Courses on different topics in the discipline, enriching the present course offerings. These classes are taught by permanent or visiting faculty.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Wednesday | 15:20 | 18:15 | G-113 |
This course is designed to highlight discrete mathematical structures. Discusses propositional logic, proofs and mathematical induction, matrices of relations and digraphs, set theory and number bases, combinatorial analysis, graph theory and Boolean algebra.The prerequisite for this course is MA1010 or above or CS 1040.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Tuesday | 13:45 | 15:05 | PL-4 |
Friday | 13:45 | 15:05 | PL-4 |
This course examines the historical development of the Middle East from the rise of the Ottoman Empire to its decline, and later from colonial rule to national independences. It covers the Arab World, Turkey and Iran and follows four main general themes: Reform, Colonialism, Nationalism and Revolution. The course is divided into two main sections which are organised chronologically and thematically. The first part of the course deals with the formation of the Ottoman Empire, its expansion, and the rise of Safavids in Persia. It then covers the reform movements in the Ottoman and Persian (Qajar) Empires, the influence of Europe and the political and social upheaval brought about by the outbreak of revolutions in the early 20th century. Indigenous responses to European penetration and indigenous reform are analysed through an understanding of revolutionary movements, and the rise of nationalism. The second part of the course examines the emergence of states in the Arab World, the British French accords and declarations, the question of Palestine and the Zionist activism and the debates around Secularism vs. Islam.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Wednesday | 10:35 | 13:30 | Q-A101 |
Provides broad cultural background to the diverse geopolitical region referred to as 'the Arab World'. Looks at the interplay between the forces and processes involved in the expansion of mass media in this context with a particular focus on state/society development and the role of the media through themes like press freedoms, satellite broadcasting, discursive analysis of media text.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 13:45 | 15:05 | G-002 |
Thursday | 13:45 | 15:05 | G-002 |
Formerly PL2022. This course aims to provide a solid and comprehensive grounding in modern philosophy focusing on the main issues and theories of late Renaissance philosophy, modern Rationalism and Empiricism, philosophies of the Enlightenment, Critical philosophy, modern Idealism, Phenomenology and some questions of analytic philosophy. It offers an introduction to the works of the major figures of this tradition.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 13:45 | 15:05 | C-103 |
Thursday | 13:45 | 15:05 | C-103 |
Political philosophy forms that branch of philosophy that reflects on the specificity of the political. Why are humans, as Aristotle argued, political animals? How are they political? What are the means and ends of the political, and how best does one organize the political with such questions in mind? The course offers a topic-oriented approach to the fundamental problems underlying political theory and practice.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Tuesday | 15:20 | 16:40 | C-102 |
Friday | 15:20 | 16:40 | C-102 |
What are the justifications and implications of using markets, and what arrangements are necessary to establish and protect the commons? This course studies foundational texts of (neo-)liberal economics that aim to legitimize market mechanisms; philosophical treatments and critiques of key concepts, such as rationality and motivation, property and common goods; political analyses of how allocative institutions produce distributional outcomes.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 10:35 | 11:55 | Q-604 |
Thursday | 10:35 | 11:55 | Q-604 |
The course focuses on the impact of the emergent discipline of political economy on modern philosophy. A brief overview of the work of Adam Smith and David Ricardo will introduce the concerns of political economy before the course focuses on Karl Marx's attempt to re-orientate philosophy through the critique of political economy.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 15:20 | 16:40 | PL-1 |
Thursday | 15:20 | 16:40 | PL-1 |
Topics vary by semester
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 12:10 | 13:30 | Q-604 |
Thursday | 12:10 | 13:30 | Q-604 |
The course provides a perspective on major currents of recent political thought in the context of the economy. It considers the spectrum of thinking from libertarianism through classical and progressive liberalism, focusing on distinctions between economic and political liberty, social justice, and democratic citizenship. The course considers lastly contemporary concerns with international distributive justice.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Tuesday | 10:35 | 11:55 | G-009 |
Friday | 10:35 | 11:55 | G-009 |