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This course studies the relationship between the Roman Empire and other cultures, especially Germanic and Celtic tribes, outside the realm of the Empire during the period 100 B.C to 400 A.D. We discuss the how the meeting between Romans…

The course concerns the intercultural issues that you will meet in your personal and professional life. In our contemporary global world we meet many people from cultures different than our own. These contacts can often enrich our lives…

During prehistory Europe changed and developed in several ways, especially in connection with the introduction of new technological and social complexes. This course consist of a number of thematic lectures and seminars concerning…

Each session will equip students with an understanding of the historical roots and contemporary impacts of inter-religious relations between the three faiths. Students will learn about the core narratives at the heart of inter-religious…

The course covers the development of European integration after the Second World War with a special focus on questions concerning national and supranational identities and values. The aim is to study the EU's development from the time of…

The course focuses on the Scandinavian colonial expansion from 1600 to the early 20th century. Based on a number of case studies (e.g. resource colonialism in Sápmi and Greenland, plantations in the Danish West Indies, trade and…

In the course, particular attention is paid to studying the development of the conflict over the course of the 20th century from a domestic, regional as well as international perspective. The impact of various Israeli and Palestinian…

The course is based on field studies and visits to important places of interest, museums, archives, libraries, laboratories, etc., which will give us a glimpse behind the scenes. We will visit places from the middle ages to the present…

The course introduces different theories of translation, from classical contributions to modern theories that build on semiotics, the general science of meaning. Central questions dealt with include the nature of the act of translation,…

This course on Bayesian statistics covers methodology, major programming tools and applications in this field. The course starts with a review of conditional probability and Bayes’ Theorem. Introduction to the Bayesian approach will follow…

Analytics refers to our ability to collect and use data to generate insights for fact-based decision-making. The course is designed for students with a basic knowledge of statistics, and the content of the course will be of practical…

This course teaches you the basics of programming. You’ll learn core concepts such as data types, control flow (like loops and if-statements), and how to organise code using functions and classes. You’ll also explore programming techniques…

The fundamentals of machine learning, and the mathematical and computational prerequisites for deep learning Feed-forward neural networks, convolutional neural networks, and the recurrent connections to a feed-forward neural network …

In this course you will learn modern statistical computing as viewed in data science through implementations in popular computing platforms such as R and Python. It covers the following topics: The R and Python environment: R packages…

The course provides an introduction to statistical analysis of text. You will study both methods based on classic statistical approaches (including Bayesian models) and modern approaches such as deep learning (recurrent neural networks)…

Machine learning refers to statistical model predictions that that improve through experience; as new data arrive, the model learns and adapts. For instance, the price that the supermarket can charge for advertisements depends critically…

This course covers advanced machine learning methods that are relevant for applications in business and economics, and is intended as a continuation of STAN51 Machine Learning from a Regression Perspective. Some of the topics covered…

The course covers matrices and multivariate normal distribution singular value decomposition and its geometric interpretation principal component analysis including its functional formulation factor analysis cluster analysis …

The aim of the course is to examine environmental change as a problem of governance. We scrutinize major governance dimensions - such as actors, institutions and problem structures - at multiple levels and across domains. This…

The course is only offered as a single subject course for incoming exchange students. International Relations Theory is a time-honoured approach to the social world. Texts that are clearly recognisable as dealing with international…

The aim of the course is to give advanced knowledge of comparative policy, particularly concerning the output side of the political system. This includes relationships between political institutions, political decision-making and public…

Our societies and lives are to an increasing extent datafied, and shaped by means of collecting, analysing and utilising digital data. As this transforming data landscape offers new opportunities for knowledge and action, it also involves…

Every year, 7 million people die due to exposure to air pollution. Air pollution both heats and cools global temperatures, hence it is one of the major reasons for uncertainties in climate models. The green transition and our aim for a…

The course consists of supervised study and group discussion of selected texts, independent study and oral presentation of selected primary texts and a detailed outline of the projected master’s thesis.

