Considers a selection of Shakespeare's plays in the context of the dramatist's explorations of the possibilities of theatricality. Examines how theater is represented in his work and how his work lends itself to production in theater and film today. Students view video versions, visit Paris theaters, and travel to London and Stratford-on-Avon to see the Royal Shakespeare Company in performance.
A global comprehension of Shakespeare’s works and world.
Reading mythology to understand art (Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Renaissance art, and Shakespeare).
A global comprehension of European Renaissance history (and literature) from the autumn of the Middle Ages (1348) to the advent of the Baroque period (Shakespeare’s own day), including the Great Discoveries, the printing press, the crisis of faith, heretics and martyrs, witchcraft, monsters, prophecies, magic, Early Modern philosophy and the Protestant Reformation.
An understanding of how to view a text: the study of ekphrasis or descriptive sketches, as a counterpart to the Renaissance graphic world, from De Vinci to Bosch, from Brueghel to Michelangelo.
Elements of the language of late 16th- and early 17th-century England such as linguistic shifts, contractions and grammar; as well as the language of thought, including received ideas or popular errors.
Courses on different and emerging topics in the discipline, enriching the present course offerings. These classes are taught by permanent or visiting faculty.
Courses on different and emerging topics in the discipline, enriching the present course offerings. These classes are taught by permanent or visiting faculty.
Studies the main characteristics of the 'New Economy' and explores the existing linkages between the digital media, technological innovation and the network economy in relation to the market in a national and international context.
Deals with the mechanisms of international trade and finance. Topics covered include the theory of trade, commercial policy, the international monetary system, the balance of payments adjustments process, regional economic integration, and the role of international organizations in international economic relations.
Code
EC2030
Name
INTRO TO INTERNATIONAL ECON. RELATIONS
Credits
4
Pre-requisites
EC2010GE110 OR EC2010 AND EC2020 OR EC2020GE110
Co-requisites
None
Can be taken twice for credit?
No
Discipline
EC (Economics)
Level
Undergraduate
Type
Regular
CAMS ID
2711
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Demostrate how specialization and trade take place and how the gains from trade are distributed between the trade partners.
Identify trade theories that are based on perfect or imperfect competition.
Assess policies that limit trade and the associated effects on consumers and producers.
Discuss exchange rate determination and fluctuation as driven by demand and supply.
Recognize the elements of the balance of payments and the principles of BoP accounting.
Courses on different and emerging topics in the discipline, enriching the present course offerings. These classes are taught by permanent or visiting faculty.
Uses the concepts of formal economic analysis to study topics ranging from the theory of consumer behavior to the formation of market demand, economics of the firm, pricing under competition and monopoly, income distribution, general equilibrium, and welfare economics. Emphasizes the application of various theoretical constructs in the analysis and interpretation of problems encountered in the real world.
Code
EC3010
Name
INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS
Credits
4
Pre-requisites
(EC2010 OR EC2010GE110) AND (EC2020 OR EC2020GE110) AND (MA1030CCM OR MA1030GE120)
Co-requisites
None
Can be taken twice for credit?
No
Discipline
EC (Economics)
Level
Undergraduate
Type
Regular
CAMS ID
2712
Last update with CAMS
Explain the basic concepts in microeconomic theory and the assumptions underlying these concepts.
Apply microeconomic theory to the analysis of households, firms, and markets.
Identify the connections between microeconomic theory and the real world.
Studies in depth factors influencing aggregate supply and demand, inflation, unemployment, interest rates, and international payments. Develops an analytic framework for the purpose of investigating the interrelationships among principal macroeconomic aggregates. Discusses current issues and controversies regarding macroeconomic policies.
Code
EC3020
Name
INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS
Credits
4
Pre-requisites
EC2010GE110 OR EC2010 AND EC2020 OR EC2020GE110
Co-requisites
None
Can be taken twice for credit?
No
Discipline
EC (Economics)
Level
Undergraduate
Type
Regular
CAMS ID
2713
Last update with CAMS
Examine the impacts of monetary and fiscal policy on macroeconomic variables.
Disscuss how policy decisions are made and its effects.
Describe the relationship between the financial sector and the real economy.
Compare and contrast different macro models and their economic outcomes.
Focuses on the economic underpinnings of the economics of information and technological innovation. The course covers topics such as agglomeration and localization of innovative firms, impact of innovation on productivity gains, R & D and spillover effects, technology and globalization.
Examines the evolution of the concept of economic development and its means of assessment. The course studies the models explaining the process of economic development and the barriers to it. A critical analysis of the success and failure of development theories and policies is examined. A survey of neo-classical, dualist, structuralist, Third-Worldist, Marxist and IMF-based discourses of development and underdevelopment are undertaken.
Code
EC3042
Name
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Credits
4
Pre-requisites
EC2010GE110 OR EC2010 AND EC2020 OR EC2020GE110
Co-requisites
None
Can be taken twice for credit?
No
Discipline
EC (Economics)
Level
Undergraduate
Type
Regular
CAMS ID
2717
Last update with CAMS
The historical evolution of different meanings, measurements and explanations of economic development.
The basic indicators of economic development
Theories of economic growth and development
Poverty, its measurement and the role of development
Inequality, its measurement and the role of economic development