University College London

Academics and practitioners have paid increasing attention to the role that politics plays in development. The course provides students with an introduction to this exciting turn in development theory and practice. Students learn about global development, as well as the fundamentals of politics and political economy. 

In this course, students analyze the interplay between migration and health, i.e. the physical, mental, and social wellbeing of migrants. The ability of a migrant to integrate into a host society is based upon combined mental, physical, cultural, and social well-being. Absence of physical ill-health is not by itself sufficient for successful integration in a host society. However, the structural inequalities experienced by migrants have a significant impact on overall health and well-being. 

Large organizations have specialized departments with annual budgets to analyze how industry-wide innovations can be adapted to gain competitive advantage. There is a gap in the industry for all-rounded professionals who understand how to quantify, apply AI-driven solutions and scrutinize these innovations and manage resulting business risks strategically. This course addresses this skill gap in the market, improves prospects for jobs that require such cross-disciplinary awareness and provides the basic knowledge for students to gain further professional qualifications.

This course builds upon students' primary knowledge of the heart and circulation. Contemporary views of cardiac and vascular physiology are considered. The course develops students' understanding of cardiac and vascular function in relation to cellular mechanisms, with an emphasis on translating this to the human subject and the pathology of various cardiovascular diseases. Practical sessions give first-hand knowledge and experience of two techniques for assessing cardiovascular functions: blood pressure and organ bath pharmacology.

The course examines economical and social rights, the legal obligations that governments have to realize these rights, why governments vary in their efforts to realize these rights, and other international and domestic factors that affect the realization of these rights.

The unifying topic of this course is how genes and their interactions, either with other genes or with the environment, make us what we are. The course introduces students to the subject of human genetics, enable them to appreciate the implications of genetic research for society and provide a basis for more advanced studies. Students learn to understand and critically evaluate scientific studies in human genetics, whether reported in scientific journals or in the lay press.

This lecture-based course integrates theories and practices of environment and society as reflected in contemporary governance debates. The course explores the science and politics of environmental governance, examining the historical and contemporary practices by which human uses of natural resources have been governed. It analyses the knowledges, models, and theories that make up scientific understandings of biodiversity conservation, particularly participative and economic concepts and rationales. Through these areas, and drawing upon debates from various literatures, the course critically interrogates the ways in which human uses of natural resources in protected areas are considered as governable.