Course Catalogue 2015-2016 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION V CHECKLISTS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCES VI SCI- M. CHECKLIST FOR MATHEMATICS VI SCI- P. CHECKLIST FOR PHYSICS VI SCI-C. CHECKLIST FOR CHEMISTRY VII SCI- B. CHECKLIST FOR BIOLOGY VII COURSE OVERVIEW PER PERIOD 1 CORE COURSES (COR) 5 COR1002 PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 6 COR1003 CONTEMPORARY WORLD HISTORY 7 COR1004 POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 8 COR1005 MODELING NATURE 9 HUMANITIES (HUM) 11 HUM1003 CULTURAL STUDIES I: DOING CULTURAL STUDIES 12 HUM1007 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY 13 HUM1010 COMMON FOUNDATIONS OF LAW IN EUROPE 14 HUM1011 INTRODUCTION TO ART; REPRESENTATIONS, PERFORMANCES AND INTERACTIONS 15 HUM1012 POP SONGS AND POETRY: THEORY AND ANALYSIS 16 HUM1013 THE IDEA OF EUROPE: THE INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF EUROPE 17 HUM1014 GREAT NOVELS 1850 - PRESENT 18 HUM2003 THE MAKING OF CRUCIAL DIFFERENCES: ‘RACE’, SEXUALITY, GENDER, AND CLASS IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 19 HUM2005 ENLIGHTENMENT AND ROMANTICISM 20 HUM2007 STATES AND NATIONS IN EUROPE, FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE FIRST WORLD WAR 21 HUM2008 INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY 22 HUM2013 THE PRESENCE OF ART: REINTERPRETING MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART 23 HUM2014 PHILOSOPHERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY 24 HUM2018 CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD 25 HUM2021 MEDIEVAL CIVILIZATION 26 HUM2022 DIGITAL MEDIA 27 HUM2030 MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY; PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES 28 HUM2031 CULTURAL STUDIES II: VISUAL CULTURES 29 HUM2043 FILM ART 31 HUM2044 PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE 32 HUM2046 LIVING IN A TECHNOLOGICAL CULTURE I: INTRODUCTION TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIES 33 HUM2047 THE FUTURE OF LITERATURE? 34 HUM2050 TOPICS IN EUROPEAN URBAN HISTORY 35 HUM2051 PHILOSOPHICAL ETHICS 36 HUM2052 THEORIZING TERRORISM: A PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATION 37 HUM2054 READING PHILOSOPHERS 38 HUM2055 HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY 39 HUM2056 CULTURAL REMEMBRANCES 40 HUM3019 TOTALITARIAN TEMPTATION 41 HUM3029 LITERATURE AND PSYCHOLOGY 42 HUM3034 WORLD HISTORY 43 HUM3036 NARRATIVE MEDIA 44 HUM3040 CRUCIAL DIFFERENCES IN THE 21ST CENTURY 45 HUM3041 SHAKESPEARE ON SCREEN 46 HUM3042 BIOPOETICS: AN EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH TO ART, LITERATURE, MUSIC AND RELIGION 47 HUM3045 DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE IN CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 48 HUM3049 LIVING IN A TECHNOLOGICAL CULTURE II: SCIENCE IN ACTION 49 i SCIENCES (SCI) 51 SCI1004 INTRODUCTION TO CHEMISTRY 52 SCI1005 THE INFORMATION SOCIETY 53 SCI1009 INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGY 54 SCI1010 QUANTITATIVE REASONING 55 SCI1016 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: AN INTRODUCTION 56 SCI2002 DISCRETE MATHEMATICS 57 SCI2009 HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY 58 SCI2010 INTRODUCTION TO GAME THEORY 59 SCI2011 INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING 60 SCI2012 GLOBALIZATION, ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND SOCIETY 61 SCI2017 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 62 SCI2018 CALCULUS 63 SCI2019 LINEAR ALGEBRA 64 SCI2022 GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 65 SCI2031 IMMUNOLOGY 66 SCI2033 DATAMINING 67 SCI2034 BRAIN AND ACTION 68 SCI2035 BIOCHEMISTRY 69 SCI2036 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 70 SCI2037 CELL BIOLOGY 71 SCI2038 PHYSICS 72 SCI2039 