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Periode	Type	Code	Naam	Taal	ECTS	Uren
» World Language Program
hele jaar	keuze	UCGWL101	Chinese I	Engels	2.5	4
	keuze	UCGWL102	Spanish I	Engels	2.5	2
	keuze	UCGWL104	Dutch I	Nederlands	2.5	2
	keuze	UCGWL201	Chinese II	Engels	2.5	2
	keuze	UCGWL202	Spanish II	Spaans	2.5	2
	keuze	UCGWL203	Arabic II	Engels	2.5	2
semester II	keuze	UCGWL103	Arabic I	Engels	2.5	4
» Year 1
Periode	Type	Code	Naam	Taal	ECTS	Uren
hele jaar	verplicht	UCGAC101	Skills and Projects: Creating Horizon	Engels	10	variabel
	verplicht	UCGAC102	Research & Methodology Year 1	Engels	10	variabel
semester I a	verplicht	UCGAC102A	R&M: Introduction to Logic	Engels	2.5	2
	verplicht	UCGAC104	Academic Writing	Engels	2.5	4
	keuzegroep A	UCGAC103A	ECMS: Business	Engels	7.5	variabel
	keuzegroep A	UCGAC103B	ECMS: Individual	Engels	7.5	variabel
	keuzegroep A	UCGAC103C	ECMS: Systemic	Engels	7.5	variabel
semester I b	verplicht	UCGAC102B	R&M: Introduction to Statistics	Engels	2.5	2
	keuzegroep B	UCGHU101	Culture: The Building Blocks	Engels	5	variabel
	keuzegroep B	UCGHU104	Media Theory & Practice	Engels	5	4
	keuzegroep B	UCGHU107	From Paint to Pixel	Engels	5	4
	keuzegroep B	UCGSC101	Kaleidoscope of Modern Physics	Engels	5	variabel
	keuzegroep B	UCGSC104	Health & Disease	Engels	5	4
	keuzegroep B	UCGSC105	Basic Chemistry	Engels	5	4
	keuzegroep B	UCGSS101	Micro-Economics	Engels	5	variabel
	keuzegroep B	UCGSS103	Political Philosophy	Engels	5	4
	keuzegroep B	UCGSS104	Ethics	Engels	5	4
	keuzegroep B	UCGSS105	Biopsychology	Engels	5	variabel
	keuzegroep B	UCGSS106	The Social Environment	Engels	5	variabel
	keuzegroep B	UCGSS110	Introduction to Human Geography	Engels	5	4
semester II	keuzegroep C	UCGAC102C	R&M: Methods for Humanities	Engels	5	2
	keuzegroep C	UCGAC102D	R&M: Math for Social Sciences	Engels	5	2
	keuzegroep C	UCGAC102E	R&M: Calculus I	Engels	5	2
semester II a	keuzegroep D	UCGHU102	Philosophy 101	Engels	5	variabel
	keuzegroep D	UCGHU105	Introduction to Linguistics	Engels	5	variabel
	keuzegroep D	UCGHU106	Technologies in Society	Engels	5	4
	keuzegroep D	UCGSC102	Science data/data science	Engels	5	variabel
	keuzegroep D	UCGSC103	Linear Algebra	Engels	5	variabel
	keuzegroep D	UCGSC107	Living Cell I	Engels	5	variabel
	keuzegroep D	UCGSC108	Astronomy for Poets	Engels	5	4
	keuzegroep D	UCGSC109	Biochemistry	Engels	5	4
	keuzegroep D	UCGSS109	Law in an Expanding World	Engels	5	4
	keuzegroep D	UCGSS111	Policy Making in the EU	Engels	5	4
semester II b	keuzegroep E	UCGHU103	History: Beautiful Bodies	Engels	5	4
	keuzegroep E	UCGHU110	Artivism	Engels	5	4
	keuzegroep E	UCGHU111	Understanding Culture	Engels	5	4
	keuzegroep E	UCGHU112	Understanding Bias	Engels	5	4
	keuzegroep E	UCGSC106	Introduction to Programming	Engels	5	4
	keuzegroep E	UCGSC110	Pharmaceutical Roadmap	Engels	5	variabel
	keuzegroep E	UCGSC111	Human Anatomy & Histology	Engels	5	variabel
	keuzegroep E	UCGSS102	Macro-Economics	Engels	5	variabel
	keuzegroep E	UCGSS103	Political Philosophy	Engels	5	4
	keuzegroep E	UCGSS107	Fundamentals in Society	Engels	5	variabel
	keuzegroep E	UCGSS108	Law as Order	Engels	5	4
» Year 2 Core Programme
Periode	Type	Code	Naam	Taal	ECTS	Uren
hele jaar	verplicht	UCGAC202	Research & Methodology: Year 2	Engels	15	variabel
semester I a	keuzegroep F	UCGAC202A	Calculus 2	Engels	5	8
	keuzegroep F	UCGAC202B	Statistics I	Engels	5	4
	keuzegroep F	UCGAC202E	Qualitative Methods	Engels	5	4
semester I b	keuzegroep G	UCGAC202C	Statistics II	Engels	5	4
	keuzegroep G	UCGAC202D	Computational Methods of Science	Engels	5	4
	keuzegroep G	UCGAC202I	Logic and Argumentation	Engels	5	4
semester II	verplicht	UCGAC201	Skills & Projects: Creating Scholarship	Engels	10	variabel
semester II a	keuzegroep H	UCGAC202F	Quantitative Methods for Social Sciences	Engels	5	4
	keuzegroep H	UCGAC202G	Calculus 3	Engels	5	8
	keuzegroep H	UCGAC202H	Philosophy of Science	Engels	5	4
» Year 2 Humanities
Periode	Type	Code	Naam	Taal	ECTS	Uren
semester I a	keuze	UCGHU205	Decisions, Games and Rational Choice	Engels	5	4
	keuze	UCGHU207	Culture Criticism	Engels	5	4
semester I b	keuze	UCGHU204	“Knowledge is Power”	Engels	5	variabel
	keuze	UCGHU206	Politics of Theatre	Engels	5	4
semester II	keuze	UCGHU209	Atlas of City Stories	Engels	5	4
semester II a	keuze	UCGHU202	Tolerating Diversity in Europe	Engels	5	4
	keuze	UCGHU208	Imagining the City	Engels	5	4
semester II b	keuze	UCGHU201	Stories that Shape(d) the World	Engels	5	variabel
» Year 2 Sciences
Periode	Type	Code	Naam	Taal	ECTS	Uren
semester I	keuze	UCGSC205	Medical Microbiology	Engels	5	variabel
semester I a	keuze	UCGSC206	Human Integrative Physiology I	Engels	5
	keuze	UCGSC211	Mechanics & Relativity I	Engels	5	6
semester I b	keuze	UCGSC207	Living Cell II - Building Block of Life	Engels	5	4
	keuze	UCGSC212	Mechanics & Relativity II	Engels	5	6
semester II	keuze	UCGSC208	Genetics	Engels	5	variabel
semester II a	keuze	UCGSC209	Human Integrative Physiology II	Engels	5
semester II b	keuze	UCGSC210	Human Immunology	Engels	5
» Year 2 Social Sciences
Periode	Type	Code	Naam	Taal	ECTS	Uren
semester I a	keuze	UCGSS201	Rethinking cognition in healthy ageing	Engels	5	4
	keuze	UCGSS203	Political Economy	Engels	5	4
	keuze	UCGSS210	International & European Law	Engels	5	4
semester I b	keuze	UCGSS207	Policy and Principles of Private Law	Engels	5	4
	keuze	UCGSS208	Globalisation and Corporate Strategy	Engels	5	4
	keuze	UCGSS211	Neurological basis of behaviour	Engels	5	4
semester II a	keuze	UCGSS202	Social facts and individual behaviour	Engels	5	5
	keuze	UCGSS213	International Marketing	Engels	5	4
semester II b	keuze	UCGSS204	Models of Democracy	Engels	5	4
	keuze	UCGSS212	Human Cognition and Decision Making	Engels	5	4
» Year 3
Periode	Type	Code	Naam	Taal	ECTS	Uren
semester II	verplicht	UCGAC301	Skills and Projects: Creating Leadership	Engels	5	variabel
semester II a	keuze	UCGHU301	Deep History	Engels	5	4
	keuze	UCGHU302	Culture and Cognition	Engels	5	4
	keuze	UCGSC303	Advanced Neurobiology	Engels	5	4
semester II b	keuze	UCGHU303	Futures of Humanity	Engels	5	4
	keuze	UCGSC302	Oncology	Engels	5	4
	keuze	UCGSS302	Int. & European Human Rights Law	Engels	5	4
	keuze	UCGSS303	Mind & Society	Engels	5	4

Toon korte vakomschrijvingen

Academic Writing

UCGAC104

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	drs. E.J. Meima
Docent(en)	drs. E.J. Meima
ECTS	2.5

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Advanced Neurobiology

UCGSC303

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Docent(en)
ECTS	5

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Arabic I

UCGWL103

World Language Program: Arabic (Year 1) is a course in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) for beginners. MSA is the language of formal communication in the entire Arab World, spanning a region from Morocco in the West to Iraq in the East. It is the language of literature, politics, religion, and journalism throughout this region, as well as a great starting point for learning the national dialects associated with it. The course aims to introduce the students to the basics of MSA, and to provide the tools necessary to build on those basics through self-study. Equal attention will be given to the skills of understanding, reading, writing and speaking the language. Additionally, the students will be offered a glimpse into a few aspects of this ethnically, religiously and culturally diverse region such as custom, etiquette, religion, and history.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	H. Hamad, MA.
Docent(en)	H. Hamad, MA.
Onderwijsvorm	Seminar
ECTS	2.5

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Arabic II

UCGWL203

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	H. Hamad, MA.
Docent(en)	H. Hamad, MA.
ECTS	2.5

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Artivism

UCGHU110

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. M.L. Wilders
Docent(en)	dr. M.L. Wilders
ECTS	5

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Astronomy for Poets

UCGSC108

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. M.A. Hofstee
Docent(en)	dr. M.A. Hofstee
ECTS	5

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Atlas of City Stories

UCGHU209

University College students are invited to participate in a collaborative course with Minerva Art Academy students, the ‘Atlas of City Stories’. If you are interested in creativity, visual
presentation, qualitative research, action research, community engagement, social design, anthropology… then this is the course for you!

