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Health & Engineering

Health & Engineering

The domain of engineering is becoming an increasingly relevant player in health care and the promotion thereof. The importance of engineering for health is elucidated in this summer course, which has a specific focus on built environments and building services technologies, as well as aspects of

Hands-on GIS for Earth Scientists

Hands-on GIS for Earth Scientists

This course is a hands on course on GIS: two weeks of practical's in the GIS Lab of the faculty of Geosciences. The following topics will be covered: • Working with ArcGIS desktop (ArcInfo) and Spatial-Analyst (data input, analysis and presentation) • Automatic DEM extraction of aerial

Governance of Multi-sourcing Contracts

Governance of Multi-sourcing Contracts

The course shall deal with multi-sourcing engagements and different models and consequences of application of one or another shall be discussed in detail, illustrated with real life cases. Subjects like: forms of sourcing (outsourcing), legal aspects ,H&R aspects, economical and social impacts

Global Health and Human Rights

Global Health and Human Rights

GLOBAL HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTSA UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA SUMMER SCHOOL. Global Health and Human Rights will focus on defining the basic concepts of human rights and their links to global health. It will explore the main issues of global health; the human rights instruments and tools of prime importance

Global Health

Global Health

The global health summer course provides an understanding of global health variations between and within countries. The course combines different teaching methods: lectures, group discussions, self study and computer sessions based on exercises using online digital resources (such as Gapminder.org

Global advertising adaptation: A different smile, a different story

Global advertising adaptation: A different smile, a different story

In the early 20th century (as well as today), global brands tend to adapt their global advertisements for culturally specific consumers. For example, a corpus of USA ads and Chinese ads for global brands of the early 20th century shows that ads originating in USA or Europe are seldom used without

Gender, Violence and Society

Gender, Violence and Society

This module considers how gender and violence are understood and conceptualised within western society focussing upon the UK. You explore how media and popular culture reinforce some of the wider inequalities concerning gendered violence. To understand this, you begin by defining and

From Van Gogh to Picasso: Modern European and Dutch Art

From Van Gogh to Picasso: Modern European and Dutch Art

In the 19th and 20th century there was a crisis in art. Being able to paint a convincing image of a mythical goddess leaning against a broken column was no longer a guarantee for success. It is the period of the -isms, such as Impressionism, Cubism and Expressionism. But despite the obvious

French Culture and Society

French Culture and Society

Students interested in French Culture and Society will be able to learn French and be immersed in the French culture. It will be composed of : - Intensive French 48 contact hours - 4 ECTS credits - French Culture and Society 40 contact hours - 6 ECTS credits Period 28-06-2013 - 23-07-2013 (4