King's College London

During this course, students take a critical look at the music industry - particularly those companies that are based in London, such as Sony, Universal, and Kobalt - and explore the impact new technologies have had on the way music is produced and consumed. Central to this exploration is the question of how music is valued in the 21st century. Students survey two classic conceptions of value: the value of commodities by Marx (and later Marxians), and ideas about gift and gift exchange established by Marcel Mauss. 

This course provides an introduction to single machine organization, architecture and operation. Upon successful completion of the class, students learn how to demonstrably understand how instructions get executed in a sequential processor; be able to perform arithmetic operations in binary and conversions between number systems; be able to compose and analyze small assembly-language programs; explain and illustrate memory concepts and performance improvement measures.

This course broadens students' knowledge of physiology. Students make comparisons between the physiology of man and other vertebrates and compare the physiological strategies used by man and animals, evaluating their effectiveness in producing the specific functions or responses to challenges studied. Students explore experimental approaches used in studying physiology and learn how to describe the physiological mechanisms exploited by animals to achieve the specific functions or responses to challenges that are studied. 

The emergence of new powers is changing today's global order. Yet the economic and political developments underlying this new era have deep historical roots. This course teaches students to the major historical events and trends that have shaped the global economy, starting with the industrial revolution in the 18th century and the first period of true globalization in the 19th century, as imperialism and capitalism spread across the world. The 20th century is a story of both unprecedented growth and economic divergence. It is also one of repeated crises, from the First World War, the Great Depression, and the Second World War, through to the oil and debt crises of the 1970s and 1980s.