Course Code: SPN151, Units: 3, This is a Spanish communicative course whose specific goals are directed at students in the law enforcement fields that have little or no previous knowledge of the Spanish language who want to gain sufficient linguistic competence that will permit them to communicate with Spanish speakers in the specific context of their jobs. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Spanish Language & Literature.

Course Code: SPN251, Units: 3, This is a Spanish communicative course whose specific goals are directed at students in the law enforcement fields that have had a minimum of 100 contact hours of college level Spanish and want to gain sufficient linguistic competence that will permit them to communicate with Spanish speakers in the specific context of their specific fields. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Spanish Language & Literature.

Course Code: POLS3420, Units: 3, This course will explore the dynamics of environmental management, environmental histories, policy, politics and ACTION in the case study of Costa Rica and beyond. It will study environmental history and policy at a regional and national level; it will explore the emergence of Costa Rica's cutting edge environmental politics and governmental commitments (the greening of the public sector and carbon neutrality and others); it will look back at Costa Rica's conservation history and critically review its conservation and sustainable development model; it will present an understanding of the 'state of the nation and region' in regard to environmental indicators (land use methods and statistics, deforestation and reforestation data, contamination and waste indicators); it will identify the individuals and organisations working on taking authentic action in environmental protection; it will take a close look at how government policy translates into practice by reviewing cases studies of community and grassroots action in forestry, organic farming, recycling, cooperatives, and women's environmental groups; and lastly, it will address some of central issues and challenges facing these activities and the resultant environmental conflicts. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Government, History, Peace and Conflict, Political Science, Public Policy Studies, Sociology

Course Code: POL3100, Units: 3, A general survey of the complex social and political heritage of Costa Rican society, examined through a comprehensive and multidisciplinary view focusing on the historical development and present day dynamics of economy, society, polity, natural resources and culture. Special attention will be given to present day issues of peace, democracy, environment, economic and political trends, population, and the emergence of old and new paradigms and ideological movements. Emphasis will be placed upon different topics during the course, according to students interests and current events emerging in Costa Rican society. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Government, History, Peace and Conflict, Political Science, Public Policy Studies, Sociology.

Course Code: SOCY2100, Units: 3, This course will be providing to the student a general knowledge about law enforcement in Costa Rica, according to national and international legislation in constitutional and human rights. Critical analysis will be developed, and students will be able to generate conversations and discussions about different criminal policies between Costa Rica and their countries to contribute from their different areas in crime prevention. This course corresponds to the criminology area, it is a theoretical-practical course and it seeks to clarify the following question: How to use the law enforcement criminal policies of Costa Rica to contribute to crime prevention? For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Criminology, Government, Pre-Law, Public Policy Studies.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 3, Whilst the history of the former communist countries has attracted the attention of scholars for decades, it is by no means a closed case. Even today, thirty years after the fall of the “iron curtain”, new discoveries are being made as lost documents are emerging from the darkness of the communist archives to testify and to shed light on the true nature of communist regimes, their power structures, disgusting political plays of its leaders and – before all – the unprecedented scale of terror and atrocities against humanity, leaving the death toll of 100 million people worldwide. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: European Studies, Government, International Affairs, International Politics, International Studies, Political Science.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 3, The course is designed for students with various academic backgrounds who are interested in the history of communism in its relation to religion – both theoretical (philosophical) and practical (historical). Beginning with a general analysis of notions of “religion” and “communism”, the course turns to the foundations of communism as “Marxism” and the attitude to religion proposed by its founders (“Religion as opium for the people”). We will try to trace the misconception of religion directly in the early communist pamphlets and discuss the scale of possible problems stemming from this misconception. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: European Studies, Government, History, International Affairs, International Politics, International Relations, International Studies, Political Science, Religion.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 3, This course is meant for students with different academic backgrounds but with strong interest in Central European developments during and after the democratic revolutions 1989. To understand Central European developments since 1989 it is necessary - according to our many years´ teaching experience - to get acquainted with main turning points of political history of respective countries of Central European geopolitical space on one hand and to undertake some comparative research into similarities and differences of such developments on the other hand. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Development Studies, European Studies, International Affairs, International Politics, International Studies, Political Science.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 3, This course will focus on the history of the Czech / Czechoslovak film. It shall cover its whole path from the invention of cinema through the twentieth century until the current period; a special attention will be paid to the singular time of the Czech film - the New Wave of the 60s – and also to the latest era. The trends of the Czech film will be put into context not only with the period´s social and cultural milieu but also with the world film production.. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: European Studies, Film Studies, History, International Studies

