University College London

This course provides students with a framework for modelling and understanding the behavior of firms in a dynamic setting.  Emphasis is placed on intertemporal factors that influence firms’ strategic behavior in imperfectly competitive markets.

This is an intermediate-level course designed to introduce students to the burgeoning field of Applied Epistemology. Students use philosophical theories about knowledge, justification and belief-formation to explore pressing societal issues. Topics vary from year to year, but may include: When other well-informed people disagree with us, should this make us less confident in our beliefs? What can epistemology tell us about online ‘echo chambers’? What, if anything, makes conspiracy theories epistemically worse than official theories? How should feminism affect the way we think about knowledge and belief?

This course reviews the turbulent development of London from the Roman period (c AD 47) to the rebuilding of the City after the Great Fire of 1666, integrating archaeological, architectural, and documentary sources. It considers the non-linear trajectory its development, noting the serious setbacks such (rebellions, foreign invasions, conflagrations, major plague) and the impacts these had on its ultimately successful commercial expansion.

Objects can be viewed from many different perspectives to reveal multiple, and sometimes contested, meanings. Students may start with object-focused questions such as: What is it made of? How was it made? Where is it from? When was it made? How was it used? Answers to these questions open up further research areas about how objects connect people and express knowledge and cultural values. Using UCL’s unique collections, which include the Grant Museum of Zoology, the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, and Art Collections, students build their own virtual exhibition. By using objects as the primary focus, the course draws on interdisciplinary approaches to their study from fields as diverse as zoology, art history, anthropology, and medical science. 

This course provides students with a thorough understanding of core concepts and methods of macroeconomics, as a foundation for subsequent study of macroeconomic topics within the degree program, and as one of the key elements in the professional training of an economist.