Humanities Undergraduate Degrees

...course will focus on normative ethics: what makes our lives worth living, what makes our actions right or wrong, and what do we owe to others?...

...Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session It is recommended that students take at least one philosophy subject or get the permission of the instructor... Learn about: IT Law...

...the nature of meaning and truth, and their bearing on the use of language in communication. No knowledge of logic or linguistics is presupposed... Learn about: Communication Training...

...1.5 hours / session The class will be devoted to the work of David Lewis, one of the most exciting and influential philosophers of the late twentieth century...

...3 hours / session This course is a seminar on the nature of love and sex, approached as topics both in philosophy and in literature. Readings from recent...

...meaning to science and technology as well as literature and the other arts. Readings in philosophy, psychology, and literature are part of the course...

...Readings and guidance are aligned with the student's focus of interest. Lectures: 1 session / week, 3 hours / session This course is an introduction... Learn about: History of Philosophy...

...Lectures: 1 session / week, 3 hours / session This course examines problems in the philosophy of film as well as literature studied in relation to their making of myths...

...and the rest of the time will be devoted to discussion. Lectures: 1 session / week, 3 hours / session This is a seminar on issues connected with the traditional...

...Context for these and similar questions is provided by basic examination of internal organization of sentences, words, and sound systems. No prior training...

...On a non-linguistic level, the course aims to teach you by example the virtues of formulating precise and explicit descriptive statements; and to develop...

...discoveries of the field of syntax. We will explore the hierarchical organization of language and look at a number of syntactic phenomena that are common...

...We will try to give you an understanding of the concepts of semantics and pragmatics and of some of the technical tools that we use. Lectures...

...by researchers - linguists and psycholinguists - exploring the structure of a language. Knowledge of language can be broken down into at least the following four components...

...research reports in cognitive science, including evaluating the methods section of a published paper, reading and understanding graphical displays... Learn about: Quality Training, Communication Training...

...of linguistic abilities among these syndromes, while drawing clear comparisons with first and second language acquisition. Topics include the lexicon...

...Creole languages from cognitive, historical and comparative perspectives. We evaluate popular theories about "Creole genesis" and the role of language acquisition...

...Other topics will include the syntax of main and embedded clauses and formal representation of the pragmatics of conversation. The course provides practice... Learn about: Oral Communication, Communication Training...

...understood complex of data. Lectures: 1 session / week, 3 hours / session The course will be structured as a weekly seminar meeting for three hours... Learn about: Assertion Training, Communication Training...

...focusing on phonetics and phonology. The course will be organized around four main topics (subject to revision): In the process of investigating these topics...