ME-498: Continuous improvement of manufacturing systemsContinuous Improvement encompasses the ongoing effort to capture, create, and deliver value to internal and external customers. This course empowers students to lead teams and harness technology to improve products, services, and processes. ...
HUM-330: Transport and energy: historical approachesCe cours-atelier traite de l'évolution des technologies du transport en Suisse aux 19e et 20e siècles. Grâce à l'analyse interactive de documents d'époque (sources), l'étudiant-e prend conscience des relations entre le technique et le social et analyse les ...
MGT-414: Technology & innovation strategyThis course focuses on the economic and organizational conditions that shape technological innovation by firms. The intent is for students to learn core concepts that can make innovation initiatives within a firm more successful, and to then apply those c ...
MGT-303: Introduction to economics of innovationThis class will provide students with an understanding of some real-world issues related to the "knowledge economy". Why should we innovate as a society? Why innovation doesn't just happen and how can the government help firms innovate? We will answer thes ...
HUM-254: Contemporary international historyCe cours a pour objectif de mettre en évidence l'histoire du capitalisme de la révolution industrielle (fin 18e siècle) jusqu'à nos jours. Il s'intéresse aux grandes mutations économiques, technologiques, sociales et environnementales qui ont accompagné l' ...
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 ...
HUM-387: How technology shapes the workplace of the futureArtificial intelligence, big data, and advances in computing power have triggered a technological revolution that may have enormous bearing on the workplace and the labor market. This course provides you with tools to analyze these developments, and discus ...
HUM-333: Ethics of emerging technologiesThis course examines key technological developments and challenges from an ethical and policy perspective. The primary aim of this course is to get students to think critically about the ethical-social dimensions of technology, taking into account both nor ...
HUM-399: Arts and digital technologyL'art, la culture et le patrimoine sont des domaines d'innovation intense dans lesquels les technologies numériques jouent un rôle de plus en plus central. Ce cours analyse cette dynamique en dialogue avec l'actualité de la recherche sur le campus UNIL-EPF ...
AR-302(r): Studio BA6 (Assemble)This year we will be focusing on timber; its physical material qualities, the infrastructure of skill, labour and technology around its contemporary and historical uses. We will take a critical look at the politics of its production, distribution, and use ...
