The course aims to provide you with practical knowledge and skills that will be valuable to you in your career and life overall. This knowledge allows you to understand the type of negotiation you are in, prepare for it, and tactics and strategies at your disposal to choose from to get the best outcome possible. You will also be able to better navigate and understand the role of emotions in negotiations, how to effectively communicate with your counterparts, and use power in the negotiation process. The accent is on learning about the process and tools and practicing during the semester during in-class mini-negotiation exercises and final negotiation written by Harvard Business School (Program on Negotiation).

881160

Good command to understand resources and lectures conducted in English is strongly recommended.

You have a right to up to 3 justified absences (injury/illness, family emergency, job interview). You need to provide proof or communicate your absence well in advance. Being absent for more than 3 times will lead to a fail of the course.

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This course provides an understanding of basic statistical concepts and enables students to utilize basic methods and skills to analyze and interpret quantitative data. Students are introduced to the basic concepts involved in correlational and inferential approaches to statistical analysis. The course will provide students with practical skills in using spreadsheet software (Excel) and statistical software (Jamovi).

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Students are expected to both participate in class and to take the examinations. All scores on exams and activities will be based on 100 points.

The final grade for this course will be determined by:

• Mid-term review: 40%
• Final project: 60%
• Late submission of assignments will be penalized with a 90% cap for the rest 24 hours, and an additional 5% penalty for each day thereafter.

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Japanese law presents many peculiarities. For some, it is a modern legal system and a leading democracy where the law is effectively applied under the rule of law. For others, it is a complex and impenetrable legal system. However, despite this divergence in point of view, all agree that Japanese law is a fascinating field of study. This course's main objective is to provide students with basic knowledge of the syllabus. Japanese law and the Japanese legal system. It discusses the current status of Japanese law, its basic structure, sources of law, actors of law, court organization, dispute resolution and constitutional law.

881183

There are no requisites for this course except interest and willing to learn. However, good English language skills are necessary to be able to follow the lectures and take part in the discussions.

Attendance is mandatory unless excused. More details will be provided in class.

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We often use the words like “design”, “creativity”, "innovation", which are essentially the abilities of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality from the spoon to the city. This course deals with the cultivation of such abilities for sustainable solutions. People whom we call "designers", "creators", "innovators" often employ various methods to help them find more creative solutions. These methods make it possible to break free of the established paradigms. At the same time, there must be enough leeway for a functional, systematic and creative design conception to take place. This course focuses on the ways (methods) and processes that have been decisively shaping current creative thinking and practices.

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Target students:

• All faculties except Medicine
• 1st and 2nd year undergraduate students are not allowed
• Interest in design, visualization and design management
• Belief in design and creative processes
• Motivation and enthusiasm in creative thinking and problem solving
• Basic online/oine skills (research, editing, technological etc.)
• Independent collaboration with other students and team work might be also required throughout the term

This course requires 70% attendance. Students who exceed the three weeks of absence are deemed to fail the course unless they withdraw.

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In this course, we examine an ethical approach to urbanization that focuses on the question of what is the right thing to do when faced with seemingly intractable problems such as poverty, inequality, poor governance, corruption, democracy under threat, lack of social inclusion, the climate crisis and sustainability challenge? Through practical case studies we will examine how cities are adopting an ethical city orientation and trying to respond to a wide array of disruptive forces.

At the end of this course students will be able to:

• Critically analyze, synthesize, and reflect on recent trends and scholarly analysis of the effects and consequences of ethical urbanization, including the interplay of economic, political, social, environmental, and cultural factors.
• Extend and challenge your knowledge and professional practice in ethical urbanism.
• Comprehensively understand various economic linkages created at different spatial scales as part of the process of economic globalization, with particular emphasis on how we might be able to attain a more regenerative form of urban economics.

88A072

This course requires that the students have good English communication skills (no need for English language test scores). Students are welcomed to take this course to improve their English skills and as such students from diverse fields of studies are encouraged to take the course.

Students are required to attend all sessions and participate in class discussions, asking questions and sharing knowledge will be assessed throughout the course. Participation accounts for 10% of the final grade. Should students be unable to attend due to special circumstances they should inform the instructor in advance.

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This course is designed for undergraduate and graduate students (natural and social scientists) who are concerned about how best to effectively communicate their scientific knowledge and research outputs to their target audience – their peers, policymakers, journalists, and/or the public. Students taking the course will have the opportunity to reflect upon why it is important to creatively communicate scientific knowledge, to gain awareness on the best ways to achieve this and to understand the issues and ethical dilemmas that define the process of science communication. The course is co-taught with faculty from the School of Media and Communications at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and provides valuable insights (drawn from practical/professional experience) on the representation, framing and expression of scientific concerns across a range of media within different cultural contexts.

88A073

This course requires that students have good English communication skills (no need for English language test scores). Students are welcomed to take this course to improve their English skills and as such students from diverse fields of studies are encouraged to take the course.

Students are required to attend all sessions and participate in class discussions, asking questions and sharing knowledge will be assessed throughout the course. Participation accounts for 14% of the final grade. Should students be unable to attend due to special circumstances they should inform the instructor in advance.

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