Course Code: N/A, Units: 3, The very existence and the radical enlargement of the European Union is becoming one of the defining events of the early twenty-first century. This course will focus on different aspects of European integration process. The students will get acquainted with history and ideology of European unification process which still play an important role in both philosophical and political discussions of many Europeans. The emergence and transformation of political institutions is the essential part of the class. The collapse of communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe 1989 posed new challenges, culminated in the decision to massively enlarge which has presented new problems: the necessity to write a comprehensive Treaty for Europe. The analysis of the new Reform Treaty for Europe and the process of its ratification will be one of the central parts of the course. Special attention will be dedicated to the current financial crisis in the EURO-zone. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Economics, European Studies, International Relations, International Studies, Political Science.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 3, This course will familiarize students with basic, yet fundamental, concepts and theories related to gender as a social construct, to biological) sex and to relations among/between men and women in the society and culture as seen from interdisciplinary perspectives. Course session will deal with various gender-related issues and will be placed within the European context and compared with cultural specificities of American society. Further, issues of multiculturalism, so-called Third World feminism and/or spirituality and religion will be discussed in the global context, rather than particularly European and/or American one, as these issues pertain to gender regardless of geographical location. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: European Studies, Gender Studies, International Studies, Sociology, Women's Studies.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 3, Today, most Jews living in the U.S. (the largest Jewish community in the world) trace their descent back to Central or Eastern Europe. The course explores Jewish presence primarily in the history of Central Europe and the ambiguous character of Jewish experience fated not only by prejudice,contempt, and suffering, which culminated in the Holocaust, but also rich in the undeniable contribution of Jews to the life and culture of the countries and nations of Central Europe. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: European Studies, History, International Studies, Multicultural Studies, Religion, Sociology.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 3, The objective of this course is to familiarize the student with the most representative events of Czech history. By studying the events, students will get to know, not only the political changes of a country but also how history is represented through the cinema. With this information the students will be able to produce their opinions about the past, present and future of Bohemia and apply this knowledge to further topics related to the present political situation in different countries. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: European Studies, History, International Studies.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 3, This course will introduce Prague not only as the city that has had the reputation as one of the most beautiful cities in the world, but also as one of the most mystical and atmospheric. There is nowhere quite like this capital of Bohemia with its chaotic and rich mix of symbolism and imagery. Even from the time of its mythical foundation by Libuše, a Slavic princess who was also a magician and oracle, it has been associated with enchantment. Few nations have created so many myths about themselves as the Czechs. As with other national mythologies, Czech myths mostly concern the history and self-perception of the ethnic group. In this course we examine authentic historical texts from various magical traditions to find the truth behind the fiction and the historical events that sometimes permitted and sometimes persecuted the religions, philosophies, and sciences we have come to call “magic.” In this course you will study not only mythical Bohemia but also post-reformation Bohemia and the practice of magic during the reign of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II in the discourse of heresy. We will concern ourselves primarily with how the practice of magic affected politics and religion as well as with how politics and religion affected the practice of magic. You will also expand your knowledge of the history of Bohemia and the city of Prague and it will give you some ideas about “magic” influence on the modern Czech culture such as Czech Puppet Theatre or literature. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: European Studies, History, Literature, Religion.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 3, This course addresses the interrelationship between philosophy and history. We will study the cultural and philosophical tradition of the Central Europe that underlies ways of generating different political and cultural movements. Processes of political argumentation, theoretical critique, and the influence of other cultural divisions on creation of modern nations are examined in relationship to contemporary philosophical approaches. Conceptualization of nation and national states will be explored through comparing and contrasting paradigms.. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: History, International Politics, Political Science.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 3, The aim of the course is to put the history of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic into the broader international context. We will focus on both the Czechoslovak foreign policy and the role the country played in the European history of the past hundred years. We will discuss the key events and problems linking Czech history with that of Europe and the United States. We will try to examine each problem from various angles and thus to challenge conventional interpretations. Special attention will be devoted to the history of Czechoslovak-American relations. Not only did the United States act as a midwife in the process of Czechoslovakia’s creation, but subsequently the ups and downs of Czechoslovakia‘s fate kept intersecting with American foreign policy interests. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: European Studies, History, International Affairs, International Politics, International Relations, International Studies, Peace and Conflict, Political Science.

Course Code: IP_327, Units: 3, The course will give the students an outline of Czech history and its connections with European developments. Attention will be given to the way in which history is reflected in Czech arts and literature, as arts and literature have often contributed significantly to the political life of the country.. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: European Studies, History, International Studies, Literature, Sociology.

Course Code: IP_308, Units: 3, The aim of this course is to provide an in-depth understanding of European security architecture by focusing on both key security institutions and key issues, such as terrorism, migration, cyber defense etc., which have direct ramifications for European security. Consequently, this course will, institutionwise, principally deal with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the EU’s Common Security and Defense Policy, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, and the Arctic Council. Simultaneously, this program will cover European security in regard to the adjacent regions that are essential for preserving local stability, namely, Eastern Europe (Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, Moldova); Middle East and North Africa (Syria, Turkey, Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Libya, Algeria); and the Arctic region. Finally, the aim of this course is to also provide a comprehensive understanding of the current challenges to European security, primarily epitomized by the refugee crisis, information warfare, terrorism, or energy dependency. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: European Studies, Intelligence Studies, International Politics, International Relations, International Studies, Political Science.

