University of Cambridge, Pembroke College

This course provides a comprehensive insight into all things AI. It is not intended for those who wish to learn the mathematical underpinnings of the computer science or coding aspect of AI. It is for those who wish to explore how AI is affecting our world, from labor markets to politics, from business models to us as humans.

This course looks at the role of education as a signaling device, labor market discrimination, job search models and their applications, decisions within households, and non-cognitive skills as human capital. The course covers both the theoretical model and the empirical evidence to support the model in each part. Students pay particular attention to policy interventions and their effectiveness. While the focus is primarily on the UK, comparisons with other countries will also be introduced.

A research project that assigns students to expert professors in their proposed research topic. The course takes the student's research capabilities to a more professional level. This can be most closely compared to what is called a supervised research project in the USA.

A research project that assigns students to expert professors in their proposed research topic. The course takes students' research capabilities to a more professional level. This can be most closely compared to what is called a supervised research project in the USA.

“Cancer” is among the most encountered terms in our daily lives, but few beyond the biomedical profession truly understand what cancer is. This course helps students understand this complex disease. The course starts from the era of the ancient Greeks, through the world wars and their role in advancing cancer treatment, to the most cutting-edge research ongoing today and what the future holds. Students also learn about important techniques involved in modern day research, including gene editing, cancer modelling, and computational biology. They also discuss key scientific publications in the field of cancer biology.  

A research project that assigns students to expert professors in their proposed research topic. The course takes the students' research capabilities to a more professional level. This can be most closely compared to what is called a supervised research project in the USA.

This course examines how economies can be supported to grow and develop. Growth and development are not synonymous. Economic growth aims to increase a country’s national income. Development aims to generate positive qualitative changes. However, both indicators are continuous processes affecting a country’s welfare and social progress.

This course explores the application of ethical theories to perennially contentious and troubling real-world questions that everyone faces. By introducing students to the theories and concepts of moral analysis, in an approachable way, they better understand the dilemmas that confront them. Students examine what Thomas Aquinas and David Hume wrote about life and death, framing our modern understanding of subjects such as just war and suicide, and how that influenced 20th century thinkers like Judith Jarvis Thomson on abortion and James Rachels on euthanasia. Many moral philosophers today consider population ethics to be the world’s most pressing set of problems, asking, what obligations do I have now towards future generations? Students explore how philosophers such as Derek Parfit and William MacAskill have some surprising answers, which may transform your thinking about issues such as environmental conservation, artificial intelligence, biosecurity, and existential risk.

A research project that assigns students to expert professors in their proposed research topic. The course takes the student's research capabilities to a more professional level. This can be most closely compared to what is called a supervised research project in American universities.

This course takes both a short and a long-term view of the economy and helps students to understand how modern macroeconomics have attempted to explain economic growth as well as fluctuations. The course also looks at the design and effectiveness of macro policies to boost growth and stabilize fluctuations. Topics include measurement of the macroeconomy; long-run macroeconomic model and determinants of long-run growth; short-run macroeconomic model and its building blocks; and monetary and fiscal policies and their effectiveness.