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  • AL 34116: Environmental Law and Policy

    3.00 Credits
    University of Notre Dame

    This unit provides an introduction to law and policy in envinronmental protection, planning and management. Topics covered include the constitutional framework, the legal process, the interplay of International Commonwealth and Western Australian laws; models of policy making; the role of scientific knowledge; and policy issues such as values, ethics and equity. These concepts are applied to a range of case studies such as nature and heritage convservation, natural resources, water management, climatic change, and pollution control.
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  • AL 34117: World Geography

    4.00 Credits
    University of Notre Dame

    This course focuses on the relations of natural geographic spaces and their human and economic resources in both developed and developing regions. Course will also analyze the population from a quantiative point of view in the most significant regions of the continents.
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  • AL 34118: Political Linguistics

    3.00 Credits
    University of Notre Dame

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  • AL 34119: Psychology and the Visual Arts

    3.00 Credits
    University of Notre Dame

    "PSY 30240 Psychology & Art at UCD; This module will explore the nature of the thinking that characterises the visual arts from their evolutionary origins up to the present time. That exploration will be interdisciplinary, but with a strong emphasis on the variety of insights that can be gained from a neuro-cultural perspective. Participants should ideally have an interest in, and knowledge of, some area of the visual arts, and be prepared to deepen that knowledge. The seminars will be interactive and may involve visits to galleries in the Dublin city area."
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  • AL 34120: Achieving the Millenium Goals

    3.00 Credits
    University of Notre Dame

    "POL 20130 Achieving the Millenium Development Goals at UCD; In this module we examine the worlds most topical and pressing development issues. We do this through an examination of the UN Millennium Development Goals. We start the course by asking what the UN Millennium Development Goals are, whether they are being achieved and whether they conform to our perspective of development. We then move on to consider key areas related to the eight different MDGs, covering the most relevant academic and policy debates. Throughout the course students are set tasks and forced to question the material they are presented with. Class participation and active learning is emphasised throughout. This course adopts a multi-disciplinary perspective that will be of interest to students in all disciplines, including Politics, Economics, History, Sociology, Law, Public Health, Medicine, Geography, Engineering, Anthropology and Agriculture. In reality any student attending UCD should be acutely aware of development issues. Economics and Politics will remain central to the analysis of the development issues addressed: Measuring Human Development, Income Inequality, Health (HIV/Aids), Gender, Aid, Trade, Debt Relief, Transnational Corporations, Environment, Human Rights and Poverty and Hunger. On successful completion of the module: You will have an understanding of the key debates surrounding the UN Millennium Development Goals; You will want to know more about development; You will have had the opportunity to develop analytical, writing and communication skills while working on multi-disciplinary development issues."
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  • AL 34121: Introduction to Human Geography II: Global and Local Dimensions

    3.00 Credits
    University of Notre Dame

    "GEOG 10040 Introduction to Human Geography II: Global and Local Dimensions at UCD; This module introduces some key topics in the fields of population, cultural and economic geography by focusing on (a) the human geography of global contrasts, and (b) the historical geography of Ireland with particular reference to patterns and agents of change in the Irish settlement landscape. On completion of this module students should be able to: 1. Identify contemporary global, economic and demographic contrasts. 2. Review models describing the geography of development. 3. Appreciate key issues about population/ resource relationships and population growth. 4. Provide an explanatory basis for the historical geography of Ireland. 5. Relate Ireland to Great Britain our nearest neighbour and to integrate the story of Ireland with that of the world in a general sense."
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  • AL 34122: Introduction to Political Geography

    3.00 Credits
    University of Notre Dame

    "GEOG 20080 Introduction to Political Geography at UCD; This module provides an introduction to the political geography of the postwar world. The module will also assess contemporary world issues through the use of political geographic concepts. Key concepts and theories will be presented to make sense of the main events that have unevenly shaped both the developed and developing world since World War 2. The module will focus on the relationship between political processes and economic, social, cultural and environmental factors that have shaped the world at various scales (local, national, regional and global). By the end of this module, students will have: 1. Developed an understanding of the main political events that have shaped the world post world war II, with a focus on current events. 2. Become aware of and applied key concepts and theories in political geography. 3. Developed critical thinking and reading skills."
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  • AL 34123: History of Mathematics

    2.50 Credits
    University of Notre Dame

    MST 30020 History of Mathematics at UCD; The course gives a brief introduction to the history of mathematics. Topics covered include the following - classical Greek mathematics, mathematics up to and in the Middle Ages, the solution of cubic and quartic equations, mathematics in the time of Fermat and Descartes, origins of differential and integral calculus.
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  • AL 34125: Approaches to Poverty and Development - Field Work

    2.00 Credits
    University of Notre Dame

    Mandatory 2 credit field work component to Poverty and Development course. Graded S/U.
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  • AL 34126: Communication Theory

    4.00 Credits
    University of Notre Dame

    Course objectives include: To know the theoretical focus of models of communication and relevant concepts of debate. To analyze interpersonal communication phenomenons. To study concepts of public opinion and their importance in social theory.
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