Course Code: IP_317, Units 3, To introduce the process and concept of globalization and its various aspects or dimensions, such as political, security, economic, societal, and environmental. To approach globalization in an interdisciplinary and critical manner. To apply the knowledge and skills to contemporary political/international issues and envision futures and/or solutions.. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Business, Business Administration, Business Management, Government, International Business, International Management, International Politics, Political Science, Public Policy Studies.

Course Code: IP_334, Units: 3, International Relations are introduced in theoretical and substantial contexts. Basis of IR theory is provided: realist approach, alternative and critical approaches, theoretical schools and their concepts. IR within globalization, international organizations and institutions and their activities, diplomacy and negotiation are discussed. Special space is reserved for the substantive issues: foreign policy, security cooperation, international finance, international trade, international development, regional integration, international environment, human rights, international law, international cooperation in areas of health, labor, telecommunications, intellectual property, disarmament. The EU´s international role and the Transatlantic Agenda are underlined. Where appropriate, an economic explanation of the international relations elements and their grounds is given. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: International Affairs, International Politics, International Relations, International Studies, Peace and Conflict, Political Science.

Course Code: ICC300, Units:This course is designed to examine the principles and practices of communicating from one culture to another. Focus for the course lies in differing perceptions, ways of thinking, values, non-verbal expressions, language expression and subgroups within a culture as they relate to the media and the message. Furthermore, students will have opportunity to discuss strategies for practical application that will address these issues and integrate Christian values. Subject Areas: Communications, Intercultural Communications

Course Code: HIS250/350, Units 1 to 3, This course provides an overview of the history, art, and culture of Ecuador, along with the relationship between various factors. The course includes guest speakers from local organizations and visits to community groups, along with lectures and readings. The one unit seminar is required for all students. Completing the course for three units is elective. Subject Areas: Art, History, Intercultural Studies, Liberal Arts

Course Code: INT100, Units: 2, An integrative cross-cultural experience designed to help the student understand and form his or her Christian worldview, cross-cultural engagement, and understanding of diverse social and cultural contexts. A 1-hour per week course requires the attendance of all students. The goal and emphasis of this course are to provide students with a set of tools to utilize in interacting with people in work, community, or educational settings. Community development interventions in this course are understood as activities to facilitate, strengthen, and improve less-advantaged communities, empower residents to define and participate in the development process, and interact in larger social, political, and economic systems on behalf of the community. As part of this course, all students complete a local internship. This course can be taken for one or three credits. Students may request to take the course for more units if needed but must receive approval from L&LI. Subject Areas: Community Development, Internships, Service-Learning

Course Code: BUS360, Units: 3, Social Entrepreneurship is an emerging and rapidly changing business field that examines the practice of identifying, starting, and growing successful mission-driven for-profit or nonprofit ventures, that is, organizations that strive to advance social change through innovative solutions. This course is designed to provide a socially relevant academic experience in order to help students gain in-depth insights into economic and social value creation across sectors including social justice, poverty alleviation, energy, health, and sustainability. Through case studies, lectures, and classroom dialogue, students will learn to think strategically and act opportunistically with a socially-conscious business mindset. Topics will include problem/opportunity assessment, acquiring the necessary resources to grow a social enterprise, including leadership and management styles, and the tradeoffs between social and financial returns on investment. Students will also gain exposure to various social organizational models that are making tangible and potentially scalable progress in serving the poor. Subject Areas: Business, Social Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, Social Justice, Service,