Students work in small mixed teams with Minerva students on an interdisciplinary research project in partnership with a community organisation. Students will gain experience in participatory “action research” methods and will learn how to present their findings in
interactive, visual, as well as text-based formats. Students work in mixed groups in local neighbourhoods to make ‘soft maps’ of residents’ lives. They will be exposed to and use methods such as narrative interviewing, archival research, literature reviews, vagabonding, image notes, logbooking and visual storytelling. Key concepts are, for example, social networks, oral histories, placemaking, subjective mapping and grounded theory.
Together the students generate a ‘soft map’ of the neighbourhood, which reveals hidden themes, links, and meanings, facilitates new connections and anchors with local or faraway places, shared spaces or experiences, and seeks to catalyse and strengthen meaningful social connections and activities within the context of the neighbourhood.

The course is scheduled over blocks 3 and 4 in alignment with the Minerva OffCourse schedule.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. M.E. Counihan
Docent(en)	dr. M.E. Counihan
Toetsvorm	Assignments
ECTS	5
Opmerkingen	This project forms part of the Groningen 3D collaboration project. Additional Lecturer: Loes Faber In association with Anke Coumans, Evert Bisschop Boele, Barend van Heusden, Floreshuis.

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Basic Chemistry

UCGSC105

Chemistry is the central science that deals with the properties and the behavior of the matter. It is fundamental to the world around us and beyond – the air we breathe, the water we drink, the clothes we wear and all the materials that surround us are all samples of matter. The main goal of this course is to present the knowledge for an understanding of physical and biological systems. It introduces the core concepts in chemistry, such as quantum theory, electronic configurations of the elements, chemical reactions, intermolecular forces, acids, bases, and thermochemistry.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. A. Arslanargin Dereli
Docent(en)	dr. A. Arslanargin Dereli
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture, Study Group
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Presentation, Written exam
ECTS	5

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Biochemistry

UCGSC109

Biochemistry is the study of living organisms at a molecular level.
This course will introduce basic processes and biochemical protagonists in living cells. It will cover amino acids, protein structure and function, allostery and cooperativity, enzyme kinetics and enzyme mechanisms, lipids and carbohydrates and an introduction to metabolism. Biochemistry affects every aspect of our world. Therefore, biological and clinical examples will be used to show how essential biochemistry is to everyday life.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. E.E.E. Noens
Docent(en)	dr. E.E.E. Noens
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture, Study Group
ECTS	5

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Biopsychology

UCGSS105

Biological psychology is the study of the link between mind, behavior, and body. In this course, you will learn the basic architecture of the brain: how the brain consists of many brain areas, which in turn consist of countless neurons. You will also learn how many aspects of mind and behavior can be explained by considering the brain’s architecture. This module prepares you for the major Cognition and Behavior.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. S. Mathot
Docent(en)	dr. S. Mathot
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture, Practical
Toetsvorm	Essay, Participation, Presentation, Written exam
ECTS	5

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Calculus 2

UCGAC202A

Calculus 2 is one of the modules of the Research and Methodology: Year 2 course. It is aimed at those who are oriented towards major in Physics, Health and Life Science and Economics.

The course Calculus 2 gives a classical introduction to the field of multivariable calculus. The course proceeds the course Calculus 1 which mainly concerns the calculus of functions of a single variable, and generalizes many of its concepts like continuity, differentiability and integration to the case of multivariable functions. Apart from the background established in Calculus 1 many aspects from the course Linear Algebra 1 like vectors, linear maps, matrices and inner products are heavily used in Calculus 2. In Calculus 2 the means are developed to compute the work required to displace a body along a curve through a given force field or to compute the amount of fluid flowing through a surface in a period of time from the velocity field of the fluid.
The course culminates in the study of the integral theorems by Green, Stokes and Gauss which form, e.g., the basis for formulating Maxwell’s Equations of electrodynamics. The concepts developed in Calculus 2 are used in many advanced courses in mathematics and physics.

The topics addressed in Calculus 2 are spatial curves together with their parametrization by arclength and their curvature, continuity of vector valued functions and multivariable functions, partial and directional derivatives, the linear approximation of a multivariable function, the chain rule for multivariable functions, the tangent plane of the graph of a multivariable function, extrema of multivariable functions and of multivariable functions with constraints using the method of Lagrange multipliers, multiple integrals, the Jacobian, integration of vector fields along curves and over surfaces, conservative vector fields and potential functions, the curl and divergence of vector fields, and Green’s, Stokes', and Gauss' Theorems.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. O. Kavatsyuk
Docent(en)	dr. O. Kavatsyuk
Onderwijsvorm	Seminar
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Written exam
ECTS	5

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Calculus 3

UCGAC202G

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. O. Kavatsyuk
Docent(en)	dr. O. Kavatsyuk
Onderwijsvorm	Seminar, Practical
ECTS	5

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Chinese I

UCGWL101

Communicative language proficiency course in Chinese for beginners, in which all skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking), including grammar and vocabulary, are integrated.

Following the levels and can-do- statements of the HSK level 1, which is the counterpart of the A1 level of Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). During lectures, all
topics will be discussed through written and oral texts, video or audio fragments, role-plays.

Supported by online resources, students work individually, in pairs or small groups. By the weekly cultural comparison, students are able to grasp a basic understanding of Chinese
culture and society.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	W. Jiang
Docent(en)	W. Jiang
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture, Seminar
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Written exam
ECTS	2.5

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Chinese II

UCGWL201

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	W. Jiang
Docent(en)	W. Jiang
ECTS	2.5

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Computational Methods of Science

UCGAC202D

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Docent(en)
Onderwijsvorm	Practical, Seminar
ECTS	5

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Culture and Cognition

UCGHU302

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Docent(en)
ECTS	5

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Culture Criticism

UCGHU207

The cultural critic not only studies culture, like the anthropologist or humanities scholar does, but also comments upon or even expresses a normative judgment on the culture he or she is living in. Cultural critics try to make sense of their world and fellow human beings. They often do so through the relay of works of art, which they use as prisms through which they look at themselves and society. In this course we will look at the history and theory of culture criticism. How have famous critics of culture, such as Friedrich Nietzsche, Virginia Woolf, Theodor W. Adorno, Roland Barthes, Joan Didion, Fredric Jameson and Teju Cole commented on their (and our) time? What are the philosophical, ethical and/or political motivations for their criticism, and how do they legitimize the position from which they are speaking? We will also consider the ways in which works of art themselves can convey a critique of culture, for instance in the novels of Jonathan Franzen or Zadie Smith, in the films of Jean-Luc Godard and Lars von Trier, or in television series like The Wire.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. T.E. Lijster
Docent(en)	dr. T.E. Lijster
Onderwijsvorm	Seminar
Toetsvorm	Essay, Presentation
ECTS	5

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Culture: The Building Blocks

UCGHU101

This course offers an introduction into the basic elements, or ‘building blocks’, of human culture. The elements discussed are:

1)the distinguishing features of human culture
2)the development and evolution of cultural behaviour in humans
3)imagination and artifacts
4)language
5)theoretical knowledge
6)cultural consciousness

Topics and questions addressed are:

•What is culture? Is human culture different from learned behaviour? And to what extent is it different from animal cognition? How do we use signs to think, act and communicate?
•How do we acquire culture? Which developmental processes (ontogenesis) lie at the heart of our cultural behaviour? How has culture been shaped by evolution (phylogenesis)?
•The human environment is largely a product of invention and design and as such the result of our imagination and creativity. How can we define this creativity, where does it originate from and how does it affect us?
•How do the things we make influence how we think and act? How can we ‘think with things’?
•Language is obviously ubiquitous in culture. But what is language? Do we
need it for communication? How does it affect culture? How is thinking with language different from thinking with artefacts?
•What is theoretical knowledge and why is it important?
•How can we use our cultural abilities to reflect on culture itself?
•What are the effects of the media we use on the way we think?

By addressing these topics and questions through both reading and writing, and in group discussions, students get acquainted with a basic set of tools that will enable
them to approach, and analyse a great variety of cultural phenomena in terms of their constitutive elements. This will give them a firmer grip on cultural phenomena.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Docent(en)
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Essay, Participation, Presentation
ECTS	5

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Decisions, Games and Rational Choice

UCGHU205

Life is full of difficult decisions. Chocolate or vanilla? Beer or books? Finances or fine arts?

Decision theory brings together political and social scientists, economists, philosophers, mathematicians, statisticians, computer scientists, and psychologists to analyze how we do and how we should make decisions.

In this course we will critically examine the most influential ideas on individual and social decision making. Among others, we will discuss on which principles we should base our decisions if we are uncertain about the outcomes of our actions, what we should do in situations with multiple decision makers and how we can come to a collective decision as a group or society.

The answers to these questions are not uncontested and many of them give rise to interesting problems and paradoxes, which we will study in detail, along with their political and ethical implications.

This course has no prerequisites. We will need some basic mathematics — mostly simple probability theory — but we will refresh your memory on this during class.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. G.B. Bewersdorf
Docent(en)	dr. G.B. Bewersdorf
ECTS	5

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Deep History

UCGHU301

In the past two decades, interest in world history, in one of its many manifestations, like history of the world, big history, or deep history has been renewed. Facing the problems of globalization, the economic crises, global warming and inequality, people world-wide turn to history for the ‘big picture’ of humanity. In this vein, the focus has increasingly been shifted from the past to the future. Notably, Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens and Homo Deus, have put the so-called ‘history of the future’ on the agendas of politicians, policy makers, media, and interest groups all over the world.

This aim of this course is to critically evaluate these agendas by exploring how the connection between the ‘history of the future’ and the ‘history of the past’ translates into the ‘history of the present’. From this perspective, the crucial, but much neglected problem of the self-referentiality of history will be addressed by exploring how current deep histories relate to the past and future they describe. In this way the course seeks to answer the question how ideas about the past and future interpenetrate each other in moments of action, thus connecting deep history to global politics. The leading question will be: is the new world history really deep or is it another form of propaganda?

The course will start with an historical overview of the idea of world history from Antiquity to the present as a context for Harari’s seminal work. Next, it will provide some basic tools for analysing the deep structure of the idea of world history which lies in its philosophy of mind. Finally, it will focus on the relationship between world historical ideas and political practice, by an in depth analysis of the relationship between past, present and future.