COMPUTER SCIENCE 73 SCI2040 MICROBIOLOGY 74 SCI3003 OPTIMIZATION 76 SCI3005 METABOLISM, NUTRITION AND EXERCISE 77 SCI3006 MATHEMATICAL MODELLING 78 SCI3007 ENDOCRINOLOGY 79 SCI3033 PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 80 SCI3046 COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE 81 SCI3049 PATHOBIOLOGY AND DISEASE 82 SCI3050 ADVANCES IN MEDICAL SCIENCES 83 SCI3051 DATA ANALYTICS 84 SOCIAL SCIENCES (SSC) 85 SSC1003 THEORIES OF SOCIAL ORDER 86 SSC1005 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY 87 SSC1006 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: THEMES AND THEORIES 88 SSC1007 INTRODUCTION TO LAW 89 SSC1009 INTRODUCTION TO EUROPEAN INTEGRATION 90 SSC1025 INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE 91 SSC1027 PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS 92 SSC2004 CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY 93 SSC2006 DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 94 SSC2008 ORGANIZATION THEORY 95 SSC2018 ADVERTISING: MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS OF BRANDS 96 SSC2019 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 97 SSC2020 INFONOMICS 98 SSC2022 ACCOUNTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY 99 SSC2024 INTERNATIONAL LAW 100 SSC2025 MEMORY 101 SSC2027 LAW AND SOCIETY 102 SSC2028 CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGY 103 SSC2034 INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW: GLOBALIZATION, TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT 104 SSC2036 INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 105 SSC2037 CONFLICT RESOLUTION 106 SSC2038 INTERNATIONAL MACROECONOMICS 107 SSC2039 HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT 108 ii SSC2042 RIGHTS OF THE CHILD 109 SSC2043 DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS 110 SSC2046 GLOBALIZATION AND INEQUALITY 111 SSC2048 INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS 112 SSC2050 PSYCHOLOGY AND LAW 113 SSC2052 PUBLIC FINANCE 114 SSC2053 PUBLIC HEALTH POLICYMAKING 115 SSC2055 ENTREPRENEURSHIP 116 SSC2058 SEX, SEXUALITY AND SOCIETY 117 SSC2059 SOCIAL MOVEMENTS 118 SSC2060 COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 119 SSC2061 STATISTICS I 120 SSC2062 FOUNDATIONS OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY 121 SSC2063 THE PSYCHOLOGY OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES: PERSONALITY AND INTELLIGENCE 122 SSC3002 EUROPEAN FOREIGN POLICY 123 SSC3011 PUBLIC POLICY EVALUATION 124 SSC3012 WAR IN WORLD POLITICS 126 SSC3016 SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT: TOOLS AND METHODS 127 SSC3017 SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP 128 SSC3018 STATISTICS II 129 SSC3019 HUMAN REASONING AND COGNITION 130 SSC3023 PHILOSOPHY OF MIND 131 SSC3030 EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS 132 SSC3032 ATROCITY TRIANGLE: PERPETRATORS, VICTIMS AND BYSTANDERS; A COURSE ON THE CAUSES OF GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS 133 SSC3033 ECONOMIC PSYCHOLOGY 134 SSC3036 AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY 135 SSC3038 CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY 136 SSC3040 IDENTITIES 137 SSC3044 CULTURE, POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN CONTEMPORARY ASIA 138 SSC3045 MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATION OF ASIAN ENTERPRISES 139 SSC3047 URBAN DEVELOPMENT & POVERTY IN THE 21ST CENTURY 140 SSC3049 HUMAN RIGHTS 141 SSC3050 FOREIGN POLICYMAKING 142 SSC3051 CONTEMPORARY SECURITY STUDIES 143 SSC3052 CULTURAL CRIMINOLOGY AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE 144 SSC3053 CORPORATE FINANCE: BEHAVIOURAL FOUNDATIONS 145 SKILLS TRAININGS (SKI) 147 SKI1004 RESEARCH METHODS I 148 SKI1005 RESEARCH METHODS II 149 SKI1008 INTRODUCTION TO ACADEMIC SKILLS I 150 SKI1009 INTRODUCTION TO ACADEMIC