University College London

This course is designed for students with no prior knowledge of the language. Students learn the Hebrew alphabet; they learn to speak, listen, read and write. Basic vocabulary on a range of topics (e.g. home, family, daily activities, shops, classroom) is rapidly acquired. Students learn basic syntax and Hebrew grammar, including all three tenses of different verbs.

This course is concerned with the history of Europe during a crucial phase of its development in all its aspects: political, religious, economic, social, and cultural.

The course aims provides students with a thorough understanding of core techniques of quantitative economics and econometrics and their application to test economic theories and measure magnitudes relevant for economic policy and other decisions, as a foundation for subsequent study of quantitative topics within the degree programme, and as one of the key elements in the professional training of an economist.

This course provides students with a basic understanding of the key economic issues involved in the emerging market economies. Students learn to analyze the interaction between economic factors and institutional, political, and social factors in the formulation and implementation of economic policies in emerging economies, including transition economies.

This course covers the basic principles of machine reasoning, exploring the foundations of the rapidly developing field of artificial intelligence, and outlining the mathematical techniques used in both knowledge representation and future artificial intelligence courses. Once equipped with the main technical and theoretical tools, students are presented with a selection of different applications of machine reasoning, e.g., natural language processing, machine vision, and robotics, to create a point of contact with real-world examples and future, more advanced AI courses.

In this course, students study econometric methods to analyze individual-level data (microdata). The course starts by studying core policy evaluation methods, then covers various extensions, and finally reviews limited dependent variable models. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on (a) agents’ choice and selection into treatment, and (b) heterogeneities in treatment impact. Related to these keywords, the lectures answer the following questions: What are appropriate econometric techniques to measure policy impact when assignment to the policy (treatment) is not random? What is the econometric framework to measure policy impact when the policy impact is heterogeneous among the individuals?

Many current philosophical discussions, both in practical and theoretical philosophy, center around the explanation of normativity. This course focuses primarily on practical normativity, starting with the crucial concept of a normative reason and then look into a number of different topics, e.g. values and reasons; reasons for attitudes and the wrong kind of reasons; and normative powers and voluntary obligations.

This course explores why and when Russian policymakers consider military interventions necessary; how they are presented as legitimate and justifiable. It investigates the widespread beliefs and ideas among the Russian political elite associated with intervention, state sovereignty, and the role of the West.

This course examines how international factors influence the economic policies of developing countries. Students evaluate different theoretical debates, with an emphasis on how cross-border flows – such as goods, capital, production, people, and pollution – influence economic policymaking in developing regions. They address several themes that are central to understanding the politics of economic policymaking in emerging economies, including, the legacies of colonialism, trade protectionism and liberalization, globalization and the race to the bottom, the role of the state in development, and the influence of international organizations on developing countries.

This course examines the sweeping changes in religious life in Europe between the late Middle Ages and the 17th century. It concentrates on the upheavals associated with the Protestant and Catholic Reformations (the latter known also as the Counter-Reformation), but places these in a much broader context, examining the role of religion in the social, cultural, and political world of early modern Europe. The course does not treat religious issues solely in theological or ecclesiastic terms, but also in terms of piety – the "varieties of religious experience" Europeans had, and community – the social and spiritual bonds formed by religion. It pays attention to the "common folk" as much as to famous leaders, and looks for long-term shifts behind the era’s revolutionary events