The main assignment of this course consists of a critical essay contributing to the current discussions on deep history to be published on a public website. The criticism may concern a variety of topics, from the historical context of current world history to its philosophical underpinnings, its interdisciplinary approach to its political implications. After this course, students will be able to critically engage in the current debates about the history of the future.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. R.G.P. Peters
Docent(en)	dr. R.G.P. Peters
ECTS	5

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Dutch I

UCGWL104

The course consists of thirty lessons in which the students learn how to speak, write, listen and read at an A2 level. In addition, the course focuses on Dutch society and culture.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Nederlands
Docent(en)
Onderwijsvorm	Practical, Tutorial
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Participation
ECTS	2.5

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ECMS: Business

UCGAC103A

The course aims to capture the Challenges of Modern Society for business. Starting point of the course will be a selected set of grand challenges of the 21st Century, so-called global turning points. These challenges will be addressed in weekly series of seminars. Interactive seminars provide the theoretical introduction of the topics from a diversity of scientific perspectives. In a project, students are asked to apply the knowledge of the course. Each individual student will be trained in argumentative essay writing while addressing an aspect of the challenges using the theoretical context provided. In these essay exercises students demonstrate their capability of academic writing as they have been taught in the complementary academic writing workshops of UCG. Throughout the block, the students will receive individual feedback and have the opportunity to discuss questions or issues they have concerning their assignments.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	prof. dr. H. van Ees
Docent(en)	prof. dr. H. van Ees dr. R.M. Wittingslow
Onderwijsvorm	Seminar
Toetsvorm	Essay, Group Project, Presentation, Assignments
ECTS	7.5

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ECMS: Individual

UCGAC103B

The course aims to introduce you into the processes that guide human behaviour and how these may give rise to societal problems. Understanding how humans operate is important to understand societal problems such as poverty, environmental degradation and conflict, and is critical in developing strategies to change our behaviour as a species dominating this planet. In 8 weeks we will discuss a wide array of behavioural scientific perspectives that will contribute to your understanding of the complex nature of human behaviour. Acquiring knowledge on processes and drivers such as human needs, human decision making, social networks and polarisation will help in understanding the complexities of issues such as inequality, conflict and environmental degradation from a human behaviour perspective.

During the course you are expected to work on individual and group assignments.

Individual assignments: include bi-weekly short essays (one-page long) and a final essay (1500 words). For the final essay you will be asked to address the behavioural dimensions of a particular societal problem, and come up with behaviour scientific arguments for a possible solution addressing behavioural change.The final essay will be an argumentative essay and it will have to be completed during Week 9. The exact topic of the essay will be given out in the beginning of Week 9 and the essay should be handed in by the end of the same week.
Group assignments: include bi-weekly group presentations (groups of 4) and a final group assignment. For the final group assignment you are expected to create and present (week 8) a “manual for the human species” that makes it clear for an alien civilisation how a certain problem on Earth is related to the peculiarities of human behaviour. This manual may be a written document, but you could also produce a video or think of other creative expressions to communicate your insights.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. W. Jager
Docent(en)	dr. M. Ioannou, PhD.dr. W. Jager
Onderwijsvorm	Seminar
Toetsvorm	Essay, Presentation
ECTS	7.5

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ECMS: Systemic

UCGAC103C

The Systems Track approaches the Challenges – and Opportunities – of Modern Society from a Systems Theory point of view. We do not approach these challenges as isolated problems, but as essentially interconnected. Einstein’s remark “You cannot solve problems with the mindset that created them” will be a guiding principle.

In this course you will learn how to approach the world as interconnected systems and while doing that you will discover that the causes and defining structures of many of the challenges of our time are actually quite similar: a mismatch between how reality really is and how it appears or is understood. And more importantly, typically these challenges can be addressed with other mindsets than that created them. Thinking about mindsets – your’s and other’s – will be an important and enlightening activity.

The course focuses on self-directed exploration of interesting topics and the construction of new knowledge and insights by combining different knowledge sources and perspectives. Each week has a different week theme such as systems, food systems, war, truth, money, to wisdom.

Each week starts with a preparatory assignment, which is typically centered on a documentary, interview, presentation, podcast, or movie about the week theme. Monday afternoon you engage in self-directed research that must lead to a short, yet interesting, pitch on a relevant topic of your choice. The Monday sessions ends in the formation of subgroups (of 1 to 4 students) that make an infographic on the topic of one or a combination of pitches. The infographic should focus on key facts in combination with the relations, processes, and dynamics that explain or describe a topic of your choice. You have to indicate which knowledge you constructed while making the infographic and why you made your design choices.

Wednesday morning we address theory and applications of systems theory. On Friday you hand in, as a group, your infographic about the week theme. Friday afternoon we have different activities: from learning to make and present infographics, via information markets on a complex theme, to class-wide battles and planning the future.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. T.C. Andringa
Docent(en)	dr. T.C. Andringa dr. M.A. Hofstee
Onderwijsvorm	Seminar
ECTS	7.5

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Ethics

UCGSS104

How should we live our lives? What is moral and what is immoral behavior and who gets to say which is which?

Ethics tries to answer these kinds of questions.

In this course, we are going to approach ethics from two perspectives: a theoretical and a practical.

On the one hand, we are going to explore the most prominent theories about ethics. Ethical theories try to establish general principles on what is right and what is wrong. These principles are supposed to guide our actions and help us resolve moral disagreements.

One the other hand we are going to look at practical ethical problems prominent in contemporary debate, such as euthanasia, abortion, animal rights, human cloning, the legalization of drugs, guns control, freedom of speech, racism and sexism, the death penalty, poverty and the environment. Since we cannot cover all of these topics during the course, we will focus on those topics you are most interested in.

The course will be held in form of a seminar. There will be no lectures, instead we will use the time during class to discuss the assigned reading.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	H.M. Veluwenkamp
Docent(en)	H.M. Veluwenkamp
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture, Seminar
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Essay, Written exam
ECTS	5
Opmerkingen	The course Ethics will be regarded as both a Humanities course as well as a Social Sciences course.

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From Paint to Pixel

UCGHU107

Works of art are material and materials have meaning. They determine form, style,
and effect and are often chosen intentionally by artists to convey artistic ideas and
reinforce expressive effects. An artist's choice of materials both limits and opens up
technical possibilities. Depending on their geographical occurrence, rarity or
composite nature, materials are valued, compared and imitated; processes that
stimulate innovation in the arts. Materials are also charged with manifold cultural
connotations, conveying power, beauty, splendor or humbleness. This course
provides an overview of materials and techniques from antique sculpture and
medieval crucifixes to multi-media installations and digital animation and shows how
materials are intrinsically related to the making, meaning, perception, presentation,
and conservation of art. Apart from the materials and techniques themselves, students
are introduced to relevant (historical) writings on both as well as the field of technical
art history.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	prof. dr. A.S. Lehmann
Docent(en)	prof. dr. A.S. Lehmann
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture, Practical, Seminar
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Essay, Presentation, Written exam
ECTS	5
Opmerkingen	Examples and Literature to use for the Material Analysis: Monika Wagner “Felt”, Sylvia Houghteling “Silk”, in Textile Terms: A Glossary, ed. by Anika Reineke et al., Emsdetten/Berlin 2016. Gerald W. R. Ward, The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008 (RUG Library, not as ebook). Further reading: Penny Huntsman, Thinking About Art, Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley, 2016 Ann-Sophie Lehmann, “How Materials Make Meaning”, in Netherlands Yearbook for History of Art 62 (2012), via: https://www.academia.edu/4991750/_How_Materials_Make_Meaning_Netherlands_Yearbook_for_History_of_Art_62_2012_6- 27

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Fundamentals in Society

UCGSS107

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. M.E.G.M. Rol
Docent(en)	dr. M.E.G.M. Rol
ECTS	5

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Futures of Humanity

UCGHU303

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	F. Lewis, PhD.
Docent(en)	F. Lewis, PhD.
ECTS	5

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Genetics

UCGSC208

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. E.E.E. Noens
Docent(en)	prof. dr. ir. H.H. Haisma prof. dr. R.H. Sijmons
Onderwijsvorm	Practical, Seminar
ECTS	5

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Globalisation and Corporate Strategy

UCGSS208

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Docent(en)
Onderwijsvorm	Seminar
ECTS	5

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Health & Disease

UCGSC104

The course ‘Health & Disease’ is one of the introductory courses of the UCG major Health & Life Sciences. In this course we will explore human health and disease, especially at the population level. The Health & Life Sciences courses in block 3, such as Living Cell I and Biochemistry, will be more focused on the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying human health and disease.

In your daily life you will be confronted with major health problems of our time, either in your direct environment or via news media. The course will address the following themes, using examples from major health problems, such as infectious diseases, cardiovascular diseases and cancer:

1) Health & disease: Exploring major health problems
What determines whether something is a major health problem?
How can we measure its impact on the health of a population?

2) Health problems: What are their origins?
What factors contribute to health and disease?
What is the role of a person’s individual characteristics and behaviour?
What is the role of a person’s environment?

3) Health problems: How to tackle them?
What is the role of diagnostics and screening?
What methods do we have to treat or prevent major health problems?

The topics will be introduced and put into context in interactive lectures.
In the seminars, we will explore research methods that are available to study health problems and potential ways of intervention. We will make use of material from scientific publications.
Within study groups, we will further explore the topics and key principles of the course, both in breadth and in depth. In small groups you will work on a selected major health problem in the form of assignments.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. E.C. de Haas
Docent(en)	dr. E.C. de Haas prof. dr. H.J. Haisma prof. dr. R.H. Sijmons
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture, Seminar, Study Group
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Written exam
ECTS	5

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History: Beautiful Bodies

UCGHU103

The human body has been central to cultures from the dawn of time to the present. It played and plays a determining role in leading a satisfactory existence. This course will offer a historical perspective on representations, practices and discourses of and on the human body from classical Antiquity until the beginning of modern period. We shall investigate how ancient traditions of training, healing and viewing the body developed over the centuries due to influences such as the rise of Christianity and Islam, the discovery of new continents, the Scientific and Industrial Revolution left their mark on western history and thought. The aim of this course is not so much a history of the body but an understanding of historical culture through the body. Whether you are interested in sports, politics, art, gender, religion, medicine, philosophy, literature, the law, or economics you will need to think about (perceptions) of the human body and their denotation.

The course will build up three themes from a diachronic perspective: the first is that of ways of training, exercising and disciplining the body. What was the aim of the educational programmes from the classical gymnasium, the medieval tournament and early modern fencing schools, to the German Turner movement? How and why was physical training connected with civic education and ideals and definitions of being human?

The second line we shall pursue is that of ways of healing the body. What were the cultural implications of historical understandings of the body and its possible ailments? What counted as good medical practice at any given time and how was this related to the perception of the body of that time?

Thirdly, we shall discuss how the body was represented, and viewed in literature and art. Representations of the body and especially of the (nude) body were often tied up with aesthetic, cultural and political ideals. What was the relation between excellence, health and beauty? When and how was (the representation of) nudity allowed? How was the act of viewing the body experienced and valued.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	prof. dr. O.M. van Nijf
Docent(en)	dr. H.G. Knoeff prof. dr. O.M. van Nijf
Onderwijsvorm	Seminar
Toetsvorm	Take Home Exam
ECTS	5

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Human Anatomy & Histology

UCGSC111

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	C. Luman, MSc.
Docent(en)	C. Luman, MSc.
ECTS	5

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Human Cognition and Decision Making

UCGSS212

This course is about how our cognition, i.e., the way we process information as well as our belief systems (worldviews), and our emotions (e.g., our mood at a given point in time) affect the decisions we make at the time we make them, either directly or indirectly, consciously or subconsciously.

