SoSe 2013 INTERNATIONAL COURSE CATALOGUE

International OfficeGebäude Studierendenhaus (SH)Universitätsstrasse 15044780 BochumEmail: rubiss@rub.dewww.international.rub.de/rubissINTERNATIONALCOURSE CATALOGUESoSe 2013Degree programmes, seminars and lecturestaught in English and other foreign languages

Introduction 1Dear student, dear researcher, dear guest,This is the International Course Catalogue (ICC) for Ruhr‐Universität Bochum, puttogether by RUBiss – RUB International Student Services at the InternationalOffice. The International Course Catalogue gives an overview of RUB’s classeswhich are taught in foreign languages. It is aimed at international students wantingto organise their semester programme, prospective students planning on studyingin Bochum, or partners and guests wishing to gain a general idea of RUB’sinternational courses and degree programmes.It contains the following information:1. A compilation of seminars and lectures (Bachelor, Master and PhD) held inEnglish or other foreign languages:Many of RUB’s departments offer seminars and lectures in English or otherforeign languages. These are NOT usually part of an international degreeprogramme.The ICC provides information about the content of the classes andprerequisites for admission, as well as credit points and contact persons. Italso states which courses can be accredited to the “Optionalbereich”, andwhich ones are especially suitable for exchange students.2. Additional information on studying and researching internationally at RUB:RUB’s international profile, a list of international (English) Master and PhDprogrammes as well as double and joint degree courses, exchangeprogrammes, RUBiss – RUB International Student Services, Welcome Centrefor internationally mobile researchers, application and admission, contactaddresses.We hope that you will find the International Course Catalogue a helpful guide foryour semester programme, and wish you every success in the new semester!Your RUBiss – RUB International Student Services team

2 ContentCONTENTTHE RUHR-UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM .................................................................................................................................... 3SERVICE FOR INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS ...................................................................................................................... 4RUBISS – RUB INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICES ................................................................................4EXCHANGE PROGRAMMES .............................................................................................................................5RESEARCH SCHOOL .........................................................................................................................................8WELCOME CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL RESEARCHERS .......................................................................9STUDYING AT RUB................................................................................................................................................................... 10DEGREE PROGRAMMES TAUGHT IN ENGLISH .......................................................................................... 10DOUBLE AND JOINT DEGREES .................................................................................................................... 14LANGUAGE COURSES ................................................................................................................................... 17APPLICATION AND ADMISSION ................................................................................................................... 18INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS AND LECTURES .............................................................................................................. 19

RUB international 3THE RUHR-UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUMLocated in the midst of the dynamic, hospitable metropolitan area of the Ruhr, in the heart ofEurope, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) with its 20 faculties is home to 5.500 employees andover 38.600 students from 130 countries. All the great scientific disciplines are united on onecompact campus.Opened in 1965 as the first new university to be established in Germany following the SecondWorld War and also the first university in the Ruhr area, RUB is now one of Germany’s biggestuniversities and on its way to becoming one of the leading European universities of the 21stCentury. RUB won two projects in the very competitive German Excellence Initiative in June 2012:the interdisciplinary Research School and the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV ("Ruhr ExploresSolvation) – Solvents as active units".The university's greatest strength is its interdisciplinary cooperation. Interfaculty andinterdisciplinary Research Departments, which are nationally and internationally networked,sharpen RUB’s profile.What makes it all come alive, are the people who meet on campus with their thirst for knowledge,their curiosity and their commitment. They help shape the RUB and their open-mindednessmakes RUB an attractive place for people from around the world: More than 4000 internationalstudents, approx. 500 international PhD students and several hundred international researchersare studying and working at RUB. About 500 international exchange students spend time at RUBeach year and just as many RUB students complete parts of their degree abroad.Consistent internationalisation is also the focus of our future concept “Research Campus RUB”.Research at RUB is internationally linked and geared towards internationalisation: RUB hassigned collaboration agreements with numerous prestigious partner universities and thesecollaborations are put into practice by way of the active exchange programmes and various projectswhich are taking place for students and researchers. RUB is a member of the Utrecht Networkand further international university networks in the areas of research and teaching. It is alsorunning liaison offices in New York and Rio de Janeiro with its neighbouring universitiesDortmund and Duisburg-Essen as part of the University Alliance Metropolis Ruhr (UAMR).RUB changed to the Bachelor/Master system before any other German university and almost alldegree programmes are therefore offered with the Bachelor and Master qualifications. RUB offersapproximately 150 bachelor’s and master’s degree programmes in various combinations and it isan extremely cosmopolitan university: over 4,000 international students, PhD students from manydifferent countries and more than 300 partner universities in the ERASMUS Programme playtheir part in this. Moreover, the university welcomes more than 400 visiting academics annuallyfrom all over the world.International students, PhD students and international researchers can benefit from a number ofextraordinary services:• RUBiss – RUB International Student Services provides extensive information, support andadvice for all international students.• Incoming and outgoing exchange students are offered a wide range of exchange programmeswith partner universities worldwide, as well as special services at RUB.• At the RUB Research School, international PhD students are supervised by renowned researchfellows from all faculties and are directly involved in international research.• Internationally mobile researchers are welcomed and supported in RUB’s Welcome Centre.

