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French Arts in Europe

French Arts in Europe

This course is designed for students interested in French Arts and Literature It will be composed of: Intensive French 48 contact hours 4 ECTS credits Intercultural Communication 12 contact hours 2 ECTS credits French Arts and Culture12 contact hours 2 ECTS credits Optional:French conversation12

French and European Management

French and European Management

Description of the Program and of the teaching method: - Description of French and European management specificities (theories, case studies, manager's storytelling%85) - Analysis of key issues regarding management in France and Europe - Pointing out social issues regarding French and European

Financing development in Africa: Aid and its alternatives

Financing development in Africa: Aid and its alternatives

Has more than half a century of aid to Africa worked? Some say yes, others a definite no. This seminar takes a deeper look at aid to Africa and the continents' developments: We shall examine the principles of aid and its consequences, the role of different aid agencies, old and new strategies, and

Finance for Non-Financials

Finance for Non-Financials

Let this summercourse introduce you to the fundamentals of Finance & Accounting. This course provides a delightful learning experience that will, lead to in-depth knowledge of the management of a company, from a financial point of view. Furthermore, after teaching the fundamentals, we will add

Fashion in 20th Century Germany

Fashion in 20th Century Germany

Fashion in 20th Century Germany is designed to introduce students to the fashion and textile industry in Germany. The thrust of this course is to understand the social, psychological, economic, and ethical aspects of fashion within German culture and how Germany has influenced world fashion. Berlin

Exploring Nature's  Molecular Machines

Exploring Nature's Molecular Machines

This course focuses on the chemical principles underlying protein structure and function and how proteins form an assembly of "molecular machines" that work together to sustain the living state. We will explore how proteins "know" what shape they should fold up into following

Exploring Electronic Media

Exploring Electronic Media

This innovative, challenging Munich Summer Curriculum (MSC) imparts the participants with knowledge from media technology, management, informatics, theory and communication sciences, as well as German language instruction and finishes with a four-week internship in a German media company. Period

Exploring Contemporary Germany and Berlin

Exploring Contemporary Germany and Berlin

The demise of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Germany's reunification in October 1990, and the federal parliament's decision in June 1991 to make Berlin not only the country's capital but also home of its national government, have triggered major changes in Berlin's political, economic, social, and

Experimental Methods in the Study of Cognition and Culture

Experimental Methods in the Study of Cognition and Culture

What can cognition and brain function tell us about cultural forms? And how does culture impinge on cognitive processing and brain functions? The interface between culture on the one hand, and cognition and brain science on the other is a fast-developing research area attracting numerous scholars

Evolutionary Genomics

Evolutionary Genomics

This is the Otto Warburg International Summer School and Research Symposium on Evolutionary Genomics. Confirmed speakers are: Hans Ellegren, Nicolas Galtier, Laurence Hurst, Henrik Kaessmann, Fyodor Kondrashov, Michael Lynch, Duncan Odom, H. Allen Orr, Dmitri Petrov, Stephan Schuster, Ken Wolfe.