The course seeks to address questions like: ‘to what extent is our decision making influenced by cognitive biases or heuristics?’; ‘how accurate are we in our first impressions of other people (e.g. at telling the social class of an individual)?’; ‘how does emotion affect decision making?’ and finally ‘do we actually have control over our decision making?’

These questions will be approached via real-life examples in order to understand which factors influence decision-making that is crucial to the functioning of the societies we live in. We will therefore seek to understand which cognitive and emotional factors affect people’s decision to vote liberal vs. conservative; left vs. right; which cognitive and/or emotional processes lead individuals to endorse radicalization; which factors influence people’s judgments of other members of society or different social groups?, etc.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. M. Ioannou, PhD.
Docent(en)	dr. M. Ioannou, PhD.
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture, Seminar, Study Group
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Group Project, Presentation
ECTS	5

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Human Immunology

UCGSC210

Learning outcomes knowledge:
Students can describe the cellular and molecular structure of the immune system, the functioning of lymphoid organs, structure and significance of the HLA system, recognition and intracellular processing of antigens, and gene rearrangements as the basis of generating diversity, specificity and discrimination between endogenous and not-endogenous in the immune system.

Learning outcomes skills and learning:
Students are able to apply the acquired immunological knowledge to scientific issues in relation to the defense against pathogens in humans.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	prof. dr. H.J. Haisma
Docent(en)	prof. dr. H.J. Haisma
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture, Seminar, Study Group
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Written exam
ECTS	5
Opmerkingen	Prerequisites UCGHL102 Living Cell I is highly recommended

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Human Integrative Physiology I

UCGSC206

In this course the following topics will be discussed:

- the cell as the smallest functional unit of living organisms
- the importance of membrane properties for cell function
- the electrolyte balance in different fluid parts of the human body
- homeostasis of the internal environment
- membrane potentials
- synaptic transmission
- the organisation of the nervous system
- the autonomic nervous system
- sensory input and integration
- muscle contractions
- introduction to movement and movement control

These topics will be discussed in lectures, study groups, and several practicals. This course will provide an important basis for the second course in this series (Human Integrative Physiology II), in which the roles of several organ systems will be discussed in the maintenance of homeostasis.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. H. van Duinen
Docent(en)	dr. H. van Duinen
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture, Practical, Study Group, Tutorial
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Presentation, Written exam
ECTS	5
Entreevoorwaarden	To participate in this course it is required to have sufficient knowledge of the matter belonging to the 1st year course Human Anatomy and Histology (UCGHL106)
Opmerkingen	Regarding literature: The online version costs about $70, but a paperback version costs around$200; however, the same book can be used for anatomy (block 4 in year 1) and Human integrative physiology I & II (second year, block 1 & 3).

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Human Integrative Physiology II

UCGSC209

In this course the following topics will be discussed:

- homeostasis of the internal environment
- the role of the heart and vessels (cardiovascular physiology)
- breathing
- the relation between different fluid compartments and the importance of blood in maintaining homeostasis
- kidney function
- food and digestion
- energy metabolism and temperature control
- reproductive physiology
- exercise physiology
- brief introduction in immunology
These topics will be discussed in lectures, study groups, and several practicals.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. H. van Duinen
Docent(en)	dr. H. van Duinen
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture, Practical, Study Group, Tutorial
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Presentation, Written exam
ECTS	5
Entreevoorwaarden	To participate in this course it is required to have sufficient knowledge of the matter belonging to the 1st year course Human Anatomy and Histology (UCGHL106) and 2nd year course Human Integrative Physiology I (UCGHL203)
Opmerkingen	Regarding literature: The online version costs about $70, but a paperback version costs around$200; however, the same book can be used for anatomy (block 4 in year 1) and Human integrative physiology I & II (second year, block 1 & 3).

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Imagining the City

UCGHU208

This course unit explores images and representations of the city – and its surroundings – that figure within the pursuit of a built materialization of idealized political, social, cultural and spatial goals. To imagine the city – as an idealized reality beyond its factual scape - is an intrinsic and historically bound aspect of the transdisciplinary domain of urban history. It relates to more or less ethically loaded visions between the extremities of politics of exclusion and the humanist strive for inclusiveness and equity. Materialized forms of such urban visions vary from cartographic maps to architecture drawings and models, urban narratives and paintings, but can also be found in literary fiction, movies, documentaries and urban/political discourses. The courses will take these materials as its starting point.

The unit will be organized as a capita selecta, i.e. a series of thematically framed lectures covering the modern era until today, and with examples taken from both western and non-western regions. The academic approach will be historical-analytical with attention paid to the relation between text and image (1) and between vision and reality (2). A reader with a selection of relevant literature will be made available. A recently published article comes with this introduction and may serve as an example.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. A.M. Martin
Docent(en)	dr. A.M. Martin
ECTS	5

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Int. & European Human Rights Law

UCGSS302

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Docent(en)
ECTS	5

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International & European Law

UCGSS210

The module is intended to provide students insight into the basics of law in an international context.

It will allow the students to understand the specific characteristics of public international law and European Union law as separate legal systems, but in addition to that it will focus on how the various legal systems interact with each other and with domestic legal orders. By choosing a core theme, case or situation, we will study the way in which international law and European law contribute to create stable environments for tackling challenging transboundary problems such as economic cooperation, migration, protecting the ecosystem or peace and security. This study will have an interdisciplinary as well as practice-oriented approach in which students are expected to contribute to socratic discussions from their respective backgrounds. Basic knowledge of international and European law is essential in understanding international processes of cooperation and decision making, both in a public (governments, international organisations) and in a private (business) context.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	prof. dr. M.M.T.A. Brus
Docent(en)	prof. dr. M.M.T.A. Brus prof. mr. dr. H.H.B. Vedder
Onderwijsvorm	Seminar
ECTS	5

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International Marketing

UCGSS213

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Docent(en)
ECTS	5

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Introduction to Human Geography

UCGSS110

This course provides an introduction to Human Geography. In a nutshell, relationships between the earth, human activities and contemporary issues will be explored. In doing so, the course will introduce thinking “geographically” , which refers to understanding, interpreting, and representing the human world in ways that emphasize spatial relations, spatial processes, and relationships to the physical space around us. As a result, students will see the relevance of geographic concepts as applied to human problems and achievements. By the end of the course, students will be able to think critically about as well as explain some of the ways in which “geography matters” in terms of the dynamic flows of international relations, cultures, politics and economies and the people and institutions involved. Ideally, the course will enable a lifelong and sustained geographical imagination that will help students confront tomorrow’s global, national, regional and local challenges.

The course handbook is Knox, P.L. and Marston, S. (2016) Human Geography. Places and Regions in Global Context (7th edition). This textbook emphasizes globalization and interdependence of places and processes, such as flows of goods, services and people, across the globe. The contents of the book explores how such processes change local places in uneven and unequal ways, and how different (groups of) people are affected in different ways, for example in terms of outcomes such as accessing food, education, paid work, housing, etc.

The field of Human Geography comprises different geographic subfields, and these, too, will be featured during this course. Specifically, these subfields are: economic geography, social and cultural geography, population geography, environmental geography, urban geography and political geography. Guest lectures will include specialists in various fields covered by the course text (e.g. Prof. Helga de Valk from the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Insititute on migration, Prof. Bettina Bock on food, Dr Sierdjan Koster on globalisation and regional economies, Dr Peter Groote on heritage landscapes, etc).

Geography is to a great extent an applied discipline as well as a means of understanding the world, and the activities undertaken during this course are meant to address both of these aspects. The principles, concepts, theoretical frameworks and approaches introduced will enable students to pursue more specialized studies hereafter.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. B. van Hoven
Docent(en)	dr. B. van Hoven
Onderwijsvorm	Seminar
ECTS	5
Opmerkingen	Important note: we will use the E-book version of this text as well as online learning resources (Mastering Geography). These need to be purchased via the website. Information about ordering the correct course text will be available on Nestor.

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Introduction to Linguistics

UCGHU105

Introduction to language and linguistics. In this course, we look at language from the perspective of science. We do not look at language as a user, or as a learner, but from the outside, in order to better see what it is. What is language, what are its main properties, and what makes it so incredible complex and at the same time uniquely human?

Language is the most important medium for communication (although there is also nonlinguistic communication), but it is also used for other purposes: to express emotions, to play games, to bind and divide social groups, and so on. Language is also ideally suited for research. You don’t need a lab with expensive equipment to study it, you can build on a lot of knowledge that you already have, and you don’t have to kill or maim animals in the course of your research. And many of the issues you encounter in other fields show up in linguistics as well, such as problems having to do with classification, generalisation, abstraction, application of theory to practical problems, formalisation, etc.

We will look at language and linguistics both as a topic well worth studying for itself, but also as an example of how one and the same field can give rise to a number of different theoretical approaches.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	prof. dr. J. Hoeksema
Docent(en)	prof. dr. J. Hoeksema
Onderwijsvorm	Seminar
Toetsvorm	Essay, Participation, Presentation
ECTS	5

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Introduction to Programming

UCGSC106

The objective of the course is to present and explore the usefulness of programming skills in solving computational problems. At the end of the course, students are expected to be able to independently solve basic computational problems by analyzing the problem, designing an appropriate algorithm to solve the problem, and implementing this algorithm as a program.
The main part of this course consists of practical classes in which students construct increasingly more sophisticated programs to solve increasingly more difficult problems. Exercises that are not completed during the practical classes are assigned as homework. In addition to practical assignments, students are evaluated using a final exam programming assignment that has to be completed within a time limit on a computer.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. H.A. de Weerd
Docent(en)	dr. H.A. de Weerd
ECTS	5

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Kaleidoscope of Modern Physics

UCGSC101

The main objective of the course is to give the students an introduction to the modern view on the structure of matter at different length scales, based on the two major revolutions of 20th–century physics: the special theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. Topics that will be covered are taken from the physics of atoms, solid state, nuclei, elementary particles, and the cosmos. There will also be focus on applications of these topics in fundamental physics to current research and society.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. M.A. Hofstee
Docent(en)	dr. M.A. Hofstee dr. O. Kavatsyuk
ECTS	5

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“Knowledge is Power”

UCGHU204

A course on the relation between rational thinking, information, and democracy. Taking our point of departure in history (the scientific revolution, the Enlightenment), we trace the parallel and intertwine paths of information-media and democracy. We discuss the Dewey-Lippmann debate on the best form of democracy: well-informed elites versus well-educated masses. We then proceed to discuss the ways in which news media and information function in contemporary societies, with a special focus on the role of the arts and entertainment as new sources of information (TV-shows, festivals, animations, TED-Talks, etc.)

