This course provides an introduction to ‘Development Communications’ and to the communication practices that promote development, material change and social justice. The course explores the historical development of the field and the fundamental theories and figures and disciplines- from international development to mass communications-that have defined it as a distinct area of communications study and practice. Through numerous case studies, students explore intercultural and interpersonal communication on local, regional, national and global levels and examine numerous examples of development communications campaigns and civic media focusing on issues of public health, education, women’s empowerment, fair trade, and environmental, economic and cultural sustainability.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 09:00 | 10:20 | Q-604 |
Thursday | 09:00 | 10:20 | Q-604 |
This course will create a “newsroom” setting encouraging critical thinking about the media. The course will examine how the Internet has revolutionized journalism, story telling, and the media industries more generally. Students will study, analyze and discuss these trends as well as write about particular issues – thus developing their own voices and “brands” as writers and media professionals. Students will maintain blogs and their work will be published and curated on the student media website where they will appear as blogger/columnists. Another component of the course will emphasize career development: each student will produce a professional-grade online profile and portfolio through blogs and social networks
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 15:20 | 18:15 | C-501 |
How does communication work as local government bodies, civil-society actors and NGOs put together sustainable development initiatives? How can communication be made to work better? Cutting across disciplines, this practicum allows students to see individuals, groups and communities in collaboration (and sometimes conflict) in a South Asian context marked by the 2004 tsunami. Based in the international eco-community of Auroville (Tamil Nadu, south-east India), students will explore substantive areas including micro-credit, health care with special reference to HIV/Aids, socially responsible business and environmental management. On-site visits and team-work are central to the course, leading to the production of multi-media reports on the interface between communication, development and sustainability. This course has an extra course fee - to guage an estimated cost, the fee was approximately 1600 euros.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Tuesday | 18:30 | 19:50 | Q-604 |
Brands, their creation, their identity and their management derive from a set of disciplines and principles that have been developed over the past 60 years. These disciplines are the architectural underpinnings for successful branding and they apply equally across categories of products and services and geographically across countries. The Branding Practicum will instruct students in these disciplines and principles and ask students to apply them to the creation of a new international brand in a category of their choice. Students will analyze a chosen category, create a new brand proposition for it, develop the branding identity for the new brand including name, logo, selling proposition and more. They will also create a global marketing strategy for the brand.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Wednesday | 09:00 | 11:55 | G-009 |
Topics change each semester- see the current Academic Schedule for current course descriptions.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Thursday | 16:55 | 19:50 | C-505 |
Topics change each semester- see the current Academic Schedule for current course descriptions.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Tuesday | 16:55 | 18:15 | Q-704 |
Friday | 16:55 | 18:15 | Q-704 |
Introduces the field of computer science and the fundamental concepts of programming from an object-oriented perspective using the programming language Java. Starts with practical problem-solving and leads to the study and analysis of simple algorithms, data types, control structures, and use of simple data structures such as arrays and strings.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Friday | 13:45 | 15:05 | C-302 |
Tuesday | 12:10 | 15:05 | C-302 |
Firstbridge courses are offered to degree seeking freshmen and registration is done via webform in pre-arrival checklist.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Tuesday | 13:45 | 15:05 | Q-604 |
Friday | 13:45 | 15:05 | Q-604 |
Uses predefined classes and class libraries to introduce standard data structures (stacks, queues, sets, trees, and graphs). Studies and implements algorithms for string-searching, sorting, trees and graph traversals. Introduces algorithm complexity analysis and big-Oh (O,,) notation.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 18:30 | 19:50 | C-302 |
Thursday | 18:30 | 19:50 | C-302 |
This course addresses writing in a professional context for both Computer Science and Mathematics. Students will learn to write technical material aimed at professionals, to engage in peer review and critique (including writing a reviewing report directed to the author) and appropriate styles of writing for different audiences (e.g. children, the general public, an evaluator, professional colleagues). Students will explore quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, as well as how to design, and report on, different types of studies, including observational studies, scientific experiments, usability studies and many others. Along the way, they will learn to write in mark-up language (such as LaTeX or other) appropriate to the context.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Friday | 10:35 | 13:30 | C-302 |