Course Code: N/A, Units: 3, The main objective of this course is to give a basic knowledge of French fashion history from 18th to early 21st Century. Throughout the semester the student will learn: - To be familiar with the main lines of fashion history (styles, personalities, designers...) - To be familiar with the history of Paris as a fashion industry -To explain the origins of the French luxury traditions. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Fashion, French Culture.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 3, The objective of this course is to give students grounding in intercultural adaptation. Living abroad, unlike visiting as a tourist, implies a cultural adaptation process. Social sciences will help us understand where we come from – this is even more relevant in a multicultural classroom. We will take time to introspect our values, socialization and cultural codes. This self-cultural-awareness will be the first step to ease cultural adaptation. It is Socrate’s “know yourself and you will know the universe and its gods.” We will then examine one’s adaptation to French daily life: the surprises, the expected, the challenges. We will wonder how it fits or not our own culture, what compromises are we going to make to adapt, and how it is enriching our own choices and views. It will take us to a deeper understanding of French society, culture, values as a whole. Finally, these skills will be applied to international management and international business negotiations. This class will therefore use the student’s close daily environment in order to test theoretical multi-disciplinary approaches such as history, sociology, ethnology or psychology in order to understand intercultural adaptation processes applied to one’s own case in personal, academic and professional settings. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: French Culture, Intercultural Development, Intercultural Management.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 3, The objective of this course is to give students grounding in the sociology and ethnology of French Cuisine. Understanding the ancestral development of one French socio-cultural specificity: French cuisine and French eating. We will be understanding French sociability, education, etiquette, taste through its cuisine and the way the French eat. We will analyze the transmission of French Cuisine through generation as well as the incorporation of new taste and techniques into the French diet today showing the inercultural development of French diversity. Through culinary lenses, students will grasp the development of French identity at home and abroad. This class will therefore use the student's close daily environment and Paris as a classroom in order to have a multi-disciplinary and multi-sensorial approach to French gastronomy. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Anthropology, History, Sociology.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 3, The objective of this course is to give students grounding in the European Union institutional structures and to acquaint them with the various political, economic and social aspects of the EU as well as its external relations. Through this course, students will gain a critical insight into the internal functioning of the EU along with the contradictions and the challenges that the EU has to face today such as the UK leaving the Union and the rise of populism. Students will learn how Europe interacts with countries in its neighborhood (Russia, Eastern Europe, Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa) and its ability to deal with the challenges linked to events in these areas. The course includes a look into policies directed towards the Global South through EU development policy. They will also study relations between the EU and the two major powers - the USA and China. . For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: European Studies, International Politics, Political Science.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 3, Course description not yet available. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: French Culture, International Economics, Political Science.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 3, Discover and understand the essential elements of the culture and civilization of France. Pedagogical approach of the teacher: Sequences presenting different aspects of France both geographically and historically (history, history of art), The habits and customs of our country, its political and social life, Paris, the media etc. This is essentially to allow beginner students to discover France and the French today, giving them some keys of their history. The oral interaction will be favored on the subjects treated always leading to compare our culture to theirs. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: French Culture.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 3, Discover and understand the great figures of feminism in France. Discuss the political and social issues of the movement throughout history. Understand the current scope of actions and works that have marked the movement. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: French Culture, History, Women's Studies.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 3, Course description not yet available. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: French Culture, International Politics, Political Science.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 3, Course description not yet available. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Art, Art History, French Culture.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 3, France is not only Paris and its region and the Côte d'Azur. We invite you to discover aspects of geography, history and traditions French. This cycle of conferences offers a panorama of landscapes, riches of its major cities, "French-style" lifestyles. Here are 10 conferences, of two hours each, which propose you a program of culture general to allow you to understand a little better France and the habits of the everyday life of the French. Program by session: 1- French space. 2- Heritage. 3- The big cities of the Hexagon (1st part). 4- The big cities of the Hexagon (2nd part). 5- At the table! Cuisine and wines. 6- The calendar of festivals and traditions (1st part). 7- The calendar of festivals and traditions (2nd part). 8- French song through the centuries. 9- The faces of the French. 10- French holidays. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: French Culture.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 3, This series of lectures is about the multiplicity of castles, abbeys, and churches on a territory that is defined as French progressively from Romanesque times to the Renaissance and the 17th century. In this context we will refer to some essential events of spring 2018: exhibitions, birthdays, concerts. Course contents: Some aspects of the castle concept in France, in the Loire Valley, from medieval fortresses to classical palaces (from the Romanesque period to the 17th century). For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: French Culture.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 3, Course description not yet available. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Art History, French Culture, Theater.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 3, Course description not yet available. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: French Culture, History.

Course Code: N/A Units: 3, Course description not yet available. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: French Culture, International Politics, Political Science.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 3, France is not only Paris and its region and the Côte d'Azur. We invite you to discover aspects of geography, history and traditions French. This cycle of conferences offers a panorama of landscapes, riches of its major cities, "French-style" lifestyles. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: French Culture.

Course Code: HUM200, Units: 3, This course is designed for students with little background in history to better understand the local culture while in Paris. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to France as the French know and experience it. Civilization is much more than history. It covers all aspects of culture as well as contemporary social issues. This course can also serve for majors of various disciplines as a case study for different social, economic or cultural issues. Emphasis is on learning to trace a whole range of technological and cultural interactions in order to link their causes and effects and to better evaluate their impact. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: French Culture, History.

Course Code: BKAW230, Units: 3, Study of European & International Licensing Agreements, as well the protection of intellectual property rights (treaties dealing with the international protection of patents, trademarks and copyrights will be examined). After the most important elements of business that deal with intellectual property, we will concentrate on traditional business i.e. buying and selling goods on an international scale and according to European Law. Finally, if we have any time, expansion of international business by moving to another country will be examined. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: International Affairs, Pre-Law.

