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Explore the art and power of poetry through close reading, study, and discussion of one classic poem per week. This introductory course helps students sharpen skills of critical thinking and analysis, and uncovers the timeless artistry behind great poems
'Magic' was a wide-ranging concept that affected many aspects of medieval society. This course will consider the actual and perceived practices of magic in the medieval period and their consequences.
This course provides an historical introduction to the development of folklore studies in Britain. It will review historical conceptions and approaches to folklore from the seventeenth-century antiquarians to the present.
The First World War was a cataclysmic event. This course examines international relations before 1914, the countries which fought the war, how it started, the expectations of the participants, and assesses the war's historical significance,
Propaganda shaped history throughout the world in the twentieth century. We will explore its roots in mass politics, literacy and media, its consequences for democratic and totalitarian politics and culture, and its challenge to the very idea of truth.
Explore Scandinavian modernism through domestic architecture, examining how Nordic designers like Alvar Aalto and Arne Jacobsen shaped modern domestic life through light, comfort, materials, human scale, welfare ideals, and everyday routines.
Approaches to managing old buildings change across time and between cultures. This course will give historical and global context to architectural conservation practice, and help students broaden their perspective on change in the historic environment.
Writing flash fiction brings benefits to writers of all stripes. In this hands-on workshop, we'll be writing each week, discussing our work, and developing new skills in brevity, language and form.
Learn about R programming with this online course. At an introductory level, this course provides you with a solid foundation of the R programming language. Here you will learn the basics of R and gradually move to data processing and manipulation.
Gain insight into the most important programming tools using the Python programming language, for obtaining data, bringing it into a usable form, exploring and modelling it, and for presenting discoveries to a wider audience.
Gain insight into the most important programming tools using the Python programming language, for obtaining data, bringing it into a usable form, exploring and modelling it, and for presenting discoveries to a wider audience.
Gain insight into advanced data science programming tools, using the Python programming language, to extract features from data, assess the statistical significance of the results found, and scale up the computational capability for big data challenges.
