McGill University

This course examines the history of the Cold War. Special attention will be paid to the different viewpoints and experiences of the Cold War participants by studying the historiography and archival materials released in the Eastern Block and Western World.

This course examines advanced algorithm design and analysis including linear programming, complexity and NP-completeness, and advanced algorithmic techniques.

This course examines key concepts, issues, and modes of analysis in the interdisciplinary fields of feminist and social justice studies with an emphasis on the intersections of gender, race, class, sex, sexuality, and nation in systems of power from historical and contemporary perspectives and the means for collectively transforming them.

This course examines the main analytical approaches to the study of world politics, the course invites students to revisit the history of modern international relations, and to discuss, in this context, specific explanations of international political phenomena. While not exclusively, special attention is given to questions of conflict and cooperation in matters of international security.

This course examines society’s continuing fascination with competitive sports and explore their role in European societies from the late 19th century to the end of the Cold War through the lenses of empire, nation, class, race, and gender.

This course examines topics pertaining to the music industry and developing a career in music, including: business models, budgeting and financial planning, accounting and taxation, agents, representatives and consultants, contracts and agreements, licensing, rights and rights management, managing human resources, building and working with teams.

This course examines social and political issues involving Indigenous Peoples in Canada, historic and contemporary. It covers an examination of the concept and political condition of Indigeneity in relation to questions of knowledge and place; the problem of state power and violence for Indigenous peoples within Canada; and the Indigenous political action as a response to the state projects of incorporation and dispossession. 

This course examines the world of international business including economic foundations of international trade and investment; the international trade, finance, and regulatory frameworks; relations between international companies and nation-states, including costs and benefits of foreign investment and alternative controls and responses; and effects of local environmental characteristics on the operations of multi-national enterprises.

This course examines the data science process. It covers orientation to the use and configuration of core data science toolkits, data collection and annotation fundamentals, principles of responsible data science, the use of quantitative tools in data science, and presentation of data science findings.

This intensive course is the second of five levels in French as a Second Language offered at the French Language Centre (FLC). Focus is on all oral and written skills with a view to improving comprehension and expression. Review and further training in basic structures. Enrichment of vocabulary and awareness of French-speaking culture through selected readings and audiovisual material.