University of Edinburgh

This course examines Restoration and 18th-century English theater in its social and historical contexts. Students explore a wide range of dramatic genres, from established genres - tragedy and comedy - to experimental forms like Restoration tragicomedy, heroic tragedy, and farce. Key playwrights may include Dryden, Behn, Congreve, Centlivre, and Sheridan, but students also discuss the theory and practice of performance in the period, the concurrent development of literary criticism, and the social role of the drama in this period.

The course builds on knowledge obtained in the Financial Accounting modules of Accountancy 1 and 2 to explore some of the more complex and controversial areas of financial reporting. The object is to develop a critical understanding of conceptual issues in financial accounting as well as to enhance technical and analytical skills. The course covers the advanced analysis and interpretation of the annual report, some of the more complex accounting standards not addressed in earlier courses, and current issues in financial reporting. The course broadens students' horizons by examining the regulations, techniques, and debates surrounding topics such as fair value accounting; accounting for financial instruments; revenue recognition; intangible assets, and accounting in specialist sectors. Students are also introduced to accounting for capital reconstruction. 

This course covers moral philosophy, the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature, extent, and foundation of obligations, duties, virtues, practical reasons, and moral rights. Precise topics vary from year to year; representative topics include: Where do moral obligations come from, and what motivates people to follow them? How do we know what we morally ought to do? Do people have moral right; what about animals? What reasons do we have to help those in need? Do we have moral duties to ourselves; to our loved ones? Is the aim of providing a fully general, informative, moral theory achievable? Is there a universal human morality?

This course introduces students to key geographical debates, theories, and concepts. Students gain a broad understanding of the interaction between human societies and the spaces in which they exist, looking at a range of economic, cultural, social, and political processes at a variety of scales. The course explores four key themes: environment; colonial afterlives; bodies, identities, and difference; and people and mobility. Through these themes students examine why geography matters to a series of contemporary debates and concerns, including globalization, climate change, social inequality, capitalism, and the future. A variety of local, national, and international case studies are used to examine these substantive issues and to consider issues of social justice, values, and ethics. 

This is a first course in real analysis and a concrete introduction to group theory and the mathematics of symmetry. Students study fundamental concepts of Analysis (completeness, epsilon-N, continuity, epsilon-delta) and Group Theory (groups, group actions, symmetries).

This course covers generalized linear models, some major statistical learning tools, and models for complex causal relationships, mainly in the context of social sciences. Lectures are combined with practical computer lab tutorials in order to illustrate the applications of the theoretical tools. The analysis is carried out using the statistical software environment R, which is freely available under the GNU General Public License.

This course gives students an intuitive feel for the basic building blocks of analogue circuits. This course also teaches students how to analyze and design discrete and integrated CMOS based analogue circuits. Topics include MOS transistor model, linear and saturation regions, dc equations, MOS capacitances; small signal equivalent circuits and analysis; CMOS current mirrors, simple and cascode inverters, source follower plus differential amplifier circuits; differential amplifier circuits with gain and bandwith of simple amplifiers; and use of LTSPICE for circuit simulation. (The course builds on material presented in the second year.) 

This course offers an introduction to the religion of Islam. It explores the key texts, central beliefs, and rituals, as well as the main branches and traditions of religious thought and practice, which developed over the centuries following the rise of Islam up to the modern period. It covers central elements and concepts of the religion of Islam. These include the central texts of Islam, the Qur'an and Hadith, as well as the role and significance of the prophet Muhammad, the central beliefs and the major ritual duties. The course also explores the main divisions of Islam and various aspects of Islamic thought, such as law, theology, Sufism, and political thought.

This course focuses on a selection of readings from the Greek Old Testament, Greek New Testament, and other Greek writings of the Hellenistic and Roman periods, along with some elements of advanced grammar and vocabulary. The syllabus changes from session to session but incorporates a range of koine Greek texts. These typically involve a selection from the Septuagint (LXX), the Greek New Testament, the Apostolic Fathers, the Apologists, and other early Christian writers, with a focus on the New Testament Apocryphal Gospels and other non-canonical texts.

Feelings are things we usually think of as "natural," but sociologists are interested in to what extent emotions are socially constructed and/or socially constituting. In this course, students examine why sociologists have largely neglected emotions and what a sociological approach can bring to our understanding of them. This enables students to explore how the sociology of emotions can challenge some of sociology's key premises and ways of thinking and to critically analyze debates about the changing role of emotions in social life. The topic examines how modernity has made people feel about each other and their world and how those feelings have in turn shaped that world.