4 Service for international membersSERVICE FOR INTERNATIONAL MEMBERSRUBISS – RUB INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICESIn order to be able to study successfully, it is important that you feel comfortable, both atuniversity and in daily life. Only then will you be able to focus on your studies. This is why"RUBiss – RUB International Student Services" was established at the International Office. Youwill find contact persons for important issues which go beyond your academic studies, such asadvice and support in social, cultural and university-related affairs, as well as support withadministrative tasks and legal affairs concerning foreign nationals – there is always a sympatheticear for you at RUBiss.RUBiss offers:• Support and advice on various matters• Orientation and welcome events• Intercultural tutors• Events and excursionsEvents and excursions:Events are organised both at the beginning and during the semester. On various excursions, youwill have the opportunity to become acquainted with your new surroundings, settle in and meetfellow students.At the start of every semester, RUBiss organises Orientation events for international students:Orientation Days take place in the week before lectures start and are open to all new internationalstudents. Participation is free of charge.Every semester, members of staff from the International Office, accompanied by the Rectorhimself, welcome the new international students to RUB at the International Welcome. RUBiss aswell as various university institutions introduce themselves and present their offers forinternational students.RUBiss also provides offers that may be useful for your studies or your future career such as theDAAD-funded projects “Praktika International” and the “Rechtschreibkorrekturbüro”; the firstoffering workshops on finding and applying for internships, the latter offering a proof-readingservice for final theses written in German.The RUBiss team publishes a semester programme every semester. In it, you will find a range ofdifferent events, workshops and excursions. You can also register for our newsletter to stayinformed on current events.RUBiss, International OfficeEmail: RUBiss@rub.deInternet: www.international.rub.de/rubissFacebook-Gruppe: RUBiss – RUB International Student Services

Service for international members 5EXCHANGE PROGRAMMESRUB offers a variety of opportunities for student exchange. An exchange programme is certainlythe easiest, safest and cheapest of all possibilities to go abroad. The most commonly knownexchange programme is the EU’s ERASMUS. Ruhr-Universität Bochum has some 300 partneruniversities all over Europe. Students can spend 3 - 12 months abroad in one of the 27 EUmember states, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Croatia and Turkey and they will besupported financially by the ERASMUS Mobility Grant.In addition to the ERASMUS universities involved in the exchange programme, RUB closelycooperates with the following universities:- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil- Universidade de Brasília, Brazil- Universidade Federal do ABC, Brazil- Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Argentina- Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico- Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico- Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile- Lindenwood University in St.Charles, Missouri, USA- National Taiwan University, Taiwan- EWHA Womans University, Korea- Soongsil University, Korea- Sogang University, Korea- Kyungpook National University, Korea- Osaka University, JapanThe following universities offer RUB students a monthly scholarship in addition to thereimbursement of tuition fees:- Université François Rabelais in Tours, France- Universidad de Oviedo, Spain- Belorussian State University Minsk, Belarus- Tongji University in Shanghai, ChinaStudents at all of these universities may study at RUB for one or two semesters without having topay any tuition fees.RUB is also a member of the Utrecht Network. Within this network, 31 European universities areworking together on topics of internationalisation and exchange. The Utrecht Network has stronglinks with the MAUI (Mid-America Universities International) Network and AEN (Australian-European Network). The following universities are members of these networks:a) MAUI:Baylor UniversityWaco, TXKansas State UniversityManhattan, KSMissouri University of Science & TechnologyRolla, MOTexas State UniversitySan Marcos, TXUniversity of MissouriKansas City, MOUniversity of MissouriSt. Louis, MO