Course Code: MGMT110, Units: 3, The objective of this course is to explore the complexity of the world we find ourselves in, the very world in which we will carry out our professional activities. From that standpoint, it is imperative that each student learns to identify, assess, and respond constructively to cultural disparities and to understand the construction of culture from an ideological point of view. At the end of this course students will understand the profound consequences of the construction of the other, the political ramifications of notions of culture, and nation. The consequences of such ideas as nation exceptionalism, thus understanding appropriate attitudes and steps that can circumvent cross-cultural failures. And to develop a critical approach to existing models with a view to reduce/eliminate sterotypical behaviors. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Intercultural Communications, Intercultural Development, Intercultural Management, International Management.

Course Code: BLAW321, Units: 3, Course description not available yet. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Business Administration, Business Management, Ethics, Pre-Law.

Course Code: POLS210, Units: 3, Basic concepts and processes of world politics will be illustrated through the analysis of power rivalries, competing images and ideologies and transformation of world economic relations. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: International Affairs, International Relations, Political Science.

Course Code: HIS/PHI100, Units: 3, This course is an introduction to the history of Western ideas in the ages of Classicism, early Christianity, the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Modernism, and Postmodernism. Its design provides students with a more enhanced sense of how historical human thought and events shaped modern Western world views and how a Christian worldview appropriates these ideas. These eras are further examined in light of their aesthetics that reflect the thoughts and feelings of the movements, primarily through philosophy, theology, and literature, while secondarily throughout art, architecture, music, and science. Field trips to classic sites in and around Rome, as well as to Athens and Corinth, are an integral feature. Subject Areas: History, Philosophy.

Course Code: REL/HIS100, Units: 3, History of the Christian Church is a survey of the development of the Christian Church from the close of the New Testament period to the present time, with special attention to the role of Rome in the development of Christian thought. The course will provide an examination of the church as an institution and as a people. Thus, while context, dates and names establish the background for historical understanding of the institution of the church, ideas will also be discussed from an explicitly evangelical perspective. Students will therefore gain a historical basis for understanding current ideas and trends in the church and in ministry. Subject Areas: Christian Ministry, Religion

