examines the Irish experience both at home and abroad, looking at how these films and television programs shape the conception of national identity at a time of increased cultural and migration flows both into and out of Ireland (both North and South).