6 Service for international membersOklahoma State UniversityStillwater, OKSouthern Illinois Universityat Carbondale, ILTexas Tech UniversityLubbock, TXUniversity of KansasLawrence, KSUniversity of NebraskaKearney, NEUniversity of NebraskaLincoln, NEUniversity of NebraskaOmaha, NEUniversity of OklahomaNorman, OKb) AEN:Deakin UniversityVictoriaEdith Cowan UniversityWestern AustraliaGriffith UniversityQueenslandMacquarie UniversityNew South WalesUniversity of TasmaniaTasmaniaUniversity of Western SydneyNew South WalesUniversity of WollongongNew South WalesStudent exchanges take place on a regular basis through the MAUI Utrecht Network ExchangeProgramme and the AEN Utrecht Network Exchange Programme. Students from all areas ofstudy may participate (only students from the Faculty of Medicine are excluded from the MAUIand AEN Utrecht Network exchange programmes). All tuition fees at the host institution will bereimbursed.Furthermore, many faculties run their own exchange programmes:English/American Studies:- Central Michigan University, USASlavonic Studies:- Institute of European Cultures, Moscow, Russia- Moscow State University of Railway Engineering, Russia- Kursk State University, Russia- Vologda State Pedagogical University, Russia- Vologda State Technical University, Russia- Belorussian State University Minsk, Belarus- Simferopol State University, UkraineFaculty of Economics:- Tongji University in Shanghai, China- Nihon University in Tokyo, JapanFaculty of East Asian Studies:- Tongji University in Shanghai, China- Nihon University in Tokyo, Japan- Fukushima University in Fukushima, Japan

Service for international members 7- Keio University in Tokyo, Japan- Okayama University in Okayama, Japan- Mie University in Tsu, Japan- Kwansei Gakuin University in Nishinomiya, Japan- Kyushu University, JapanFaculty of Psychology- Universidad Santo Tomás, ColumbiaFaculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering:- Toyohashi University of Technology in Toyohashi, Japan- Texas A&M University in College Station, USAFaculty of Mechanical Engineering:- Toyohashi University of Technology in Toyohashi, Japan- Tongji University in Shanghai, China- Texas A&M University in College Station, USA- Drexel University in Philadelphia, USAFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology- Purdue University in West Lafeyette, Indiana, USA- Drexel University in Philadelphia, USAStudents from those universities listed above, who are interested in spending one or twosemesters at RUB, should contact the International Office or their faculty at their home universityto check exchange possibilities. After being nominated for an exchange programme, you arewelcome to contact RUB’s Incoming Exchange Student Services.RUB students wanting to spend part of their studies abroad are welcome to contact the OutgoingExchange Student Services located at the International Office.Incoming Exchange Student ServicesInternational OfficeRuhr-Universität BochumEmail: magdalena.bichmann@uv.rub.deTheodoros.markakidis@uv.rub.deInternet: www.international.rub.de/gaststudisOutgoing Exchange Student ServicesInternational OfficeRuhr-Universität BochumEmail: veronika.fuckel@uv.rub.de (Europe and Latin America)jonna.haensel@uv.rub.de (Asia)uta.baier@uv.rub.de (Europe, North America and Australia)Internet: www.international.rub.de/ausland

8 Service for international membersRESEARCH SCHOOLThe cross-faculty RUB Research School is the central campus hub for doctoral researchers on ourcampus. We welcome you as a doctoral researcher actively contributing to state-of-the-art researchat Ruhr-Universität Bochum. During your doctorate at RUB (Dr. or PhD), you and your individualdoctoral research project are supported by your supervisors and integrated into the internationalresearch environment of our 20 faculties. The RUB Research School offers an advancedqualification beyond borders, supports a seamless transition into the job market and offers advicefor everyone who is going to start or complete a doctorate at RUB.Pursuing a doctorate within the RUB Research School means researching in an internationalresearch environment, networking internationally, and receiving outstanding support forindividual projects. Our doctoral students make an important contribution to research at RUB andtake on research-oriented teaching responsibilities at an early stage.Doctoral students of the RUB Research School work very independently on their own researchdissertations. Every dissertation project is overseen by a supervisor and co-supervisor, with whomthe student works closely. In our graduate school, there are uniform and obligatory qualitystandards for the conferral of a doctorate as well as rigorous prerequisites for admission todoctoral studies.In addition to scientific excellence, RUB places a high value on providing young researchers andfuture leaders with a holistic education. That is why each doctoral student has access to a broadselection of courses that will help prepare them for their future international academic orprofessional careers.The most unique feature of the graduate school is the intensive, interdisciplinary academicexchange, which lays the foundation for a stronger scholarly community on campus.More than 600 Doctoral Candidates and about 450 Principal Investigators are yet part of thisinstitution-wide and highly interdisciplinary research school at Ruhr-Universität Bochum.Central Coordination OfficeResearch SchoolRuhr-Universität BochumDr. Ursula JustusEmail: ursula.justus@rub.deInternet: http://www.research-school.rub.de

