University College London

The course presents the integration of three different disciplines under an applied philosophical dimension needed to achieve the impossible. A vision needs leadership to develop the strategy, the roadmap through which management coordinates the execution of thoughts and acts. Strategic management without leadership is a well thought plan with the vision. The course presents the philosophy behind each discipline, their integration and their execution through various frameworks, methods and practices, but also metrics, case studies, and examples.

This gallery-based course focuses on developments in modern art during the 20th century in relation to artistic concepts of the future, looking at how these changed as the century progressed and earlier imagined futures were not realized. Themes discussed include historical avant-gardes, the Dada group, surrealism, utopion ideas, futurism, and activist art from Europe and the US in the 1960s.

The course introduces students to topics in applied psychology (e.g. educational psychology, psychopathology and counselling, criminal psychology and neuropsychology/science) with an emphasis on their relevance in everyday life. There is less emphasis on particular psychological theories, but more focus on how this knowledge transfers to real life situations.

The course provides an overview of research in behavioral economics, a field of economics that draws on knowledge in psychology to capture important aspects of human behavior and social interactions that standard economic models cannot explain. Topics include heuristics and biases, decision making under uncertainty, prospect theory, reference dependence, intertemporal choice, social preferences, bounded rationality, as well as nudges. Throughout this course, students link theory to practice and discuss empirical applications in areas and topics such as consumer choice, saving behavior, procrastination, education, labor supply, finance, and policy making.