Lund University

Production technology covers major part of manufacturing processes applied for creating form and shape of the product. The manufacturing processes covered in this course include: casting processes, such as sand casting, shell mold casting, die casting and investment casting; forming processes, such as hot and cold forging, rolling, extrusion, bending, deep drawing, wire drawing and spinning; shearing operations such as blanking and fine blanking; metal cutting methods such as turning, milling grinding, threading and drilling; non-traditional machining processes, such as chemical, electrochemical, erosive, laser and ultrasound machining; joining processes including metallurgy, weldability of the materials and different welding methods, such as fusion welding and solid state welding processes. 

This course provides breadth and depth in organization theory to train the students in advanced problem solving. Put differently, central concepts within organization theory such as power, control, networks, strategy, leadership, change, and learning are discussed and problematized.

The course looks at economic theories and the process of integration, with a focus on European integration. The first part of the course examines various trade policy measures, their economic effects and the role of the WTO in multilateral liberalization, and international integration. Emphasis is put on current WTO issues and the challenges faced by the future trade system. The second part of the course looks at economic theories aimed at explaining the purpose and the effects of regional integration. This part focuses on the factors that impact on the economic effects of regional integration as well as on policies that are of importance for the integration process. Emphasis is put on the various types of regional integration, various forms of market structure and competition policy. The third part studies the process of multilateral trade liberalization within the framework of the WTO. Special emphasis is placed on current WTO issues and the challenges of the future multilateral trade system. Here, the regional dimension of economic integration is also examined.

This course covers an overview of solid-state microanalysis methods, including elastic and inelastic scattering, identification of phases by morphology, chemical composition, electron diffraction, and microscopy. Principles and functions of different types of microscopes for materials analysis as well as spectroscopy for elemental analysis, analysis of spectra are also reviewed. Methods for surface analysis: Atomic force microscopy, scanning tunnelling microscopy, LEED, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) are covered.

This course covers analytic functions, special functions (gamma function, Bessel functions, Legendre polynomials and spherical harmonics), Fourier series and Fourier transforms, Laplace transforms, Ordinary differential equations, partial differential equations, and green functions.

The course introduces the world of business administration, and discusses how organizations, particularly in the real estate and built environment field, are managed. The core topics on the course comprise corporate social responsibility (environmental and societal issues), strategy, leadership, marketing, financial accounting, management accounting, organizational culture, and innovation. The course studies businesses' goals, conditions under which they operate, and management and analysis tools. Special focus is placed on strategic management. Societally critical topics, including corporate social responsibility and transforming spatial needs due to the societal environmental and digital transition are widely discussed during the course.

The course follows the emergence of the modern media environment from the middle of the 19th century up to the 1940s. The thematic focus is on the interwoven development of various media, nations, and nationalisms. For example, telegraphy's infrastructures, the changes in the late 19th century press, how the newspaper staff were transformed from litterateurs to journalists, advertising and consumption in mass society, how sound media such as the radio, the telephone and the phonograph were developed from public to private listening, early film and media, and propaganda during the two world wars are examined.

This course introduces some of the fundamentals of writing short literary fiction. Read, study, and discuss contemporary short fiction reading, as well as the craft choices that shape those stories. Also engage in creative writing exercises and give and receive feedback on written work. No prior creative writing experience is necessary.

The course focuses on the significance of rhetoric for human rights and democracy. The course provides tools to communicate opinions in societal contexts in a respectful, authentic, and effective manner, considering different opinions and interests. Students practice effectively listening to, formulating, and delivering messages.

The course is an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of Environmental Humanities, providing insight into this dynamic and emerging area and demonstrating how to integrate humanities subjects and perspectives into other domains of research and policy. Through a series of case studies (e.g., what can be learned from literature, history, and philosophy about climate change, the human relationship with nature, and the role of emotions in sustainability debates), the course offers basic knowledge on how to broaden, understand, and critically examine environmental issues and sustainability efforts.