SKILLS II 151 SKI2000 LANGUAGE TRAININGS 152 SKI2005 BACK TO THE SOURCES 153 SKI2007 PRESENTATION SKILLS 154 SKI2049 ARGUMENTATION I 155 SKI2065 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS 156 SKI2077 LAB SKILLS: CELL BIOLOGY 157 SKI2079 LAB SKILLS: HUMAN ANATOMY & HISTOLOGY 158 SKI2083 STRATEGY AND NEGOTIATION 159 SKI2084 WRITING IN AN ACADEMIC CONTEXT: IMPROVING ARGUMENTATION AND STYLE 160 SKI2085 ETHNOGRAPHY AND QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWING I 161 SKI2086 LAB SKILLS: BIOCHEMISTRY 162 SKI2088 LAB SKILLS: GENETICS 163 SKI3002 ARGUMENTATION II 164 SKI3050 PREPARING CONFERENCE I 165 SKI3051 PREPARING CONFERENCE II 167 SKI3052 ETHNOGRAPHY AND QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWING II 168 iii PROJECTS (PRO) 169 PRO1010 INTRODUCING ACADEMIC COMMUNICATION: A WRITING PROJECT 170 PRO1012 RESEARCH PROJECT 171 PRO2003 WRITING PROJECT: “THE JOURNAL” 172 PRO2004 PROJECT ACADEMIC DEBATE 173 PRO2011 PROJECT DEEP READING 174 PRO3006 CONFERENCE 175 PRO3008 THINK TANK 176 PRO3009 ETHNOGRAPHY AND QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWING III 177 CAP3000 CAPSTONE 178 UCM UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH 179 UGR2001/UGR3001 UCM UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH / PEERS 180 UGR3002 UCM UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH / THE DOCUMENTARY 181 iv Introduction The UCM Course Catalogue 2015-2016 provides you with essential information about the courses offered at University College Maastricht during the 2015-2016 Academic Year. Courses are listed with a course title and a course code. The course code refers to the part of the College program to which a course belongs and to the level of the course. Every course counts for 5 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System), except Skills, that are 2.5 ECTS each and the UCM Capstone which represents 10 ECTS. A full study load consists of 30 ECTS per semester and 60 ECTS per academic year. Course code abbreviations The course code consists of three letters and a four digit number. These are the three letter abbreviations: COR Academic Core HUM Humanities SCI Sciences SSC Social Sciences SKI Skills PRO Project CAP Capstone UGR UCM Undergraduate Research / PEERS The first digits of the four digit number in the course code indicate the level of a course: 1 = 100-level introductory courses (open to all students) 2 = 200-level intermediate courses (may have prerequisites) 3 = 300-level advanced courses (do have prerequisites) The four digit number of the course code refers to the course number. UCM Undergraduate Research / PEERS (UGR) and The Documentary Please note that UCM Undergraduate Research / PEERS and The Documentary are only open to students that have been accepted in the PEERS program. Prerequisites and recommendations A number of course descriptions include prerequisites or recommendations. Note that prerequisites are required courses: you must have passed these courses in order to be allowed to join a course. Courses that are recommended are not mandatory. They are suggested by the coordinator and may add to your performance in the course. For several 200-level courses within the Sciences, it is possible to request a waiver for the prerequisite 1000- level course if you have already taken relevant courses during your previous education. On the next page you will find an indicative checklist for the topics that you should have covered in order to receive such a waiver. v Checklists for secondary school mathematics and sciences The checklists below summarize the topics expected to be covered at secondary school for those requesting waivers for several 200-level science courses: Mathematics (SCI-M), Physics (SCI-P), Chemistry (SCI-C), Biology (SCI-B), SCI- M. Checklist for Mathematics Attitude towards mathematics: ability