University of East Anglia

In this course, students examine key issues in the study of philosophy of mind and philosophy of language, identifying the interconnections between the two. Some major thinkers, both recent and from earlier periods of the Western canon of philosophy, are studied. Topics might include the mind-body problem, the nature of mind and its relation to the brain, issues connected with meaning and understanding, how (if at all) language governs, limits or facilitates thought, and the relation between language and its object.

This course covers mathematical modelling of large-scale ocean circulation and oceanic wave motion, fluid dynamics, and differential equations. Students use these techniques to explain phenomena in the ocean that are relevant to the real world. Students examine the effects of rotation on fluid flows. This leads to the concept of geostrophy, which enables ocean currents to be inferred from measurements of sea surface height or from vertical profiles of seawater density. The role of wind in driving the ocean is examined. This enables students to model the large-scale circulation of the ocean including the development of oceanic gyres and strong western boundary currents. The course concludes by examining the role of waves, and the differences between wave motion at mid-latitudes and the Equator.

This course examines the complex interactions between parasites/diseases and their hosts. It explores how the selection pressures that each side of these interactions impose leads to coevolutionary processes. Students explore the role that such parasitic interactions may have played in the development of key biological traits. The course includes traditional parasitology (to understand the complexity of the interactions), introducing the major groups of parasites and their hosts. Students examine the role of parasites and host-parasite interactions in evolution, drawing examples from conservation, behavior, current medical research, theoretical predictions, and models.

This course introduces the structure of media industries and the situation of media practitioners within them. It looks at each industry's economic and political organization, regulation, and the divisions of labor determined by these modes of organization and regulation. In the process, the course covers a range of different media industries in Britain and the US, including the press, radio, film, and television.

This course examines how social environments in different places affect people's health or ill-health. A key conceptual framework for this course is the social determinants of health (SDH). The course draws on theories and evidence from disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, public health, and development studies; and to a lesser extent, economics, demography, and epidemiology. Students learn about the ways different cultures and societies define and understand health and ill-health and why some diseases are highly stigmatized. Case studies from different places and of different diseases are used to illustrate the social determinants of health, including infectious diseases and non-communicable diseases.

This course covers the history and theory of propaganda, including its role in society, and it considers what constitutes and defines propaganda. Focusing on the 20th century, the course examines propaganda in a range of political settings, both totalitarian and democratic, in the local context of the relationships of power and communications. Students consider how theories of propaganda emerged after the First World War, and how propaganda is shaped by governance structures, journalists and media institutions, and by technology.

This course explores ordinary differential equations with topics ranging from solution by reduction of order, variation of parameters for inhomogeneous problems, and series solution to the method of Frobenius. Additionally, students look at Legendre's and Bessel's equations including Legendre polynomials, Bessel functions and their recurrence relations, the Fourier series, Partial differential equations (PDEs), heat equation, wave equation, Laplace's equation, and solution by separation of variables. Other topics include the method of characteristics for hyperbolic equations, the characteristic equations, Fourier transform and its use in solving linear PDEs, dynamical systems, equilibrium points and their stability, the phase plane, theory, and applications.

Students learn about the political principles underpinning the U.S. system of government, including the federal nature of U.S. government and the importance of the states. They also study practical examples of U.S. politics and policy-making at both state and federal level, discuss at a high level some of the major issues in current U.S. domestic politics and foreign policy, and gain a critical understanding of the main issues determining Americans' political behavior.

History and politics are inseparable because human societies and communities develop and transform historically. Philosophical thinking about society and community requires questioning of deep assumptions about the human good and how ideas are formed about that good over time. Does history show political progress? How should people think about the social understanding of the past? Does historical situation limit one's political horizons or political culture limit one's historical understanding? What kind of understanding, what kind of methods are involved in the disciplines of history and politics? Can philosophy ground a political system, and, if so, which political system(s) does philosophy ground? These are some of the question addressed in dialogue with key thinkers of history and politics, such as Hegel, Marx, Collingwood, Simone Weil, Arendt, and Rawls.

Feminist Theater explores key feminist theater makers from the Suffrage movement to the present, focusing on radical companies and writers of the 1970s and 1980s (Monstrous Regiment, Cunning Stunts, Pam Gems, Caryl Churchill). Combining seminars and practical workshops, it investigates what feminist historiography is and how you can engage creatively with archives. The course invites you to draw on a lineage of feminist ideas and methods to consider and challenge the continued under representation of women in theater (and beyond). Assessment will be part analytical and part creative or creative-critical work, with an option to create a performance.