Service for international members 9WELCOME CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL RESEARCHERSThe Welcome Centre is the place to go for international researchers and their families who seekadvice and support regarding their research stay at Ruhr-Universität Bochum. We offerinformation and services on topics such as residence formalities, health insurance or familyissues, as well as helpful hints for a smooth social integration and everyday life in Germany.Welcome Centre also provides advice to hosts and faculties at RUB.Services• Online guide in German and English (www.rub.de/welcome-centre)• Support in dealing with formalities and authorities• Support in finding accommodation• Information on family issues, German courses• Online portal: International Researchers’ Gallery• International LoungeWelcome Centre EventsThe Welcome Centre invites international researchers and their families to various events such asexcursions throughout the region, receptions of the rectorate on a regular basis, the monthly“International Women’s Exchange” and many more.International LoungeRuhr-Universität Bochum has a modern, comfortable lounge for international researchers, theirfamilies and mentors. At the lounge they have the possibility to get together to talk and work orsimply to have a coffee and read an international journal. During opening hours there is alwayssomeone present at the Lounge to answer any general questions you may have.EURAXESSThe Welcome Centre in Bochum is registered as a “local service point” of EURAXESS – an EUwide network providing information and advice for internationally mobile researchers.Welcome Centre, International OfficeRuhr-Universität BochumStudierendenhausEmail: welcome-centre@rub.deInternet: www.rub.de/welcome-centreFacebook: Welcome Centre RUBInternational Lounge for visiting researchers:Mensa building, main entrance, Bistro level

10 Studying at RUBSTUDYING AT RUBDEGREE PROGRAMMES TAUGHT IN ENGLISHNumerous degree programmes at RUB are taught in English, many of them specialising incontemporary research topics and/or offering double and joint degrees with notable universities:Joint European Master's Programme in International Humanitarian Action (NOHA)Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed ConflictDegree: Master of Arts (joint degree)Application deadline: 15 MarchPrerequisites: Master's degree (or equivalent) in International Relations, History, Law, Medicine,Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Economics, Management, Geography, Spatial Sciences orrelated fieldsFees: participation costs €12,600 for non-European students; €8,400 for European students (oneoffpayment), RUB’s social fee approx. €260 (per semester)Special feature: Erasmus Mundus ProgrammeContact: Dr. Ulla Pape. Phone: +49(0)234/32-28258, email: Ulla.Pape@ruhr-uni-bochum.deMore information: www.ifhv.deEuropean Master's Programme in Human Rights and DemocratisationInstitute for International Law of Peace and Armed ConflictDegree: Master of Arts (joint degree)Application deadline: 15 MarchPrerequisites: university degree of a high standard in a field relevant to human rights, includingdisciplines of Law, Social Sciences and the Humanities and a minimum of 180 ECTS credits(Bachelor’s/general degree)Fees: tuition fees €4300 (one-off payment), enrolment fee €130, application processing fee €50,RUB’s social fee approx. €260 (per semester)Special feature: first semester taught in VeniceContact: Prof. Dr. Horst Fischer. Email: Horst.Fischer@ruhr-uni-bochum.deMore information: www.emahumanrights.orgThe Master of Arts in Development ManagementInstitute of Development Research and Development PolicyDegree: Master of Arts (single degree)Application deadline: Next intake: October 2014. Application Deadlines will be published on thecourse homepage.Prerequisites: above-average BA or relevant degree in Political Science, Social Science, Law,Economics, Geography or any other subjects related to the planning and evaluation ofdevelopment programmes and projects; career experience in a relevant field; proficiency in writtenand spoken English.Fees: RUB’s social fee approx. €260 (per semester)Special feature: DAAD scholarships available; twin programme in Cape Town, S.A.