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	prof. dr. M.J. Broersma
Docent(en)	prof. dr. M.J. Broersma
ECTS	5

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Law as Order

UCGSS108

Law is not something that can be regarded as an entity which is distinct from society. Rather, law is a particular way of ordering society. By invoking special –legal- categories and by attaching well-defined legal consequences to a series of conditions, a conceptual net is cast over social phenomena, which at the same time alters those phenomena profoundly.

This course consists in two parts. In the first part the specific mechanisms by means of which law creates order are investigated and the difference between legal rules and other (social, religious or moral) rules and conventions are explored. Attention is paid to the various functions of rules, and how they are performed in a modern society which is committed to the ideal of the Rule of Law. In the second part, attention is paid to the question how the law can be a topic for scientific study and debate: what do legal scholars do? To what extent is it possible to supplement the study of law with empirical investigation and how can law respond to scientific and technological developments?

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	mr. D.H. van der Meulen, LLM.
Docent(en)	prof. mr. dr. A.R. Mackor prof. dr. P.C. Westerman
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture, Seminar
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Presentation
ECTS	5
Entreevoorwaarden	Admittance to Liberal Arts and Sciences Bachelor
Opmerkingen	In order to facilitate interactive discussion during classes, the presence and participation of the students is required each week. The course Law as Order will be regarded as both a Humanities course as well as a Social Sciences course.

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Law in an Expanding World

UCGSS109

This course focuses on the existence of legal rules in an expanding world, in particular on the concept of international human rights. It introduces students to the workings of a legal system and how to use and analyze legislation, case law and legal literature. Students will explore the main characteristics of various areas of law by using the Dutch legal system as a point of reference. This knowledge will form the basis for reading and analyzing cases from the European Court of Human Rights. In the discussion of these cases students will have to identify and analyze the relevant questions of law, the specific legal problems and the legal arguments used by the parties and the court.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	mr. A.J. Wierenga
Docent(en)	mr. dr. L.D. van Kleef-Ruigrok mr. A.J. Wierenga
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture, Seminar
Toetsvorm	Essay, Presentation
ECTS	5

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Linear Algebra

UCGSC103

This course is an introduction to linear algebra, one of the most exciting and applicable branches of mathematics. The topics will be covered are systems of linear equations, matrices, vector spaces, determinants, linear transformations, eigenvalues, eigenvectors and orthogonality. Many mathematical problems encountered in business or sciences involve solving a system of linear equations. For example Google uses linear systems with billions of unknowns to search effectively, while Netflix algorithm tries to give us accurate recommendations with the use of linear algebra. The main goal of this course is to establish connections between the mathematical theory and other disciplines. We aim to achieve this by solving real-life problems in areas such as business, economics, demography, genetics, computer science, data analytics and physics. Working with data sets is important to gain more insight on real-world phenomena. The advancements in technology let us to perform computations very quickly. Since the software package MATLAB was developed specifically for matrix operations, we will be using MATLAB to apply the methods of linear algebra to the computer projects with large data sets.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. A. Arslanargin Dereli
Docent(en)	dr. A. Arslanargin Dereli
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture, Practical, Tutorial
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Written exam
ECTS	5

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Living Cell I

UCGSC107

Course description:
The course ‘Living cell I: The building block of life’ is an important and highly recommended introduction to the UCG major Health & Life Sciences. In this course we will focus on the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying human health and disease.

The essential concepts in biology related to the cell as the fundamental ‘building block’ of human life will be explored. Understanding cellular processes at the molecular level is the basis for gaining an appreciation of how organisms live and function, and can open new doors for future medical interventions, including stem cell therapy.
We will discuss these important processes as well as the fundamental macromolecules that control them. Examples of human disorders will be used when possible to put the lessons in perspective to every day life.

The general structure of the course will be lectures and study groups. The topics will be presented and discussed in interactive lectures. Further depth in these themes will be supported by student driven research and presentations. Study groups will consist of ‘journal clubs’ in which current scientific articles will be examined and problem solving sessions. The development of critical thinking and proficiency in scientific reading will be encouraged. fundamental techniques commonly utilized in modern cell and molecular biology research will be introduced and explored.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	R.K. Chiu, PhD.
Docent(en)	R.K. Chiu, PhD.
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture, Study Group
ECTS	5

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Living Cell II - Building Block of Life

UCGSC207

The course ‘Living Cell II’ extends the knowledge that you learned from ‘Health & Life Sciences II: Building block of life - the cell’. In these courses we will focus on the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying human health and disease. In particular, we will explore the essential concepts in biology related to the cell as a fundamental ‘building block’ of human life. Understanding cellular processes at the molecular level is the basis for gaining an appreciation of how organisms live and function, and can open new doors for future medical interventions, including stem cell therapy. We will discuss these important processes as well as the fundamental macromolecules that control them. Examples of human disorders will be used when possible to put the lessons in perspective to every day life.

The general structure of the course will be lectures, discussion groups and journal clubs. The topics will be presented and discussed in interactive lectures. Further depth in these themes will be supported by problem-based learning styled ‘journal clubs’ in which current scientific articles will be examined. The development of critical thinking and proficiency in scientific reading will be encouraged.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	R.K. Chiu, PhD.
Docent(en)	R.K. Chiu, PhD.
Onderwijsvorm	Journal Club, Lecture, Study Group
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Presentation, Written exam
ECTS	5

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Logic and Argumentation

UCGAC202I

In the first part of the course students develop a basic knowledge
of logic. We will discuss formalizing arguments, the logical
operators, truth tables and validity, quantifiers and proofs with
quantifiers. For this part students will get short homework
assignments to practice the material covered in class.

In the second part, the logical theory is applied and argumentation
more generally is discussed. This part of the course will feature real
world examples of argumentative settings. Thus, students write an
opinion piece, a short scientific essay, and prepare and participate
in a public debate. Topics discussed will include argumentative
strategy, fallacies and rhetoric.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	J.A.M. de Grefte
Docent(en)	J.A.M. de Grefte
Onderwijsvorm	Seminar
Toetsvorm	Essay, Participation, Assignments
ECTS	5

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Macro-Economics

UCGSS102

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. P. Milionis
Docent(en)	dr. P. Milionis
ECTS	5

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Mechanics & Relativity I

UCGSC211

This course deals with two intertwined topics: classical mechanics and special relativity.
- Following the notion of inertial frames of reference, the theory of relativity is developed in the first 16 lectures. The topics covered include: principle of relativity, synchronization of clocks, the nature of time, the metric equation, proper time, coordinate transformations, Lorentz contraction, cosmic speed limit, and conservation of four-momentum. During 16 hours of tutorials the student is trained in analyzing, reformulating in terms of events and solving special relativity problems both graphically and algebraically.
- The next 16 hours are devoted to classical mechanics in vectorial form. Starting from kinematics, Newton’s laws are presented and applied to the two-dimensional motion of a particle. Simple harmonic oscillators are discussed as an example. Additional central concepts such as work, kinetic energy, potential energy, momentum and fictitious forces (centrifugal and Coriolis) are developed and, in 16 hours of tutorials, applied to solve one and two-dimensional problems.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. M.A. Hofstee
Docent(en)	dr. M.A. Hofstee
ECTS	5

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Mechanics & Relativity II

UCGSC212

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. M.A. Hofstee
Docent(en)	dr. M.A. Hofstee
ECTS	5

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Media Theory & Practice

UCGHU104

In this course, students will receive a general background in the conceptual and historical problems that underpin our post-factual era, as well as basic training in writing for print media. Armed with the information collated and methods employed by journalists, media theorists, historians, and philosophers, students will:
1. Examine the circumstances that have led us to this point in history. Students will begin by surveying the birth of print journalism in the 1500s, before leading into the origins of what is called “yellow journalism” in the 1890s and modern propaganda in the early 20th century.

2. Analyse the kinds of knowledge that news media provide. Looking through the lenses of documentary and current affairs journalism, we need to ask the question: what do we mean when we describe a piece of media as being “true”? Moreover, is “truthful” journalism always “good”?

3. Analyse the relationship(s) between mass media and power structures. Should journalism always be indifferent to or critical of aggregations of state and commercial power, or are there legitimate applications for propaganda?

4. Propose means by which we can make things better. Journalism, after all, isn’t something that exists separate of our actions; to the contrary, it is in many respects a dark mirror for our collective desires. Consequently, it behoves us to ask: what role should journalism play in society?

5. Develop their own journalistic abilities in a series of workshops throughout the block. In these workshops, student will hone both their writing skills and their aptitude for turning raw data into stories that are both compelling and faithful to the world.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. R.M. Wittingslow
Docent(en)	dr. R.M. Wittingslow
ECTS	5

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Medical Microbiology

UCGSC205

This course on microbiology consists of 4 parts:

1. Newsflash on Modern techniques in Medical Microbiology (1ECTS)
2. The end of the usage of antibiotics? (2ECTS)
3. Microbial safety (WMMP15001) (1ECTS)
4. Informing the public about a pathogen (1ECTS)

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. ing. G. Buist
Docent(en)	dr. ing. G. Buist
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture, Practical, Seminar
ECTS	5
Opmerkingen	Literature (available online, do not need to purchase): Medical Microbiology, 7th Edition, Patrick Murray Ken Rosenthal Michael Pfaller (https://www.elsevier.com/books/medical-microbiology/murray/978-0-323-08692-9)

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Micro-Economics

UCGSS101

The course offers an economic perspective on individual behavior and human interaction in terms of rational choice theory and game theory. The course will teach you the basic
methodology used in economics to analyze market and strategic interactions. We will discuss neoclassical rational choice theory as a model of individual decision making and show how markets function to equate supply and demand and distribute welfare in society. You will learn to use game theory as a tool to analyze situations of strategic interaction. One of the relations between this module on economics and the political philosophy module is that both explore the role the state has in securing market institutions, how harmful effects of economic behavior on third parties (negative externalities) can be prevented

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	prof. dr. A.R. Soetevent
Docent(en)	prof. dr. A.R. Soetevent
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture, Study Group, Tutorial
Toetsvorm	Written exam
ECTS	5

