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THINKING AS A CRITIC
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University of London, Royal Holloway
Program(s)
University of London, Royal Holloway
UCEAP Course Level
Lower Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
English
Comparative Literature
UCEAP Course Number
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
THINKING AS A CRITIC
UCEAP Transcript Title
THINKNG AS A CRITIC
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
This course introduces students to reading, writing, and thinking as a critic. Students develop the abilities and skills of literary criticism and are introduced to the concepts, theories, ideas, and histories that are central to the discipline of English. This course encourages students to think of themselves as active readers and literary critics involved in developing their own interpretations and judgments, rather than passive learners.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
EN1011
Host Institution Course Title
THINKING AS A CRITIC
Host Institution Campus
Royal Holloway, University of London
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
English
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THEATRE AND IDEAS: THE IDEA OF LIVE ART
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University of London, Royal Holloway
Program(s)
University of London, Royal Holloway
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Dramatic Arts
UCEAP Course Number
122
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
THEATRE AND IDEAS: THE IDEA OF LIVE ART
UCEAP Transcript Title
IDEA OF LIVE ART
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
Drawing on influences from theater and the visual arts, Live Art does not conform to any single form of making but is rather wildly interdisciplinary, experimental and provocative. Concerned with experience and the potential of live encounter for public intervention, radical politics and formal innovation, this course introduces the Idea of Live Art and its artistic, social and political ambitions. Exploring examples of experimental practice by key practitioners – indicatively Marina Abramović, Franko B, Chris Burden, Song Dong, Tehching Hsieh, Yves Klein, Santiago Sierra, Valie Export and others – this course also engages with contemporary events happening in London simultaneously with seminars. Students explore institutions, including the Live Art Development Agency (LADA) and the Institute for Contemporary Arts (London), which have framed, supported and made space for Live Art, and make the most of opportunities offered by the Department’s three-year partnership with Tate Modern. Students explore key ideas for theater and performance to do with liveness, embodiment, spectatorship, duration, ephemerality and documentation, and investigate how live art has embraced, challenged, and extended debates regarding the representation of ideas and identities, as well as what might count as performance.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
DT2401
Host Institution Course Title
THEATRE AND IDEAS: THE IDEA OF LIVE ART
Host Institution Campus
Royal Holloway University of London
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Dramatic Arts
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COMPARATIVE FOREIGN POLICY
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University of London, Royal Holloway
Program(s)
University of London, Royal Holloway
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Political Science
UCEAP Course Number
170
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
COMPARATIVE FOREIGN POLICY
UCEAP Transcript Title
COMP FOREIGN POLICY
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
This course explores knowledge relating to the analysis of foreign policy from a comparative perspective. The course enables students to critically evaluate contending perspectives on foreign policy analysis, with respect to the foreign policies of key countries and IGOs. It prepares students for critical engagement with key themes surrounding foreign policy by asking them to apply theory to practice through the analysis of both primary and secondary literature. The course provides structured opportunities for students to develop and test their own hypotheses. By drawing on literature in the UK in particular, this course examines foreign policy from a comparative perspective. The course focuses on theories of foreign policy, followed by in-depth investigation of foreign policy in key countries and IGOs.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
PR3670
Host Institution Course Title
COMPARATIVE FOREIGN POLICY
Host Institution Campus
Royal Holloway, University of London
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Politics and International Relations
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CLASSICAL MECHANICS
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University of London, Royal Holloway
Program(s)
University of London, Royal Holloway
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Physics
UCEAP Course Number
137
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
CLASSICAL MECHANICS
UCEAP Transcript Title
CLASSICAL MECHANICS
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
This course applies the techniques and formulae of mathematical analysis (in particular the use of vectors and calculus) to solve problems in classical mechanics, including statics, dynamics, and kinematics as applied to linear and rigid body rotational dynamics. The course also covers first principles and the derivation of standard formulae in classical mechanics.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
PH1320
Host Institution Course Title
CLASSICAL MECHANICS
Host Institution Campus
Royal Holloway, University of London
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Physics
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THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University of London, Royal Holloway
Program(s)
University of London, Royal Holloway
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
International Studies
Business Administration
UCEAP Course Number
116
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
UCEAP Transcript Title
GLOBAL ECONOMY
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
This course examines key actors shaping the global economy, namely Multinational Enterprises (MNEs), states, civil society, and inter-governmental institutions. Using the concept of global production networks (GPNs), the course explores the nature and developments in the following industries: extractive, agro-food, garment, automobile, and finance. While globalization has brought enormous economic benefits to MNEs and some sections of society, it has also produced negative social and environmental consequences, for which MNEs are increasingly held responsible. This course also considers key responsibility issues businesses face and discusses various governance mechanisms to deal with challenges arising from globalization.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
MN2165
Host Institution Course Title
THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
Host Institution Campus
University of London Royal Holloway
