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Optics
Understand the nature of light and how it can be manipulated for a variety of applications ubiquitous in daily life.
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Ordinary Differential Equations
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Organic Synthesis
Understanding synthesis of organic molecules.
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Paradoxes
This course introduces formal systems as tools to solve specific problems, giving students the capacity to evaluate which (and whether) a particular formal system is appropriate for the problem before them.
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Perspectives in Economics: Communication
Learn how to write on economic issues with rigour and style
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Perspectives on Education
Here you will explore the field of education through a combination of philosophical and sociological perspectives and questions.
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Perspectives on Philosophy of Science
Examine scientific and social scientific texts and ideas and evaluate the presuppositions behind them
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Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Mathematics
For Mathematics major students
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Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Science
For Biology, Chemistry and Physics major students
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Philosophy for Children
Engage in philosophical inquiry with a wider audience than the academic setting of the university.
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Philosophy of Art
In this course, we will investigate the nature of artworks and the role they play in our lives; we will focus on specific problem cases and concrete artworks in order to answer these questions.
Philosophy of Education 1 and 2
A two-part course going over the concepts, methodologies and interdisciplinary intersections that determine educational action in various contexts.
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Philosophy of Law
The course introduces students to philosophical considerations that underpin laws and legal systems, their functioning, and their limitations.
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Philosophy of Measurement
In this course, students will gain the capability of identifying and evaluating the normative presuppositions of different measurements through detailed case studies.
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Philosophy of Religion
The special aim of this course is to give students the capability of understanding and working with others from any of the major religions of India.
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Philosophy of Science
This course aims to enable students to rigorously engage with, and critically evaluate, scientific and social scientific work.
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Philosophy of Science
Explore questions about how natural and social science work.
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Philosophy of the Environment
In this capstone course, students bring together the different parts of philosophy they have studied in order to analyse problems about the relationship between humans and the environment as well as the value and moral and political status of the environment.
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Physics at Large Scales
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Physics at Small and Large Scales
A look at the major developments of Physics — from subatomic to cosmology
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Physics for Biologists I
How can we use physics to understand biological phenomena and pare them to physical models?
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Poetry and the Short Story from Across the World
In focusing on questions of form and context, this course will start by examining the ritual origins of poetry, the circumstances that led to the development of more quotidian and secular modes, the relationship between poetry and narrative, and the development of non-narrative poetic genres.
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Poetry and the Short Story From around The World
Exploring the contexts of literary texts.
Political Economy
What does it mean to understand the economy through the lens of power? What are the key power relations in the Indian economy?
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Political Philosophy
Explore the dynamic realm of politics by thoughtfully engaging with your preferred ideologies and confront compelling arguments in favor of opposing viewpoints.
Poverty, Inequality and Economic Development
Why does poverty exist amidst economic growth? Is there a poverty trap, and can households and individuals really move out of it?
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Power and Agency
Explore power dynamics through in-depth analysis of influential thinkers, like Marx, Weber, Freud, Lacan, Adorno, Gramsci, Foucault, etc.
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Power and Politics in Contemporary India
Introduces the key ideas of power and politics, of institutions, processes and outcomes that shape contemporary India.
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Practices of Literature
What is it that we do in a study of literature?
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Principles of Reactivity
Understanding reactivity with focus on the chemistry of various compounds.
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