Studying at RUB 11Contact: Dr. Meik Nowak. Phone: +49 (0)234 / 32-22458, email: Meik.Nowak@rub.deMore information: www.development-research.org/madm.htmlMaterials Science and Simulation MSSInterdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Materials Simulation (ICAMS)Degree: Master of Science (single degree)Application deadline: see www.icams.de/content/masters-course-mss/application-and-admissionPrerequisites: Bachelor’s degree (B. Sc.) or comparable degree in one of the following or relateddisciplines:Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Civil and Environmental Engineering,Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Power Engineering, Chemistry, Nanotechnology,Mathematics, Computer Sciences or Astronomy; adequate English language skillsFees: RUB’s social fee approx. €260 (per semester)Special feature: supported by RUB’s Rectorate via the programme “Master 2.0”Contact: Prof. Dr. rer. nat Alexander Hartmaier. Phone: +49 (0)234/32-29314, email:mss@icams.rub.deMore information: www.icams.de/mssLasers and PhotonicsFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Information TechnologyDegree: Master of Science (single degree)Application deadline: 15 JulyPrerequisites: above-average Bachelor’s degree (at least 6 semesters) in Electrical Engineering,Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry or similar; proof of knowledge of the Englishlanguage.Fees: RUB’s social fee approx. €260 (per semester)Special feature: supported by RUB’s Rectorate via the programme “Master 2.0”Contact: Biljana Cubaleska. Phone: +49 (0)234 32-29474, email: studienberatung@ei.rub.deMore information: www.ei.rub.de/studium/lapMolecular and Developmental Stem Cell BiologyFaculty of MedicineDegree: Master of Science (single degree)Application deadline: 15 JulyPrerequisites: top Bachelor's degree in the Life Sciences (e.g. B.Sc. in Biology, Microbiology,Biomedicine, Molecular Biology) or a state examination/Master's in a medical subject; proof ofgood basic mathematical skills, proof of English language skills at TOEFL test level.Fees: RUB’s social fee approx. €260 (per semester)Special feature: supported by RUB’s Rectorate via the programme “Master 2.0”Contact: Prof. Dr. Brand-Saberi. Phone: +49 (0)234 32-24556, email: iSTEM@rub.deMore information: www.rub.de/istem

12 Studying at RUBMolecular Sciences and Simulation (iMOS)Faculty of Chemistry and BiochemistryDegree: Master of Science (single degree)Application deadline: Admission is open all year round. The course programs starts in wintersemester (october) each year.Prerequisites A B.Sc. Degree or international equivalent with an average mark better than 2.0 inChemistry, Physics, Biochemistry, Engineering or a related interdisciplinary subject; adequateEnglish language skills. Fees: RUB’s social fee approx. €260 (per semester)Special feature: supported by RUB’s Rectorate via the programme “Master 2.0”Contact: Dr. Gerhard Schwaab. Phone: +49 (0)234 / 32-24256, email: imos@rub.deMore information: www.rub.de/imosComputational EngineeringFaculty of Civil and Environmental EngineeringDegree: Master of Science (single degree)Application deadline: international students 1 May, national students 15 SeptemberPrerequisites: above-average Bachelor’s (or comparable) degree in Civil Engineering, MechanicalEngineering or a related engineering field. Students who have a Bachelor’s degree in ComputerScience will not be accepted. Very good English language skills.Fees: RUB’s social fee approx. €260 (per semester)Special feature: twin programme at the Vietnamese-German University in Ho Chi Minh CityContact: Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Sahlmen. Phone: +49 (0)234 / 32-22103, email: comp-eng@rub.deMore information: http://compeng.rub.deGeosciences – Energy and ResourcesFaculty of GeosciencesDegree: Master of Science (single degree)Application deadline: 15 JulyPrerequisites: B.Sc. in Geosciences or related Natural Sciences, English language proficiency(written and spoken) and sufficient physical fitness to perform fieldworkFees: RUB’s social fee approx. €260 (per semester)Special feature: prepares students for subsequent employment in the industry (mainlyhydrocarbon industry)Contact: Prof. Dr. Adrian Immenhauser. Phone: +49 (0)234 / 32-28250, email:adrian.immenhauser@rub.deMore information: http://www.gmg.rub.de/studium/studgang