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Mind & Society

UCGSS303

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Docent(en)
ECTS	5

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Models of Democracy

UCGSS204

How democratic systems function has been studied by both political scientists and political philosophers. This course uses both perspectives to analyze how democratic systems actually function and ought to function.
This course gives students a thorough grounding in both the comparative political analysis of political systems and political theory about democracy. Students will examine a number of political institutions, how institutions form a coherent political system and how these institutional patterns are related to policy outcomes and voter satisfaction.
Students will also examine a number of political theoretical approaches to democracy, both classical theoretical approaches as well as more contemporary debates.
Students will not only learn about democratic theory but a substantial share of the course is devoted to learning about the democratic process through simulation of a constitutional assembly.
Central in the course is combining insights from both fields: empirical analysis of functioning of democracy will be enriched with insights from political theory. Debates from democratic theory will be informed by research about how democratic systems actually function.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	M.G.J. Boot, PhD.
Docent(en)	M.G.J. Boot, PhD.
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture, Study Group, Tutorial
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Essay, Group Project
ECTS	5

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Neurological basis of behaviour

UCGSS211

This course examines the neurobiological underpinnings of psychology, viz. mind and behavior. We will seek to understand how the neurophysiology of brain cells and neural circuits enables information processing. In particular, the course will focus on the domains of sensation and perception, memory, language, cognitive control, and social cognition. Throughout the course, students will be exposed to an array of methods that neuroscientists use to understand the relationship between mind and brain.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	C.J. May, PhD.
Docent(en)	C.J. May, PhD.
ECTS	5

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Oncology

UCGSC302

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Docent(en)
ECTS	5

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Pharmaceutical Roadmap

UCGSC110

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	prof. dr. H.J. Haisma
Docent(en)
ECTS	5

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Philosophy of Science

UCGAC202H

Description:

What is science and what is its purpose in society? Is there a difference between scientific investigations and finding out whether there is cheese left in the fridge? Is science objective and what does it mean to be objective in the first place? Is science a reliable sources of knowledge imperative for the prosperity of humankind, is it only a weird hobby of old men in lab coats with no implications for our daily lives, or is it even a method to deceive ordinary people with arcane vocabulary to further the goals of the elite?

In this course we are going to look at the major philosophical ideas about science put forward during the last hundred years. Among others, we are going to discuss concepts such as truth, justification and the social structure of science and discuss the relations between theory and reality, science and society, as well as scientific revolutions and normal science.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Docent(en)
Onderwijsvorm	Seminar
Toetsvorm	Group Project, Essay
ECTS	5

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Philosophy 101

UCGHU102

This course will introduce you to philosophy and philosophical methodology.

You will uncover some of the deep philosophical mysteries regarding knowledge and rationality, existence and meaning, and the relation between your body and your mind.

You will try to answer questions like: Can you know anything for sure, or is it possible that you are constantly deceived by an evil demon? Is your mind independent from your body or are you simply a robot made of flesh and brain? What does it mean to exist and what does it mean to mean something in the first place?

These topics will let you encounter some of the central fields of contemporary philosophy, such as epistemology, metaphysics, the philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind.

Along the way, you will learn and practice the tools philosophers use make progress on these issues. In particular, you will learn to clarify questions and concepts, develop comprehensible and convincing arguments, and use counter-examples and thought experiments.

The course will be held as a seminar. There will be no lectures; instead you are expected to read the literature assigned for each session closely and present and discuss your findings in class.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. G.B. Bewersdorf
Docent(en)	dr. G.B. Bewersdorf
Onderwijsvorm	Seminar
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Essay
ECTS	5
Opmerkingen	The course Philosophy 101 will be regarded as both a Humanities course as well as a Social Sciences course.

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Policy and Principles of Private Law

UCGSS207

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	mr. E.F. Verheul
Docent(en)	prof. mr. dr. A.J. Verheij mr. E.F. Verheul
ECTS	5

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Policy Making in the EU

UCGSS111

Traditionally Political Science used theories from International Relations to analyze the European integration process. However, as the contemporary political system of the EU resembles the political systems found in liberal democracies, theories of comparative politics and system analysis proofed to be more fruitful for analyzing the policy-making processes in the EU. This module applies general political science theories to the study of the EU. This makes it possible for students to become familiar with tools of political science that can be used for the analysis of any political system and at the same time provide them with a thorough knowledge of the political and administrative processes in the EU. The module consists of lectures and tutorials. In the tutorials students will learn to apply theoretical knowledge by means of research assignments and presentations. Attention will be paid to the history of the EU, its institutions, theories of European integration, theories of the policy process, the role of interest groups and problems of implementation. Analysis of political decision making in several policy fields is used to demonstrate the functioning of the EU in practice.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. T. Nowak
Docent(en)	dr. T. Nowak
Onderwijsvorm	Practical Report, Seminar
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Essay, Presentation
ECTS	5

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Political Economy

UCGSS203

This course provides an introduction into the field of political economy. Political economy studies the interaction between politics and economics. On the one hand, it studies how political behaviour and political choices can be understood using economic models. On the other hand it studies how politics and political institutions affect economic outcomes. By doing so, it contributes to the explanation why (economic) policies often are often sub-optimal (from a social welfare point of view). In this course we study questions such as: Why do people vote? Are politicians serving the general interest? Why are necessary economic reforms often delayed? Why is delegation of power to an independent central bank important? Do democracies have better economic performance than autocracies?

The course consists of interactive lectures in which academic articles are discussed. These lectures include student presentations, class experiments and Q&A sessions. Furthermore, students study (parts of the) the course material collaboratively using an online e-book platform.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. R.M. Jong A Pin
Docent(en)	dr. R.M. Jong A Pin
Onderwijsvorm	Study Group, Lecture
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Written exam
ECTS	5

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Political Philosophy

UCGSS103

What kind of society should we live in and what institutions should we have? Should we live in a democracy and, if so, why? How should income and property be distributed between persons? To what extent can the state interfere with the lives of its citizens?
In this course, we will discuss these and other questions. We will shed light on normative concepts such as freedom, equality and justice.
We will also discuss political-philosophical and ethical aspects of topical issues such as
• dirty hands politics
• equity and efficiency in the allocation of scarce health care resources
• global justice
• feminism
• human rights and the European refugee problem
• free speech and the Geert Wilders trial
• security versus privacy in the NSA/Edward Snowden controversy

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	M.G.J. Boot, PhD.
Docent(en)	M.G.J. Boot, PhD.
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture, Study Group
Toetsvorm	Essay, Participation, Presentation
ECTS	5
Opmerkingen	Literature: "An introduction to political philosophy" by J. Wolff is optional. The course Political Philosophy -will be regarded as both a Humanities course as well as a Social Sciences course.

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Politics of Theatre

UCGHU206

The module examines theatre as a political phenomenon, considering its interactions with the body politic across time. Through looking at examples from different historical eras, we shall discuss theatrical performance as an embodied practice of public debate and analyse the ways in which ideas of citizenship and collective participation have found expression both on the stage as well as among audiences. The discussions of the examples will also engage with philosophical and critical debates about the moral and social function of theatre, from Plato’s and Aristotle’s different appraisals of tragedy’s effect to Rousseau’s riposte to D’ Alembert on the corruptive impact of spectacles and from Lessing’s view of theatre as a moral and national institution to Brecht’s idea of a theatre as a tool of class struggle and political change. These debates will be related to the cognitive and emotional responses to the theatrical performance with reference to specific case studies.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	prof. dr. B.A.M. Ramakers
Docent(en)	dr. E. Ioannidou prof. dr. B.A.M. Ramakers
ECTS	5

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Qualitative Methods

UCGAC202E

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to qualitative research and prepare them in the skills, techniques, and knowledge necessary to undertake independent research using this
methodology.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. B. van Hoven
Docent(en)	dr. B. van Hoven
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture, Study Group
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Group Project, Written exam
ECTS	5

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Quantitative Methods for Social Sciences

UCGAC202F

Description: In this course, students will learn more advanced quantitative methods by conducting and analyzing empirical research within a seminar class. Building on Statistics I & II, students will acquire deeper competence in regression, learn critical repeated repeated-measures methods, and combine these tools with innovative multilevel modeling. Seminar discussion will focus on empirical literature pertaining to the course research.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. R. Hoekstra
Docent(en)	dr. R. Hoekstra
Onderwijsvorm	Study Group, Practical, Seminar
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Group Project, Written exam
ECTS	5

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Research & Methodology Year 1

UCGAC102

This course forms the first year of the Research Methods learning line and is compulsory for all University
College students. In the first half of the course, all students of the class follow the modules “Introduction to
Logic" and "Introduction to Statistics." For the second half of the course students can choose between three
options, depending on their prospective Major choice: (i) a humanities-oriented module “Humanities Methods”,
(ii) a module “Mathematics for the Social Sciences”, and (iii) a module “Calculus” aimed at those who plan to
major in physics or some very quantitatively oriented discipline of the social sciences. The different course parts all have their individual course descriptions and syllabi, including specifications of the respective intended learning outcomes.

The overall grade of the course is computed as the average of the blockwise grades.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. S.M. Friederich
Docent(en)	dr. A. Arslanargin Dereli dr. G.B. Bewersdorf dr. M.E. Counihan dr. S.M. Friederich dr. M.A. Hofstee dr. O. Kavatsyuk
ECTS	10
Opmerkingen	Additional Lecturers: dr. Andrea Harbach, dr. Christopher May, dr. Marlieke Wilders

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Research & Methodology: Year 2

UCGAC202

This course forms the second year of the Research Methods learning line and is compulsory for all University College students. It offers various modules of 5 ec: three mathematics modules: "Calculus 2," "Computational Methods of Science," and "Calculus 3"; three modules on quantitative methods in the social sciences: "Statistics 1", "Statistics 2", and "Advanced Quantitative Methods of the Social Sciences"; and three modules on qualitative and reflective methods: "Logic and Argumentation", "Qualitative Methods", and "Philosophy of
Science." Each students is supposed to choose three of these modules, making a choice that coheres well with her/his Major orientation. The overall grade of the course is computed as the average of the module grades.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. S.M. Friederich
Docent(en)	dr. A. Arslanargin Dereli J.A.M. de Grefte dr. S.M. Friederich dr. R. Hoekstra dr. M.A. Hofstee dr. B. van Hoven
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture, Practical
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Essay, Presentation, Written exam
ECTS	15

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Rethinking cognition in healthy ageing

UCGSS201

‘Cognition’ is a term that refers to the mental processes involved in gaining knowledge and comprehension. These processes include among others thinking, knowing, remembering, judging, and problem-solving. Starting from an overview of cognition we will examine in this course the way age affects the way we think and behave and how these effects might influence everyday functioning.

