United Kingdom - Scotland

This course introduces students to the subject of Criminology through the lens of the Scottish Criminal Justice System. It begins with an overview of the Scottish Criminal Justice System before examining the major avenues by which the public obtain information about crime – as victims of crime and from the media and official statistics. The course examines the processes that have developed Scotland's definitions of crime and the broader social and political context in which this crime occurs.

The course examines different types of foreign market entry strategy; the world trade regime and the various elements that comprise this environment e.g. EU/ NAFTA; and issues in international finance, management, production, and labor. The course is devoted to an analysis of the global business environment, concentrating on the world trading system including the important role played by the international financial institutions. The course, focusing more on macro-economic business patterns, processes and institutions, provides the basis for the International Business and the Multinational Enterprise course which looks more at the micro-level and the individual firm in a global business environment.

This course provides students with an in-depth understanding of electronic device operation as well as the fabrication techniques used in their manufacture, and it introduces students to the design and manufacture of electronic products and the importance of quality control and design for manufacture. It covers the basics of semiconductor physics, the important building blocks of the p-n junction and MOS capacitor, and the operation and fabrication of MOS and bipolar transistors. Students are also introduced to electronics industry relevant materials relating to product design and manufacture as well as the important developments that are driving future technologies.

This course provides an understanding of psychological knowledge in several inter-related domains concerned with the biological bases of behavior. Emphasis will be laid on basic experimental science from analysis of molecular and synaptic events, single cell studies, brain activity scans, and clinical studies, and the relationship between cognitive, emotional, behavioral, neurological, and physiological processes are examined.

This course explores the contemporary issues and debates which shape world politics today. It begins by introducing key elements in the study of International Politics, before moving on to look at the themes of power, conflict, and peace within International Relations. It covers the role and functions of institutions such as the United Nations and the role of states and other key actors in international politics. It explores the changing shape and character of conflict and explores this within the context of an arguably more fragmented and less cohesive international system. It also consider a wide range of issues such as the global environment, poverty, and underdevelopment. The course links concepts and theories with a number of contemporary case studies which consider patterns and trends in war and conflict, arguments for and against nuclear weapons, tensions around militarized humanitarian interventions and peacekeeping. 

This course examines the general features of the A.I. problem solving process, and in particular the various forms of heuristic, together with their implementation and case studies of real systems.

This course offers an exploration of radical film and television in French Surrealism, Soviet Montage, Hollywood, and Third Cinema. It explores how cinema and television have provided a space for the representation of both radical ideas and radical aesthetics; introduces students to a wide range of radical texts from French Surrealism to Soviet Montage, from Hollywood to Third Cinema, analyzing feature films, documentaries, and television drama, and examines what is at stake in the attempt to challenge mainstream aesthetic norms and political ideologies.

This course provides a broad-based understanding of classic and contemporary theory and research in Physiological Psychology, including the development of the nervous system; the biological basis of human and non-human animal behavior, typical and atypical neuropsychology; evolutionary theories of behavior; the roles of hormones, genetics, and epigenetics in behavior; and critical evaluation of cognitive neuroimaging techniques.

This course surveys the history of Europe and the Mediterranean world from the 12th to the 15th centuries. The course takes thematic cross-sections which enable students to understand not just the crucial events that shaped the period (such as the Crusades, the fall of Constantinople, the Black Death, the threat of Mongol invasions and popular rebellions), but also the mentalities of the people who experienced them. The thematic structure of tutorials allows comparison within each theme, covering not just Europe but also the Byzantine and Islamic worlds. Possible themes may include political structures, popular devotion, religious dissent, transmission of intellectual thought, violence and warfare, marriage, childhood, the persecution of minorities, assimilation and co-existence, and travel and exploration.

This course examines gender and sexuality in a Scottish context. As binary understandings of gender and sexuality are increasingly shown to be outdated and outmoded, developments in our understanding of gender and sexuality are making headlines and becoming a regular part of our daily discourse in both our social and working lives. This course enables students to apply their knowledge of identity politics to a dynamic range of relevant texts. The texts examine the decline of traditional, industrialist, "hard man" masculinities in Scotland. Through an exploration of dynamic, contemporary and highly acclaimed texts, this course examines broken masculinities, resistant femininities, and resurgent Scottish LGBT+ fictions. A select range of relevant secondary sources accompany this exploration of primary literature, introducing students to iconic theorists, as well as relevant contemporary critics examining Scottish literature from a gendered perspective.