Studying at RUB 13Master of Science in BiochemistryFaculty of Chemistry and BiochemistryDegree: Master of Science (single degree)Application deadline: 15 JulyPrerequisites: above-average German or equivalent Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry or arelated field; very good English language skillsFees: RUB’s social fee approx. €260 (per semester)Contact: Prof. Dr. Irmgard D. Dietzel-Meyer. Phone: +49 (0)234 / 32-25803, email: bcschwerpunkte@rub.deMore information: www.chemie.rub.de/studium/master/biochemieMaster of Science in ChemistryFaculty of Chemistry and BiochemistryDegree: Master of Science (single degree)Application deadline: 15 JulyPrerequisites: above-average German or equivalent Bachelor of Science in Chemistry or a relatedfield; very good English language skillsFees: RUB’s social fee approx. €260 (per semester)Contact: Gundula Talbot: +49 (0)234 / 32-26908, email: gundula.talbot@rub.de.More information: www.chemie.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/studium/master/chemieMaster of Science in EconomicsFaculty of Management and EconomicsDegree: Master of Science (single degree)Application deadline: 15 July (winter semester), 15 January (summer semester)Prerequisites: A bachelor’s degree in economics or a related discipline (business, statistics,mathematics, political science, international relations, etc.) with a regular period of study of atleast six semesters (180 ECTS credit points). As the program is taught entirely in English,applicants need to have English language skills of Level B2 according to the Common EuropeanFramework of Reference for Languages. For further details on admission requirements pleasevisit the program’s website or contact the program coordinator.Fees: RUB’s social fee approx. €260 (per semester)Contact: Ceren Erdogan. Phone: +49 (0)234 32 22899, email: econmaster@rub.deMore information: www.rub.de/econmaster

14 Studying at RUBDOUBLE AND JOINT DEGREESSeveral double and joint degree programmes provide the opportunity to obtain the degree of apartner university alongside the RUB-degree.For a list of all double degree programmes including recent changes please checkwww.international.rub.de/profil/lehre/doppelabschluss.Double Bachelor's Degree in History with Université François Rabelais ToursThe students study at their home university for two semesters, then change to the otheruniversity. The 5th semester is spent in Tours by all students, the 6th in Bochum.Contact:Name: Prof. Dr. Gerhard LubichEmail: Gerhard.lubich@rub.deName: Stephanie CaspariEmail: Stephanie.b.caspari@rub.deDouble Master’s Degree in Philology (Spanish Department) with Universidad de OviedoAfter spending time at the partner university during the last year of their studies, students gainthe Spanish Licenciatura degree and the German Master degree.Contact:Name: Lidia Santiso SacoEmail: lidia.saco@rub.deDouble Master’s Degree "Russian Culture" with RGGU in MoscowStudents of (Russian) Culture at the RGGU and at RUB obtain a Master degree of the RUB and ofthe RGGU after successfully completing their studies.Contact:Name: Dr. Klaus WaschikEmail: Klaus.waschik@rub.deJoint Master's Degree in Gender Studies with the University of GrazDouble degree "Master of Arts" is awarded, a full academic degree in both participating countries.The degree course focuses on an international, mainly European, perspective on Gender Studies.Contact:Name: Stephanie SeraEmail: GenderStudies@rub.deDouble Master's Degree for students of "Financial Services" at the CDHK at Tongji-Unversity,Shanghai, with the Faculty of EconomicsStudents of the CDHK can continue their studies at RUB from the 4th semester onwards.Contact:Name: Prof. Dr. Bernahrd PellensEmail: pellens@iur.rub.de