In this course, we will explore the effects of ageing on basic cognitive processes that undergo change across the lifespan, with a strong emphasis on the biological architecture underpinning all such activity. The course is strongly student-driven: we will use the main text as a starting point to explore the rich literature on cognition and (healthy) ageing and the many methods used to study cognitive functioning. Students will present about their findings on the most recent developments in the study of healthy ageing and cognition. The course will be concluded by a student-organized seminar.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	prof. dr. M.M. Lorist
Docent(en)	dr. J. Jolij prof. dr. M.M. Lorist
Onderwijsvorm	Study Group, Tutorial, Practical
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Essay, Presentation
ECTS	5

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R&M: Calculus I

UCGAC102E

Calculus 1 is one of the modules of the Research and Methodology: Year 1 course. It is aimed at those who are oriented towards major in Physics, Health and Life Science and Economics. The main focus of this course will be on real functions f(x) of a real variable x. We will treat the subjects continuity, limits, differentiation and integration, differential equations, complex numbers and the extension of the exponential, sine, and cosine functions to complex functions. Besides the computational aspects, there is also attention for the theoretical aspects. We will also look at applications of the treated techniques.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. S.M. Friederich
Docent(en)	dr. O. Kavatsyuk
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture, Tutorial
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Written exam
ECTS	5

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R&M: Introduction to Logic

UCGAC102A

This course forms the first part of the Research Methods learning line and is compulsory for all University College students.

In the first block of the year-long course we acquire critical thinking skills, focusing on basic logic and argumentation. We start with a broad look at what defines critical thinking, and how memory and language shape thought. Then we investigate arguments: what makes a
good argument, and how can you improve your argumentative skills? We look at text-based argumentative structure, fallacies and how arguments are analysed in simple logical systems. By the end of the course you’ll have a better understanding of what critical thinking is and have tools to improve your own critical thinking skills.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. S.M. Friederich
Docent(en)	dr. G.B. Bewersdorf dr. M.E. Counihan
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture
ECTS	2.5

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R&M: Introduction to Statistics

UCGAC102B

This course forms the first part of the Research Methods learning line and is compulsory for all University College students.

The central aim of this course is to make students competent
in the use of certain basic scientific methods, notably statistical ones. Students learn to distinguish between different types of data and become familiar with techniques of data display and description, including basic statistical concepts such as mean, standard deviation, correlation r, and sampling distribution. The importance and challenge of distinguishing between causal and non-causal associations is expounded and highlighted. Students also learn how to collect their own data and are introduced to sampling procedures
as well as the rationale behind randomized control trials. Finally, probabilities are introduced as conceptual tools to enable statistical inference, and the basic ideas underlying confidence intervals and significance testing are developed.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. S.M. Friederich
Docent(en)	dr. G.B. Bewersdorf
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture, Study Group
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Written exam
ECTS	2.5
Opmerkingen	Course script by teachers

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R&M: Math for Social Sciences

UCGAC102D

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. S.M. Friederich
Docent(en)	dr. A. Arslanargin Dereli dr. M.A. Hofstee
Onderwijsvorm	Tutorial, Lecture, Study Group
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Written exam
ECTS	5

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R&M: Methods for Humanities

UCGAC102C

This course forms part of the Research Methods learning line and is directed to University College students with a Humanities major orientation.

The disciplines of the humanities make use of a wide range of methods. The teaching of Humanities Methods is split in two courses. In the first part students are provided with a general overview of different methods that are used in humanities in block 3. The second part focuses on texts and interpretation in block 4.

In the third block students are introduced to different methods and techniques and their specific characteristics and qualities, ranging from qualitative and quantitative methods to archival and visual methods, research through design and practice based research in the arts. Students are trained to form a coherent opinion on the use of research methods in particular settings and provide arguments to support their opinion.
In the fourth block, we reflect on texts – literary and non-literary – and on understanding texts. We will try to grasp the relation of text, meaning and interpretation and deal with some major thoughts in literary theory. We will see how widespread interpretation is in human life and we will define what constitutes interpretation as a method in dealing scholarly with texts. By the end of the course, you should be able to identify the major challenges in interpreting texts and utterances in general. In the course of this reflection, you will meet a wide range of tools used in literary analysis and interpretation which enable you to write academic interpretations of different types of texts.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. S.M. Friederich
Docent(en)	dr. M.L. Wilders
Onderwijsvorm	Seminar
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Essay, Presentation, Written exam
ECTS	5
Opmerkingen	Additional Lecturer: dr. Andrea Harbach Further literature to be announced.

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Science data/data science

UCGSC102

In this course, the features of scientific data are discussed. What are the essentials of metrology, the art of making measurements? We will look through the history of (physical) measurement to arrive a the state-of-the-art measurement techniques, and how these measurements have influenced our understanding of nature. Furthermore, we will touch on various aspects of data science, such as manipulation, visualisation, and interpretation. Encryption, open-sourcing and research-data management will be discussed as modern day issues.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. ir. C.J.G. Onderwater
Docent(en)	dr. ir. C.J.G. Onderwater
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture, Study Group
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Essay, Group Project, Presentation
ECTS	5

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Skills & Projects: Creating Scholarship

UCGAC201

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	F. Lewis, PhD.
Docent(en)	F. Lewis, PhD.
Onderwijsvorm	Practical, Study Group, Lecture, Tutor Meeting
ECTS	10

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Skills and Projects: Creating Horizon

UCGAC101

The heart of the Liberal Arts and Sciences programme at UCG is the Academic Skills and Projects learning line

This learning line runs through the three years of your degree and will teach you to discover, apply, and integrate knowledge and understanding from diverse disciplinary domains to address complex societal problems. This learning line has a strong focus on innovation and you’ll learn to synthesize existing knowledge in new ways using creativity and imagination.

Within the first year of the Academic Skills and Projects programme (Creating Horizons) the emphasis lies on asking questions about societal issues, relating these questions to academic disciplines, and using your imagination and creativity to come to potential (interdisciplinary) solutions. The chosen societal issues can be related to the excursions offered in the course or initiated by you, the student community.

In project group meetings we will focus on the development of creative thinking and academic curiosity. Much attention is given to critically appraising sources of knowledge, sensing - looking and listening - and identifying big problems. Input from academic sources, artistic and creative practitioners, as well as societal stakeholders (such as policy makers, entrepreneurs) is essential for developing these skills. You will reflect upon how these experts identify and eventually respond to the problems and challenges of society. In addition you will learn to understand and reflect on your own individual progress and on your contribution to group work and the community.

As a project group, you will work on several small projects and towards the end of the year on a larger group project. This group project consists of a critical reflection on a societal issue from various academic and non-academic perspectives, the first steps towards its solution, and a self-chosen creative (artistic) translation of this solution. At the end of the year, your group’s project will be presented to a broad audience of peer students, academics, practitioners and other key stakeholders at an annual exhibition.

In addition, you will work on individual assignments during the year. The results will be compiled into your personal portfolio. In your portfolio you will also keep track of your learning aims and study progress within the first year of the UCG programme. It will serve as a point of departure for the intermediate evaluations with your tutor and contribute to motivated choices in the design of your further study programme.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	F. Lewis, PhD.
Docent(en)	F. Lewis, PhD.
ECTS	10

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Skills and Projects: Creating Leadership

UCGAC301

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	F. Lewis, PhD.
Docent(en)	F. Lewis, PhD.
ECTS	5

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Social facts and individual behaviour

UCGSS202

Social life is full of ‘unintended consequences’, phenomena that are the result of individuals’ actions while neither being intended nor necessarily desired by those whose actions brought them about. Some examples are ethnic segregation of modern cities, unpopular social norms or intergroup conflicts. Following the classic work of Émile Durkheim, social scientists have aimed to understand these phenomena as social facts. A social fact can, even when created by humans themselves, constrain human behavior. For example, even though most individuals actively and purposefully engage in social relations (e.g., seeking each other out at conferences or on social networking sites for specific reasons), the structure of the resulting overall social network is an unintended and largely unforeseen property of the social system. Through processes of information exchange and social influence this structure in turn largely determines the opportunities people get or perceive (e.g., in terms of employment, career, housing, or partner choice), the beliefs and cognitions they come to hold (e.g., about their self-efficacy), and the desires they come to have (e.g., the desire for a paid job). Similarly, norms of reciprocity (e.g., ‘quid pro quo’) are the results of the fact that individuals repeatedly interact and are embedded in a dense network of social relations such as friendship groups, neighborhoods, or organizational departments. Norms become effective through internalization and the perceived threat of external sanctions. When effective, these norms might render everyone better off but they are simultaneously experienced as constraints: many a friend, neighbor, or colleague every now and then finds norms to be stifling and decreasing their well-being. In a similar way, social identities may arise because they satisfy innate human needs for belonging to an ingroup and distinction from outgroups, but identities may have unintended consequences such as exacerbating intergroup conflicts or leading to self-fulfilling prophecies. To give a final famous example, residential segregation of different segments of the population can frequently be understood as the unintended consequence of individual choices based on very slightly biased preferences. The resulting social configuration is nonetheless extreme: members of different ethnicities or socio-economic status groups have close to no social interaction with each other. This lack of social interaction in turn affects beliefs people hold about ingroup and outgroup members which in turn shapes behavior and may reinforce existing perceptions of group identities that emphasize distinctions between “us” and “them” . These unintended and unforeseen consequences come under different headings, such as social facts, externalities, perverse effects, or emergent properties.

In this course we will analyze social facts using the social mechanism approach from analytical sociology complemented by an emphasis on how social facts affect and are affected by human cognitions.

The course will start with introductory lectures on the micro-macro perspective on human social behavior and cognition, social facts and unintended consequences. It will then contain a number of further lectures devoted to specific realms in which unintended consequences are addressed from a micro-macro perspective. Examples are social networks, norms, segregation and social identity. These lectures will be taught by a number of guest lectures who are experts in the corresponding fields. Lectures will consist of a combination of teaching and interactive short tutorials as well as in-classroom assignments. This requires that students be familiar with the assigned literature prior to the course meeting. Each course meeting (except the first and final meetings) will consist of a 45 minutes lecture followed by 45 minutes of students presenting their course work (e.g., presenting to the group a paper they’ve read).

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. M.E.G.M. Rol
Docent(en)
Onderwijsvorm	Practical, Study Group, Tutorial
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Presentation, Written Exam Essay Question
ECTS	5

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Spanish I

UCGWL102

Communicative language proficiency course in Spanish for absolute beginners, in which all skills (reading, writing, listening, spoken production and spoken interaction), including grammar and vocabulary, are integrated. Following the levels and can-do- statements of the Common European Frame-work of Reference (CEFR), seminars are designed according to the action-based approach and the students proficiency is aimed at A2.2 level. During seminars, all topics will be discussed through written and oral texts, video or audio fragments and role-plays. Students work individually, in pairs or small groups. The students active attitude towards preparation for and participation during seminars, is crucial in order to meet the learning outcomes of the module.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	B. Cabrera Fernández
Docent(en)	B. Cabrera Fernández
Onderwijsvorm	Seminar
ECTS	2.5
Opmerkingen	80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. Students are expected to participate actively in discussions during seminars and to duly carry out all assignments in and outside class.

