University College London

This course is a bridge between the world of mathematics and science and the world of the humanities and the social and historical sciences. Students are exposed to game theory as a descriptive tool that is not bound by the topics of any single discipline. The most influential discoveries made in philosophy, politics, economics, finance, war studies, biology, psychology, law, and history are discussed.

Exploring the workings and logic of imperial institutions of power, local alliances, collaboration between different imperial subjects, and the role of distant monarchs, this advanced course explores how these conditions served as fundamental nodes in maintaining and shaping colonial power. Through the lens of social and intellectual histories of empire in the Iberian world, the seminars consider how colonial subjects in the Iberian empires –including free black and indigenous American populations – shaped empire, religion, and science through daily practices and litigation.

This course addresses the background, subjects, and sources of international law; states and international organizations as subjects of international law; state jurisdiction over individuals, land, water, and outer space; state responsibility for violations of international law; state and diplomatic immunities; the system of the United Nations; and lawful use of force. Current affairs are discussed and analyzed. This is the fall semester only version of the full year course, which is listed under ESPS0007.

The course examines concepts in ecology relevant to geography, illustrated through examples from both terrestrial and aquatic habitats, and including both plants and animals. Subjects covered include species definitions, ecological niche, dispersal and biogeography, biodiversity, interspecific interactions, productivity and ecosystem functioning, population and community ecology, succession, community description, and ecological surveying.

This course examines London as a destination for "tourist" cinema, seeing the city through the eyes of filmmakers from countries around the world, including Denmark, Finland, Algeria, Nigeria, Canada, the United States, South Korea, and China. Students are encouraged to discover the city through the stranger's gaze, and to thematise the familiar and the strange in this urban context.

This course examines some of the concepts and techniques which are important in the study of the biological sciences. The course is divided into three core subject areas: cell and molecular biology, proteins and enzymes, and metabolism.

In this course, students examine advanced topics of fluid mechanics and thermal energy and apply these topics to the analysis of common engineering systems. The course consists of two thematic and overlapping areas: fluid mechanics and thermodynamics. It links the broad concepts of thermodynamics and fluid mechanics with the practical context that they will experience in industry. This is the fall only version of this course.

This course considers key themes and current debates in Egyptian Archaeology including history, the archaeology of death, Egyptian settlements and landscapes, social and cultural contexts of material culture, the role of the museum, and the place of Egypt in the wider world. Students examine geographical, historical, and social contexts of material culture in Ancient Egypt; understand the disciplinary underpinnings of Egyptian Archaeology; and understand and contribute to current debates in Egyptian Archaeology.

This course explores the basic principles of writing prose fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction using a mixture of reading, writing, peer appraisal, and group project work. Students learn to critique, review, and appraise written work, from creative and critical analysis perspectives, applied in both individual and group-focused settings. They gain greater proficiency and abilities in intensive, in-depth, and extensive creative writing and reading, and they extend their capacity for creative and critical self-reflection. Students develop abilities in independent analysis, judgment, critical evaluation, and thought, in conjunction with progressing redrafting, revision, research, and note-taking skills. They also develop technical writing skills, basic publishing and design skills, and facilitate greater understanding and knowledge of editorial and publishing processes, in particular proof-reading, copy-editing, and various aspects of typesetting, design, and layout.