Course Code: CUL100, Units 4, This course will maximize the experience of living in Europe by developing the student’s cultural intelligence to enable them to function effectively with other cultures. Students will be introduced to survival Italian language learning to help in their daily lives in Rome.Students will also have an introduction to the cultural history of Rome by exploring the daily life of ancient Romans in relation to their language, culture, and religion. Students will be introduced to the historical and cultural context of the Roman world as it affected future developments in Western society. As they live in Rome, students will combine classroom sessions with field trips to the modern city of Rome as well as the ancient sites ofRome and Pompeii. Subject Areas: Cultural Studies, Intercultural Studies.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 2, In parallel with the changes of the political and economical world trends, the global business environments shall be affected accordingly depending on the different regions of the world. In order to understand how the international businesses have developed in such a transitional world, it is necessary to realize the culture, religions, customs and characteristics of the regions concerned. In this course, the invited instructors who have been engaged in the international business, such as general trading companies, manufacturing industries, financial institutions, etc., staying in oversea for many years, will give the lectures on the characteristics of the regions concerned from the viewpoints of actual models and future prospects of the international business by use of their experience and knowledge. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Business, Foreign Affairs, General Education, Global Studies, International Business.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 2, This is a survey class of pre-modern Japanese literature before Tokugawa period. Students will be assigned to read important literary works of each period that is accompanied with introductions explaining the cultural and historical context. The reading assignments will begin with a brief overview of major political and social events, brief introductions to the authors and specific texts. It allows you to study both the important works and the cultural history of Japan. The one-year long class is designed to portray a general picture of pre-modern Japanese literature and the elements that nourished the Japanese cultural traditions. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: General Education, History, Intercultural Studies, Literature.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 2, This course is meant to help students become more “other-aware” as they learn about various dimensions of culture and intercultural issues, and more “self-aware” by experientially uncovering their own deeply held beliefs. Although much of the theory and many of the concepts related to Intercultural Communication will be covered in this course, it will be accomplished by focusing on contemporary issues and controversies, such as why Japan’s closest Asian neighbors never seem to hear its apology for past offenses, how the Olympiads are shaped by the countries and cultures that host them, cultural differences in the acceptance of gays and lesbians in societies around the world, and how civil discourse is affected by disasters such as that experienced on 3/11. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Communication, Intercultural Communications, Social Psychology.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 2, This is a survey course in the history of Japanese civilization. With a concise introduction of remarkable historic events, influential cultural exchanges, millstones of art and literary works, the course helps provide an understanding of the background of Japanese civilization, especially as reflected in traditions of thought that remains alive today. Throughout the centuries, Japanese civilization is inspired and nourished in the cultural cradle of East Asian civilizations. The acquaintance with Japanese traditions is therefore helpful for anyone who wish to see beyond the geographic, temporal, and regional bounds of one’s immediate neighborhood. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Japanese Language, Literature.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 2, We focus on noncooperative game theory. Topics covered in the course are strategic and extensive form games with various economic applications. You have to know how to calculate partial derivatives, a golobal maximum, expected values, conditional probabilities, and so on. You also need to be familiar to English material. Otherwise, I do not recommend you to take this class. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Economics, International Relations.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 2, This class will cover issues related to English language texts and films that relate to the US. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: American Studies, English Language, History Media, Social Issues.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 2, This course investigates the phenomenon of globalization within the field of economics to provide understanding of today’s increasingly interdependent world. This course will focus largely on international trade which has probably received the most attention in the globalization literature because of its direct relevance to employment, wages,and living standards. We then examine the international migration of labor and analyze its economic consequences. Students will be required to present their research findings to the class online. Details concerning this assignment will be worked out and explained once student enrollment is finalized. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Global Studies, International Relations, Political Science.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 2, The world is facing with complex issues that a nation state can not solve by itself. How should these issues be solved under the form of international cooperation? This course is aimed at examining what kinds of organizational activities have been carried out on various issues across borders by focusing not only the theoretical aspects of the International Administration but also the practical cases such as energy, global health and international finance. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Global Politics, International Relations, International Studies, Political Science.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 2, This course helps students deepen their understanding of the concepts and theories of intercultural communication. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Intercultural Communications.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 2, International economics, which considers phenomena related to economic relations between countries, is broadly divided into "international trade theory" that deals with transnational goods and services transactions, and "international theory" that deals with money transactions. There is financial theory. In this lecture, you will learn basic concepts and theoretical frameworks in international trade theory and international financial theory. By giving an overview of what tools are used for theoretical and empirical analysis of major topics related to the international economy and what kind of policy implications are introduced, the background of the actual international economic problem and its We aim to develop a deeper understanding of impacts and the ability to think from an economic perspective. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Economics, International Relations, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 2, This course aims to offer an overview of recent developments in East Asia with a special focus on three inter-related regional trends: Democratization, globalization, and the rise of China. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Asia Studies, Global Studies, International Relations, Political Science.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 2, This course will be conducted entirely on Course Power, which includes a revised syllabus and schedule, as well as all lecture plans and assignments. This course will focus on two particular areas of international communication: (1) language and culture, and (2) intercultural communication. The first half of the semester will be devoted to the unit on language and culture,and cover such topics as linguistics, pragmatics, semiotics, and communication theory. The second half of the semester will be devoted to the unit on intercultural communication, and cover such topics as basic concepts, intercultural sensitivity, communication styles, and nonverbal communication. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Communications, Global Studies, International Relations, Intercultural Communications, Political Science.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 2, This course is designed to introduce students to politics in postwar Japan from the political science perspective of comparative politics. The course proceeds in two parts. The first introduces the course, considers the legacies of Japan’s prewar regime as well as the origin of its present democratic regime, and provides a stylized model of Japanese politics under the 1955 system period (1955-1993). The second part of the course covers the key institutions and actors of postwar Japanese politics, including the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government, the party system, the electoral system, voters, civil society, the media and major organized interests such as business organizations and labor unions. In each case, lectures and readings first present a picture of how these institutions and actors influenced politics and policy-making during the 1955 system period and then consider how and why these patterns have changed over the last two decades. Weekly readings and graded assignments require students to spend about 120 minutes preparing for class each week. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Japanese Studies, International Relations, Political Science.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 2, This course will investigate the interactions between culture and society, primarily using the example of the martial culture of the samurai class in Japan, which ruled the country for almost 700 years. Although the shogunate and the samurai are no more, their culture continues to exert an influence on Japanese society, and we will look at the effects that this culture has on the society today. We will discuss the various elements of culture and society, and see how these elements interact in the particular example of samurai culture and contemporary Japan, with some reference made to parallels in other cultures and societies around the world. A considerable amount of time will be given to pair and group discussion of the information and ideas in the readings, presentations, and other media used in the course. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Cultural Studies, History, Society.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 2, This course is designed to study communication in an intercultural context, with an emphasis on cross-cultural adjustment, culture shock, education, and intercultural competence. The course also provides an understanding of the dynamics of intercultural adjustment and the support necessary for a successful study abroad experience by understanding intercultural communication and education style differences. The course is intended for students who are interested in studying abroad in the near future and students who have begun their study abroad experience in Japan. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Global Studies, Intercultural Communication, Intercultural Studies, Global Studies.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 2, This course is an introduction to international relations (IR). The field of international relations—a field of political science—emphasizes theoretical explanations for and understanding of international politics through “scientific” research, rather than simple descriptions of cases and/or journalistic impressions about current events. These theories address questions such as “What increases or decreases the risk of international conflict?”, “What conditions encourage regional integration like the EU?”, and “What types of domestic legislature and bureaucracy lead to flexible foreign policy?” through reasoning and empirical data analysis. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Global Studies, International Relations, Political Science.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 2, This introductory course is designed to introduce students to the basic concepts, theoretical approaches and enduring questions of political science. It helps students understand key concepts, such as power, authority, ideology, the state, legitimacy, democracy, and nationalism, among others, necessary to understand modern politics in historical context. The course is divided into two parts. The first part introduces different approaches to political analysis, major ideological traditions, the role of the state in politics, the nature of legitimacy, contrasting models of democracy, the significance of nationalism and national identity as well as the reshaping of many of these by globalizing forces. The second part highlights the dynamics of the interaction between politics and other spheres of social life, such as the economy, civil society, and popular culture, with a focus on the mechanisms through which societal pressures are channeled into political action. Weekly reading and graded assignments require students to spend about 120 minutes preparing for class each week. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Political Science.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 2, This course aim at examining the fundamentals of international organization, such as history, purpose, functions and limitations. In the first half, we we investigate international organizations from various angles. In the second half, we will focus on the structure of United Nations. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Global Studies, International Relations, Political Science.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 2, This course offers an introduction to public economics. Public economics is an economic discipline for analyzing government activities and the interactions of markets with public sectors. In particular, we focus on the microeconomic functions of government including tax, subsidy and various welfare programs. We first learn theoretical frameworks without complicated algebra. A problem set assignment is given. We then discuss how the systems of public finance work in industrialized countries. A short essay assignment is provided. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Global Studies, Economics, Political Science.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 2, Although originally formed as an ad hoc measure, it is now reckoned as one of the central efforts for the UN to contribute international peace and security. Despite the wide-spread appreciation, UN peace operations have experienced a variety of challenges. We will inquire various questions regarding UN peace operations: Why and how has UN peace operations developed? How have they transformed since its creation in 1948? What are the current agendas and the future prospects? We will tackle these problems through this course. . For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Conflict Resolution, Global Studies, Peace Studies, Political Science.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 2, The objectives are to provide an overview of Europe from both an economic and political perspective. It aims to give students a broad understanding of the EU which will allow useful comparison against major economies like the US, Japan and China. With the difficulty in studying overseas in this current period, this class provides a great opportunity for those students who still want to be able to improve their English ability while increasing their international knowledge and economic awareness. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: European Studies, Global Studies, International Relations, Political Science.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 2, This course aims to outline and analyze the Cool Japan strategy from the Japanese government. Students will learn basic concepts related to Cool Japan at a global level, such as “soft power” or “kawaii (cute).” At the end of the semester, students will propose an improvement plan of how to promote Japan to the world in a final presentation and report. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Cultural Studies, History, Society.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 2, The course will question the discourses of modern Japanese identity in the critical spirit of cultural studies. The students will reexamine and enrich their experience of modern Japanese culture through reading of texts on the topic written by an international body of experts. The students are required to prepare presentations about their favorite films, games, TV shows, music, sports or other products of Japanese popular culture, and explain in detail why and how those contents are attractive for global audiences. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Cultural Studies, Japanese Studies, Society.

