King's College London

This course explores the processes and patterns of climate variability and change, and considers how these aspects of climate impact society. The course emphasizes the concept that climate is not only a determinant of human activities but is one of humankind's greatest resources. The course also examines how it can be one of humankind's greatest threats, due to the occurrence of climate extremes and anthropogenic-related changes to the global climate system. The course explores the relationship between climate and society; climate oscillations and teleconnections as well as the mechanisms underlying climatic variability; the nature of direct and indirect impacts of climate on society and the science of climate change and how climate change impact assessments are conducted; climate risk and its assessment; how climate knowledge can be applied to the problem of sustainable development.

This course introduces students to examples of youth cultures from around the world, puts them in context, and provides conceptual and theoretical frameworks to help analyze and understand them. It explores a number of key themes and ideas, including identity, resistance/threat, class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, fandom, and the digital. The course looks at how youth culture can be seen in relation to culture, media, and creative industries, and the connections and tensions between creativity, agency, and commodification. 

This course provides an introduction to classical and recent models of international trade and their predictions of trade patterns, with some consideration of empirical studies and policy issues. More precisely, it introduces students to the remarkable growth of international trade in recent decades; the Gravity model, classic models of trade theory, such as the theory of comparative advantage; the Specific Factor model and the Heckscher–Ohlin model, always focusing on the empirical relevance and usefulness of the theories. It also covers new trade theory, i.e. trade models incorporating economies of scale, imperfect competition, and product differentiation. Finally, it provides tools to analyze the economic effects of various trade policies.

The course provides an introduction to Islam, exploring key aspects of its thought and practice and early history. The course content is built on the structure of the Hadith of Gabriel, which presents the religion as comprising Islam, or submission (action), iman, or belief (understanding), ihsan, or doing what is beautiful (sincerity), and proper understanding of human history. Topics covered typically include the social and cultural setting in which Islam emerged, religious and political developments during and after the Prophet's life, internal divisions within the Muslim community, the authoritative texts, law, and major schools of Islamic thought.

The course provides a theoretical understanding and practical skills related to object-oriented programming. Practical skills will be learnt using the C++ programming language. The course enables students to tackle complex programming problems, making good use of the object-oriented programming paradigm to simplify the design and implementation process.