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Spanish II

UCGWL202

Second part of the communicative language proficiency course in Spanish for beginners, in which all skills (reading, writing, listening, spoken production and spoken interaction), including grammar and vocabulary, are integrated. Following the levels and can-do- statements of the Common European Frame-work of Reference (CEFR), seminars are designed according to the action-based approach and the students proficiency is aimed at B1 level. During seminars, all topics will be discussed through written and oral texts, video or audio fragments and role-plays. Students work individually, in pairs or small groups. The students active attitude towards preparation for and participation
during seminars, is crucial in order to meet the learning outcomes of the module.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Spaans
Coordinator	B. Cabrera Fernández
Docent(en)	B. Cabrera Fernández
Onderwijsvorm	Seminar
ECTS	2.5
Entreevoorwaarden	This course starts at a A2.2 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). Students must have completed and passed the course Spanish (UCGWL102) or be in possession of one of the following documents to enroll for this course: 1. A highschool diploma: VWO+Spanish (both school and central exams) or equivalent highschool graduation diploma at A2 level from other countries (4 or more years of Spanish) 2. A DELE A2 certificate. If a student has learnt Spanish but has no certificate to prove the level, he/she should contact the lecturer before the beginning of the course (to b.cabrera.fernandez@rug.nl)
Opmerkingen	80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. Students are expected to participate actively in discussions during seminars and to duly carry out all assignments in and outside class.

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Statistics I

UCGAC202B

This course forms the first part of the Research Methods learning line. It recapitulates methods of quantitative data collection and description and deepens students' competence in this area. The course further focuses on probability distribution, systematically covers significance testing and confidence intervals, and discusses the divide between frequentist and Bayesian statistical techniques. Throughout the course students practice the use of statistics software (SSPS).

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. S.M. Friederich
Docent(en)	dr. R. Hoekstra C.J. May, PhD.
Onderwijsvorm	Seminar
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Written exam
ECTS	5

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Statistics II

UCGAC202C

This course forms part of the Research Methods learning line in Year 2 and builds on the foundation established in Statistics I. It covers methods in inferential statistics, emphasizing regression and analysis of variance (ANOVA). Throughout the course students practice
the use of statistics software (SSPS). They also design a small-scale research project as one way of demonstrating competence in course learning outcomes. Students analyze collected data using inferential statistics and present their results both orally and in writing, following norms of research dissemination in the social sciences.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Docent(en)	dr. R. Hoekstra
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Written exam
ECTS	5

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Stories that Shape(d) the World

UCGHU201

Stories (or, to use a more technical term, narratives) are ubiquitous. They play a central role in all the domains of our lives: religion, the arts, politics, science, education, the news, ads, conversations between friends - all of these practices engage us through stories. These stories come in many forms, mediums, and genres, from the gossip at work to family myths, from religious and mythical narratives to fairy tales, from literature or films to comics and games, from national anthems to pop songs, from history books to the daily news or touristic sign-posts. But what do we perceive as narrative, what ingredients or interpretive frameworks make a story? What functions do stories fulfill? In particular, how do narratives help shape – and shatter - our culture, our lives, and even our sense of individual or collective identities? How do stories
express and transmit established values, or problematize these? In this course we will explore some basic elements of narrative, reflecting on the role of narrative in culture.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	A. Godioli, PhD.
Docent(en)	A. Godioli, PhD.
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture
Toetsvorm	Essay, Portfolio, Practical Report, Presentation
ECTS	5

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Technologies in Society

UCGHU106

We live in an era where technology is both ubiquitous and invisible. From birth to death, we are surrounded by a gentle thrum of automated, invisible processes easing our passage through the world.

These processes are impossible to avoid. Whether we’re discussing black-box trading, drone warfare, mass-produced pharmaceuticals, the ubiquity of media, accessible consumer goods, online dating, or economic policy, there is no domain of human life in the developed world that has not been influenced by technological developments in some form or another. Furthermore, we find ourselves intoxicated by new products and services that enter our orbits, imagining that each development will make our lives fundamentally better. Indeed, the lives of most people in the 21st century would be entirely unrecognisable without technology. However, a hangover accompanies these excesses.

Whether because they are sick with disappointment or congenitally immune to utopia, technology is a source of suspicion for a great many people. We talk about conducting technology “detoxes” by unplugging from our devices. Long think-pieces are published decrying that mobile phones are corroding the quality and nature of public discourse. Celebrity nutritionists claim that modern medicine is misguided, and that we should return to the dietary habits of our prehistoric ancestors. There is general distrust of self-driving cars, despite preliminary testing indicating that they have far fewer accidents than human drivers. These concerns are not new; indeed, they are but the contemporary volleys in an argument that has been occurring for thousands of years. Despite its material benefits, even in Aristotle technology assumes an oddly threatening character, unmoored as it is from the realm of epistemic absolutes.

But from where does this fear come? Technology, after all, makes life better (or, at the very least, easier). What is it that we distrust?

Armed with this question, we may begin our analysis. During this course we will examine the history of technological anxieties: from Aristotle, through the medieval period, then the Modern period and beyond. Students will discover that, whilst people in every age have suffered anxiety about the correct application(s) of technology, these anxieties are fundamentally symptoms of the contexts in which they appear. We will also track the rise and fall of utopian sentiments across time, as well as mapping the factors that gave rise to these sentiments. Students will appreciate that utopias arise in response to explicit epistemic, social, and technological factors. Finally, in the process of developing this historical picture we also analyse a number of models that attempt to best describe our relationship with technology, as well as exploring the dangers inherent to that relationship.

Teetering as we are on the edge of the Anthropocene, students will discover that these are profoundly important questions with few simple answers.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. R.M. Wittingslow
Docent(en)	dr. R.M. Wittingslow
Onderwijsvorm	Seminar
ECTS	5

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The Social Environment

UCGSS106

This module focuses on the many ways human beings are influenced by other people and the social environment they live in. Topics include social cognition, social perception, attitudes and social influence, as well as interpersonal relations, group processes, inter-group relations, and culture. This module prepares you for the major Cognition and Behavior.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. G. Perlaviciute
Docent(en)	dr. M. Ioannou, PhD.dr. G. Perlaviciute prof. dr. R. Spears
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture, Study Group
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Essay, Presentation, Written exam
ECTS	5

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Tolerating Diversity in Europe

UCGHU202

The problem that drives this course is the tension in Europe, which resurfaces perennially in different guises, between universal-international values and what might be called the persistent particular—member-state interests in tension with “ever closer union,” national in contrast to European identity, conflicts between national and supranational legal traditions, between public sentiment in one state and largely shared views in the rest of Europe, between business interests and against EU regulation. This module takes up one important and recurring source of tension, at the interface between ‘politics’ ; and ‘religion’ ;—with due regard for the complexity of each category. We explore in particular the relations between a still largely Christian Europe and Judaism, as these have been part of Europe’s evolving politics and ideologies since the eighteenth century.

Dutch history itself highlights these tensions. The Netherlands has for centuries been a centre of humanism and rational religion, and since the early twentieth century a primary engine of international law and universal justice. Yet during the Second World War, the long-established and well integrated Jewish minority of some 140,000 in the Netherlands suffered the highest murder rate of any western European state (nearly 80%). The Groningen region, home to a thriving Jewish community, pursued its Jewish residents more aggressively than most. The Jewish memorial south of town, the synagogue on Folkingestraat, and the Westerbork transit camp 40 km south of Groningen serve as reminders of a human capacity, in Christian Europe as elsewhere, for intolerance of those deemed different. In more recent years, attention has shifted to Muslim migrants and their integration into Europe, or the Netherlands.

After an orientation to the universal-human aspirations of the European Enlightenment, we turn first to an examination and comparison of Enlightenment-era depictions of, and interactions with Jews. We then focus on Europe’s Jewish communities and follow developments in France and Germany, because of their sizable Jewish populations and their different but intertwined political values: from the fitful moves toward Jewish Emancipation through the rise of racial biology and fusion of Darwinism with nationalism until Germany’s Third Reich. In the latter part of the course we turn to the 20th century history of the Dutch Jewish communities.

Our central problem is the tension between universal human or (pre-EU) national or now putative European values and the perceived threat of a group that seems alien. Our approach is historical: asking how different elements and strata of society, for example Christian churches and universities (including student organisations) as representatives of faith and rationality, respectively, have responded to movements toward isolation and exclusion of minorities. The aim is not to moralise or to simplify complicated situations. We seek rather to understand the possibilities of human behavior in the many and diverse places where ‘politics’; and ‘religion’ meet.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	prof. dr. S.N. Mason
Docent(en)	prof. dr. S.N. Mason
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture, Practical
Toetsvorm	Essay, Participation, Presentation
ECTS	5
Opmerkingen	The course Tolerating Diversity in Europe will be regarded as both a Humanities course as well as a Social Sciences course. Note regarding Literature: Paul Mendes-Flohr and Jehuda Reinharz. The Jew in the Modern World: A Documentary History, 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. ISBN 13: 978-0195074536; ISBN 10: 019507453X Paperback: Used from €20.00. New from €35.00. The third edition (2010) is also acceptable (ISBN 13: 978-0195389067, ISBN 10: 0195389069). New it costs €77.00.

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Understanding Bias

UCGHU112

Our reactions to others are always coloured by our own experience. This means we react based on our own identity, position, experience, or beliefs. In this course we will investigate what bias is, and where it comes from, by looking at how it is understood in the disciplines of social psychology, cognitive science and cultural studies. We will see how bias is part of very basic cognitive mechanisms, but also to
connected to stereotyping and discrimination, and how this plays out in the context of gender, ethnic or socio-economic position (class).

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. M.E. Counihan
Docent(en)	dr. M.E. Counihan
Onderwijsvorm	Seminar
Toetsvorm	Assignments, Essay, Presentation
ECTS	5

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Understanding Culture

UCGHU111

This course will discuss how the study of culture has a history in the field of the humanities and social science. We will explore how older historical methodologies are replaced by new approaches of research, with a focus on interdisciplinarity, thus presenting a wide scope of new possibilities as well as new challenges. In the last
decades the so-called "cultural turn" in the humanities has stimulated heated controversy among scholars about its methods and results. From the viewpoint of several disciplines, we will consider cultural history in both its “old” and “new” varieties, with special attention to the different academic traditions, European as well as American, and the impact of non-Western scholars on the study of culture as a global
concept.

Faculteit	University College Groningen
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. B.S. Hellemans
Docent(en)	dr. B.S. Hellemans
ECTS	5

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