Special attention is paid to institutions and spaces where religious identities were shaped, and in addition to written sources, the course focuses in particular on archaeological remains, art, inscriptions, and papyri. These studies will…

The course offers an opportunity to understand the complex functions of the brain and how it underlies cognitive processes. By combining theory and practical applications, you will gain insights into how the brain processes information,…

In Fundamental Cognitive Neuroscience, you will learn about these processes as well as other complex phenomena such as consciousness, brain structure and how we change as we age. The course provides a comprehensive introduction to the…

The course will discuss the emergence, development and contemporary legacy of nationalism and communism as the two major political ideologies in the twentieth century Central Europe. A particular focus will be directed towards Poland,…

The course provides an overview of the post-communist development of the societies of Central Europe, i.e. Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The key political and cultural tendencies permeating Central Europe after the fall…

This elective package consists of a course in Swedish economic development covering modern times, as well as a course in Swedish politics that is taught by historians and political scientists. The package provides an overview of political…

This elective package consists of a course in social developments in Sweden and the rise of the Swedish welfare state, as well as a course in Swedish politics that is taught by historians and political scientists. The package provides an…

This elective package consists of courses focusing on social change and social policy. The first is taught at the department of Economic History and focuses on long-run demographic and labour market trends, and policies relating to work…

This elective package consists of courses focusing on social transformations. The first course is taught at the department of Economic History and provides the student with basic knowledge about gender, social change and modernity in…

This package consist of courses about the rise of Asian economies. The first course explores and explains the historical processes of rapid industrialisation and socio-economic modernisation in Pacific Asia. The second looks more…

This elective package combines courses taught at the departments of Business Administration and Economic History. The first course provides a historical perspective to answer why financial systems are important, why financial…

INFA45, Artificial Intelligence in Business: Concepts, applications and challenges, 7.5 cr This course introduces the rapidly growing field of artificial intelligence (AI) and its application in business. Designed for students…

In order to illustrate the models and nuclear reactions which are used in today's subatomic research we follow a few current projects with connection to the research at the divisions of nuclear physics and high-energy physics in Lund from…

In the course you will study basic properties of stars and their atmospheres: effects of temperature, pressure chemical composition and stellar rotation. The solar atmosphere. Stellar spectra and formation of spectral lines. Convection and…

The course contains: Electromagnetic radiation and non-photonic astronomy. The influence of the atmosphere on observations. Detectors for optical and infrared radiation. Detectors for radio waves. Noise characteristics of detectors. Signal…

The course gives you an ability to perform calculations and derivations using a modern quantum mechanical formalism, especially in vector spaces with continuous eigenvalue spectra. You should also achieve an improved ability to assimilate…

The aim of the course is to give deepened knowledge in the physics of accelerators and experience in both calculations and modeling of accelerator systems. In addition the course aims at providing a fundamental understanding of the Free…

The course should provide understanding of physical, chemical and meteorological processes in the atmosphere as well as environmental concequences of changes of atmospheric composition caused by human activities, such as climate change and…

The course start withdescriptive statistics, populations and samples as wellas elementary probability theory and standard distributions. Further we treat tests and confidence intervals, correlation, regression, analysis of variance, Chi…

Basic methods for data handling and common visualisation methods for data. Methods for unsupervised and supervised learning such as: clustering; hierarchical clustering; and regression and decision tree methods for classification and…

Factorization Theorem, exponential families, Rao-Blackwell's theorem, ancillary estimators, Cramér Rao's inequality, Neyman-Pearson's Lemma, permutation tests, interrelations between hypothesis testing and confidence intervals, asymptotic…

The course gives theory and methodology of how to model, design and evaluate experiments. Important concepts are: Simple comparative experiments. Analysis of variance; transformations, model validation and residual analysis. Factorial…

This course provides you with a fundamental understanding of astronomy. You will learn about the motions of the night sky, concepts of time, and how telescopes and observational methods work. The course covers how to measure the distances…

In this course, we will read a variety of texts in terms of how these works depict and theorize the environment, and we will examine concepts such as "environment", "apocalypse", "climate", and "environmentalism" in terms of how they are…