United Kingdom - England

This course tackles a central political and social issue of our times: the role of emotions such as hatred, anger, patriotism, shame, and offence in our politics and society. Students investigate questions such as, what is the social and moral value – or disvalue – of these emotions? When are these instrumentally beneficial, and when are they corrosive of our democratic culture or society? Informed by contemporary work in psychology, ethics, feminist philosophy, and political philosophy, this course explores a range of emotions. 

To be a successful industry leader, it is important to be able to efficiently manage various types of engineering projects. With this in mind, this course offers essential concepts, tools, and techniques of project management, presented through engaging case studies. By understanding the concepts and analytical frameworks of project management, students acquire practical knowledge and skills in project management, as well as the ability to conduct project risk analysis and management for analyzing recent or ongoing large-scale infrastructure projects. Additionally, the course provides a solid introduction to project financial management, covering aspects such as planning, estimating, budgeting, funding, managing project expenses, and billing.

This course introduces students to ideas about objects and helps them achieve a broad understanding of many of the ways in which objects function in human societies, in the recent as well as more distant past. The course provides a comprehensive introduction to the interdisciplinary study of "objects in cultures;" and it demonstrates how societies create objects which in turn create individual identities, and reify cultural traits. 

This course introduces a wide range of repertories within the history of music. It stimulates students to relate features of musical compositions and performances to their wider historical contexts and gives students a fundamental knowledge of specific musical cultures. It provides students with opportunities to develop skills in research and information retrieval and in critical reading of primary and secondary literature, to receive formative feedback on those skills, and to build a foundation for higher-level study. 

This dynamic course provides students with an opportunity to learn about some of the key legal skills which are used in practice to become a successful, ethical lawyer and professional.  It helps students understand the theory behind these skills within the classroom and participate in practical workshops and activities where they use and develop certain skills.  There are also three practical activities where the students will see legal skills in practice and have an opportunity to reflect on the skills presented. Some of these skills include; client interviewing, drafting, case file management, principles of privacy and confidentiality, the ethics of lawyering, team work, advocacy, presentation and facilitation skills, researching the law, legal design, reflection and being a life-long learner. 

This course encourages students to critically engage with key concepts and historiographical issues in the social and cultural history of the transitions from war to peace in the post-1918 and post-1945 period. It considers the complexity of French, British, German experiences of the transition from war to peace and the differences between the aftermaths of the First and Second World Wars. Students assess primary sources, particularly ego-documents such as letters and diaries, and interweave primary and secondary sources in arguments and discussions. 

A broad-sweep survey across of Greek literature. All readings are in translation. Topics included vary slightly from year to year. Authors and genres covered may include the following: Homer; lyric poetry; Herodotus and Thucydides; Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides; Aristophanes; Plato and Aristotle; Hellenistic poetry; and ancient prose fiction. The course provides basic information and a chronological and thematic framework and is intended as an introduction to ancient Greek literature and theoretical approaches to literature. 

This course explores the central developments in modern philosophy occurring between the foundation of modern empiricism and rationalism by Locke and Descartes in the 17th century, and the emergence of Kant’s philosophical system in the late 18th century. 

The idea of "Britain" has been shifting and contentious throughout the history of the British Isles. A "United Kingdom" only since 1707, Great Britain moved from a minor island nation to an imperial power over the course of the Early Modern Period and contemporary political issues such as Brexit show that its position on the global stage is no more secure or straightforward today. This course looks at art in Britain from the Middle Ages to the present day, exploring how art and artists have responded to and, to some degree, have shaped these social and political developments. Throughout the lectures and seminars, students are invited to question what we can understand to be "British art" and how conceptions of it may have changed.

In this course, students learn how to use a prominent data analytics programming language. They gain practical experience in different analytical techniques, such as network analysis and time series decomposition. The course also emphasizes the creation and usage of programmable visualizations for the communication of business insights by means of lab studies and presentations.