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Management
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THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University of London, Royal Holloway
Program(s)
University of London, Royal Holloway
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Film & Media Studies
UCEAP Course Number
116
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
UCEAP Transcript Title
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
This course analyzes the creative/media industries from a business perspective. Three main sectors of the creative industries are covered: film, television, and digital media. The course examines the operation of these different industries through the lens of a number of interconnecting issues: economics and finance; policy and regulation; copyright and global trade; ratings and audience measurement; branding, marketing, and production cultures. Students are introduced to a number of important industrially oriented research skills such as interviewing, market/demographic analysis, locating and interpreting legal documents, and archival research.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
MA2080
Host Institution Course Title
THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
Host Institution Campus
University of London Royal Holloway
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Media Arts
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ADVANCED DIGITAL MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University of London, Royal Holloway
Program(s)
University of London, Royal Holloway
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Film & Media Studies
UCEAP Course Number
135
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
ADVANCED DIGITAL MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS
UCEAP Transcript Title
ADV DIG MEDIA COMM
UCEAP Quarter Units
12.00
UCEAP Semester Units
8.00
Course Description
The course examines advanced theoretical and practical skills to analyze the social media segment of choice. Students explore its main principles (analysis of existing campaign), and create a piece of digital /social media (campaign), combining the ability to conceive and create a project plan and budget (plan), and realize a piece of digital media communications. Students cultivate an awareness of the aesthetic cultural and practical possibilities of non-linear narrative forms and make an argument for the creative and technical choices they have made having regard to their understanding of digital culture and the socioeconomic, cultura, and regulatory forces that shape online experiences.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
MA3811
Host Institution Course Title
ADVANCED DIGITAL MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS
Host Institution Campus
Royal Holloway, University of London
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Media Arts
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LITERATURE OF THE FIN DE SIECLE
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University of London, Royal Holloway
Program(s)
University of London, Royal Holloway
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
English
UCEAP Course Number
144
UCEAP Course Suffix
N
UCEAP Official Title
LITERATURE OF THE FIN DE SIECLE
UCEAP Transcript Title
LIT / FIN DE SIECLE
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
This course examines the "dark" side of late Victorian and Edwardian literature. It provides an appropriate cultural history for the literature of the fin de siècle, exploring a wide range of topics: fears of over-civilization and diagnoses of neurasthenia in the upper classes, a psychology that divides the mind into upper and lower (primitive) layers, a psychopathology describing deviant sexualities and states of hysteria, the emergence of "the new woman," occultism and spiritualism, drug abuse, fears of contagion and disease, and ideas of apocalypse at the turn of the century. The course moves from cultural symptoms diagnosed by theorists of decline to the solution often proposed by writers concerned with Empire (and, in America, with the Frontier): a masculine regeneration sustained by travel, adventure, and heroic struggle. Debates about "new" and "fallen" women are considered within the context of late Victorian sexual politics. Lectures and seminars also address the interests of the Rhymers' Club, the poetic coevals of the decadent novelists, preoccupied with the "literature of failure."
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
EN2309
Host Institution Course Title
LITERATURE OF THE FIN DE SIECLE
Host Institution Campus
Royal Holloway, University of London
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
English
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PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University of London, Royal Holloway
Program(s)
University of London, Royal Holloway
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Psychology
UCEAP Course Number
165
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
UCEAP Transcript Title
PERSONLTY&INDIV DIF
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
The course provides knowledge on theory and research in key topics in personality and individual differences. General issues in theory and research in personality are explored, as well as the difference between personality and individual differences. A brief history of personality and individual differences is provided. Students are equipped with methods of evaluating theories in personality. Then, key topics in personality and individual differences are reviewed including both attending to theory and to research. Where topics relate to one another, there is a comparison between topics with the aim of increasing the integrative understanding of personality.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
PS2050V
Host Institution Course Title
PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
Host Institution Campus
Royal Holloway, University of London
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Psychology
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INTRODUCTION TO WORLD MUSIC
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University of London, Royal Holloway
Program(s)
University of London, Royal Holloway
UCEAP Course Level
Lower Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Music
UCEAP Course Number
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
INTRODUCTION TO WORLD MUSIC
UCEAP Transcript Title
INTRO WORLD MUSIC
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
This course explores a range of musical cultures from around the world, including aspects of their contexts, functions, philosophies, techniques, and organizing principles. The case studies usually feature musical traditions from at least three continents and certain sessions may include hands-on performance opportunities. Students examine many fascinating and unfamiliar repertories, and are challenged to reflect on or even rethink certain fundamental musical assumptions and values.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
MU1116
Host Institution Course Title
INTRODUCTION TO WORLD MUSIC
Host Institution Campus
Royal Holloway
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Music