FIN-610: International FinanceThis is a doctoral level course introducing students to important topics in international finance. It also covers aspects of the recent financial crisis, such as market contagions, regulatory arbitrage and failure, stability issues of a currency union and ...
HUM-283: Infrastructures et sciences socialesCe cours présente des clés d'analyse des sciences humaines pour réfléchir aux infrastructures, de leur planification à leur gouvernance. Il abordera les enjeux d'écologie, d'accessibilité, de contestation, des risques, ou encore de citoyenneté à partir de ...
HUM-207: Ethique sociale et politiqueCe cours vise à permettre aux étudiant-e-s d'identifier et d'utiliser les outils de l'éthique dans le contexte de questions sociales et politiques relatives au développement et la mise en œuvre technologique, avec une attention particulière portée à l'inte ...
HUM-462: History of globalization IIGlobalization is the linguistic omnivore of our times. This course addresses the long history of worldwide encounters and goes behind the rosy vision of a global village. It gives particular attention to inequalities and to the men and women who fought for ...
HUM-427: History of globalization IGlobalization is the linguistic omnivore of our times. This course addresses the long history of worldwide encounters and goes behind the rosy vision of a global village. It gives particular attention to inequalities and to the men and women who fought for ...
HUM-247: Contemporary IranCe cours offre des clés historiques, politiques et culturelles pour comprendre cette puissance régionale du Moyen-Orient et saisir les enjeux géopolitiques d'une normalisation des relations Occident-Iran. ...
HUM-465: Understanding modern Switzerland IIBased on the knowledge acquired during the fall semester course (Understanding modern Switzerland I), students are asked to work by group of 3-4 students and prepare a paper on a topic previously discussed with the teachers. ...
ENV-471: Environmental economicsIntroduction to economic analysis applied to environmental issues: all the necessary basic concepts, including cost-benefit analysis, for environmental policy making and its instruments (examples: climate, waste, mobility). Introduction to financial calcul ...
PENS-318: Border ForensicsThe course will introduce students to different forms of violence related to the existence of state borders and social boundaries, focusing on particular situations in Switzerland, and the way spatial, geostatistical analysis and architectural design can b ...
HUM-371: Foreign relations and SwitzerlandCet enseignement aborde les grands enjeux des relations internationales de la Suisse aux XIXe et XXe siècles. Les étudiant·e·s apprendront à analyser de manière critique des documents d'époque (sources) et, sur cette base, à élaborer une réflexion critique ...
MGT-450: Technology, sustainability and public policyTechnology is a driver of long-term growth but it can also undermine sustainable development. This course introduces microeconomic models of market and collective action failures, models of complex systems, as well as policy portfolios to address these iss ...
AR-301(ah): Studio BA5 (Malterre-Barthes)"To be useful, helpful, of assistance to someone:" The "In Service of: Berre" studio
reflects on the architectural and territorial project as a form of public service. It explores how architecture and design tools can engage in spatial struggles in the con ...
AR-301(n): Studio BA5 (Lapierre)Des communautés shakers aux USA à la question du logement à Bâle, le semestre interroge l'habitat comme lieu intime et collectif, en explorant la transformation des espaces de travail en nouveaux lieux de partage. ...
AR-302(ah): Studio BA6 (Malterre-Barthes)How is architecture made? 'Revolutionize Construction' unpacks the political economy of construction, examining who commissions, finances, and builds, and interrogating architects' roles. It explores how these systems might be revolutionized to enable the ...
AR-154: Environmental history and theories ILe cours vise a familiariser les etudiants avec l'histoire de l'environnement et des paysages, et avec la maniere dont les preoccupations environnementales amenent a repenser aujourd'hui le sens et les principes de l'architecture et des disciplines de pr ...
HUM-261: Contemporary AfricaCe cours devra permettre aux étudiants de développer une réflexion critique autour des grandes questions qui animent l'Afrique d'aujourd'hui. ...
HUM-341: The Middle East: History and contemporary issuesCe cours offre des clés historiques, politiques et culturelles pour comprendre cette vaste zone qui, selon l'une de ses acceptions géographiques, inclut la Turquie, la Syrie, le Liban, la Palestine, la Jordanie, Israël, l'Égypte, la Péninsule arabique, l'I ...
AR-527: Construction policyConstruction Policy seeks to familiarise architecture and engineering students with instruments of policy analysis, evaluation and, eventually, design. This by introducing elements of policy theory, examining historical and contemporary case studies, and p ...
HUM-114: Social studies in digital technologyLes étudiant·e·s analysent des dynamiques de co-production des sociétés et des technologies numériques, leurs enjeux et les problématisations dont elles sont l'objet, en apprenant à mobiliser des concepts et méthodes de l'analyse sociotechnique issue des S ...