Course Code: N/A, Units: 2, This course examines major trends in Japanese literature and arts from its beginnings through the modern period. It highlights how Japanese culture developed in intense dialogue with nature, and offers the context of how cultural production has been embedded in an environment that was immersed in awareness of past belletristic rhetorics. Concentrating on close reading of “Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons,” an overview of Japanese literature, culture and arts as well as some traditional industries, we focus in particular on the topic of “Nature” and on the characteristic dynamics that developed between the natural environment and the socio-cultural landscape in Japan.. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Art, Cultural Studies, Japanese Studies, Literature.

Course Code: HIS320E, Units: 3, This course will help students to understand current events in Spain as well as the idiosyncrasy of the Spanish people through the study of Spain’s most recent history (from the Napoleonic invasion to the economic crisis today). In order to make the learning experience closer to reality, some of the documents used in class are primary sources (speeches, declarations, laws passed, excerpts from newspapers, videos, films, etc.). For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: European Studies, History, Spanish Culture.

Course Code: CUL/HIS325E, Units: 3, This course will analyze the period of coexistence among the three religions and how this situation was crucial in the creation not only of the Medieval Kingdoms but also of the modern nation of Spain. Historic, artistic, politic, economic, religious, musical and even gastronomical parameters will be used for a better understanding of Al-Andalus from both a theoretical and daily life perspective. The course will also focus on the present situation to comprehend the multicultural complexity of Al-Andalus society. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: International Studies, Religion, Spanish Culture.

Course Code: CUL355E Units: 3, This course employs a cultural anthropological approach to the study of modern day Spain with a particular focus on Andalusia, the diversity of its peoples, and the challenges that they face. It shall analyze the evolution of Spanish culture and values in the 21st century through the examination of some of the complexities/concerns that qualify current Andalusia reality (and that of Spain overall) including social integration, education, gender relations, migration, unemployment and housing. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Service-Learning, Spanish Culture.

Course Code: ECO/POL330E, Units: 3o the common visitor, Europe is an inviting region for tourism, splendid museums and age-old monuments plus great restaurants. This course will introduce students to a different side of Europe: one that encompasses its tragic and contentious history; defined by 2.000 years of bloodshed, war and genocide that culminated in two of the most devastating wars that humanity has ever seen. We will examine how Europe rose up from the ashes of war to build a highly emulated political structure, along with the origins of the European Single Market and the single-currency monetary system (the euro). We will examine the Brexit endgame (due last Spring), and also focus on the current migration and political crisis of the EU, and its new political dynamics, defined by the rise of anti-EU populist parties across the continent. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Economics, International Economics, International Politics, Political Science.

Course Code: ECO310E, Units: 3, The course analyses the global economic and political scene and its major players: the new rising powers, i.e. Brazil, Russia, India and China and their relationship with the established power centers: Europe, USA and Japan. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Economics, International Economics.

Course Code: POL360E, Units: 3, After taking this course, students should have acquired a basic theoretical knowledge of the common traits (related to economics, sociology, communication and politics) behind new social movements. Students will also have a better understanding of the national and cultural differences of social movements, combined with a practical understanding of how these movements function and develop. All of this placed in the historical context of 25 years of globalization, frequent and intense financial crises, increasing inequality within countries, a new global economic balance with new emerging economies, a rising global middle class, shaky democracies and a failing international governance system. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: International Affairs, International Relations.

Course Code: BUS330E, Units: 3, This course is designed to help students understand different values and behaviors in our increasingly multicultural workplace. Throughout the course, theories related to intercultural management will be analyzed and applied to assignments and case studies. Learning the real impact of culture, along with effective management techniques in an international business environment, will prove to be an asset for students in their future business and academic endeavors. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Intercultural Management, International Management, International Studies.

Course Code: BUS340E, Units: 3, This course is intended to provide an introduction to international relations and politics. It seeks to familiarize students with the basic language, concepts and theoretical approaches to the subject and to offer a framework for the analysis and understanding of contemporary international affairs. After analysing the inherent difficulties of maintaining good relations at local and international level, students will examine the evolution of the international system in the 20th century, the Cold War, and the changing balance of power following the disintegration of the USSR. Special attention will be paid to the role of the US in the world, the methods and motives of international intervention, the duties of the major powers towards developing countries and the response to the threat of international terrorism. Contemporary international conflicts will be analysed and the effectiveness of international organizations in dealing with them will be assessed. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: International Relations, International Studies.

Course Code: ECO370E, Units: 3, This course provides basic knowledge of relevant facts and concepts to help students understand the importance of international trade in the globalized world of the XXI century. We will focus on economic globalization, finance, trade and investment, intellectual property, information flows, and the Internet - its functioning and its consequences. The course will show how international law and institutions provide the indispensable framework to manage globalization. After the course, the student should be able to read and watch the news on current events regarding globalization and its main dimensions and issues, and have a good understanding of their legal underpinnings. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Economics, International Trade.

Course Code: POL/CUL350E, Units: 3, This course aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of key concepts, themes and issues that have shaped the Middle East, a region with a rich and complex history made up of several cultures. The main objective of the course is to introduce the area through an interdisciplinary approach that will reflect its internal diversity and dynamics, combining academic readings, journalistic accounts, films and audio-visual aids that cover politics, religion, culture, conflicts, gender and sociology. It is designed to help contextualize current trends and identify various interpretative frameworks. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: International Affairs, International Relations, International Studies, Political Science.

Course Code: POL350E, Units: 3, The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and The Pentagon in Washington DC on September 11th 2001 were a defining moment in recent history. Nevertheless, terrorism has been around much longer. This course will examine the history and definitions of terrorism from a global perspective to allow the student to get a very broad view of this major topic. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Intelligence Studies, International Affairs, International Politics, International Relations, International Studies, Peace and Conflict.

Course Code: POL/ANTH355E, Units: 3, This course explores the theme of immigration, combining an anthropological perspective that causes and trends and links those trends with political decisions, policies and governments. By comparing the scenario in Europe and in the USA, students shall gain a general understanding of recent migration trends, causes, and the overall socio-cultural, political and economic impact of these movements. The responses of political bodies to this demographic evolution shall be studied along with the effects of emigration on the countries of origin. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Anthropology, European Studies, History, Indigenous Studies, Race Studies.