Studying at RUB 15Double Master's Degree of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering with the CDHK at TongjiUniversity, ShanghaiDouble degree in production techniques that can be obtained by German and Chinese students(studying at both locations).Contact:Name: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Horst MeierEmail: Meier@lps.rub.deDouble Bachelor's / Master's Degree in National and European Law with Université FrançoisRabelais ToursBoth double Bachelor's and double Master's degree. Students spent two semesters together inBochum and two in Tours.Contact:Name: Dr. Geoffrey JuchsEmail: geoffrey.juchs@rub.deName: Véronique MüllerEmail: Veronique.Mueller@rub.deDouble Master’s Degree in Philology (French Department) with Université François Rabelais ToursStudents of both partner universities can spend the last year of their studies at the partnerinstitution. Students are awarded a Master's degree of both RUB and Université Tours.Contact:Name: Jürgen NiemeyerEmail: Juergen.Niemeyer@rub.deJoint Master’s Degree in Humanitarian Action (NOHA)After sucessfully completing all programme components students will be awarded a JointDipolma in International Humanitarian Action from the home and host universities.Contact:Dr. Ulla Pape (IFHV).E-mail: Ulla.Pape@rub.dewww.ifhv.deJoint Master’s Degree Film and Audiovisual MediaIntegrated studies in four different European countries, at key media and media studies locationsContact:Name: Prof. Dr. Oliver FahleEmail: Oliver.Fahle@rub.dewww.rub.de/ifm/studium/master-film-av.htmlName: Jasmin StommelEmail: Jasmin.Stommel@rub.deDouble Master’s Degree in Deutsches, Türkisches und Internationales WirtschaftsrechtJoint Master programme of Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Kültür Universität Istanbul in Germanand Turkish. Takes place in Istanbul.Contact:Name: Yesim Ülker-CanEmail: deut-tuerk-wima@rub.dewww.rub.de/deut-tuerk-wima

16 Studying at RUBDouble Master’s Degree in Management and/or Economics with UEA, Norwich10 double degree places are offered for students of the Master of Economics or Master ofManagement and Economics. The second and third semester are spend in Norwich.Contact:Name: Prof. Dr. Michael RoosEmail: mak@ruhr-uni-bochum.dehttp://economics.rub.de/fileadmin/MAKRO/pubs/2010-2020/UEA-Doppelmaster-2012.pdfDouble Master's Degree Germanistik with Universiteit van AmsterdamIntercultural Master programme taught in German, starting in August. Students spent the firsttwo semesters together in Amsterdam and the third and fourth semester in Bochum.Contact:Name: Prof. Bernd BastertEmail: bernd.bastert@rub.dewww.germanistik.rub.de/ambo/Name: Philip DorokEmail: Philipp.Dorok@rub.deDouble Master's Degree Development Management with University of the Western Cape, CapetownInternational Master programme taught in English. Well performing and committed studentswho register for the MA in Development Management of Ruhr University Bochum can obtain asecond degree of our partner, the University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa.Contact:Name: Dr. Gabriele BaeckerEmail: gabriele.baecker@rub.dewww.development-research.org/madm.htmlName: Dr. Meik NovakEmail: Meik.Nowak@rub.de

Studying at RUB 17LANGUAGE COURSESZFA – CENTER FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRAININGa) Language CoursesThe University Language Centre (Zentrum für Fremdsprachenausbildung, ZFA) provides coursesaimed at specialist and non-specialist language learners, with a particular focus on the keyattributes of developing cultural awareness and intercultural communicative competence in anacademic setting. Classes take place during the semester and -in the form of intensive coursesduringthe semester break.The University Language Centre currently offers classes for 20 different languages, such as:Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish,Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish.b) German as a Foreign LanguageIn addition to the language courses listed above, there are numerous offers for German as aForeign Language. In addition to preparatory courses, there are a lot of courses that may be takenduring the semester alongside regular studies. These courses are designed for the special needs ofinternational students, PhD students and international researchers.c) CertificationIn some of the courses for the languages listed above, there is the possibility to achieve specialcertificates:TestDaF (Deutsch als Fremdsprache – German as a Foreign Language)UNIcert® (English, French, Italian, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Spanish)DELE (Spanish)CNaVT (Dutch)Swedex (Swedish)d) Individual LearningThe University Language Centre also provides various opportunities for individual learning andoffers support, guidance and individual assistance:- Tandem (Two people with different native languages learn with and from each other in asystematic manner)- Centre for self-organised learning- Language-learning coachingMore Information: www.rub.de/zfaBochum Institute of Intensive Language Training (LSI – Landesspracheninstitut)This institute offers intensive language courses for Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese andRussian, along with a smaller number of less intensive courses for Korean, Persian, Dari andTurkish.For more Information, please visit: www.landesspracheninstitut-bochum.de

18 Studying at RUBAPPLICATION AND ADMISSIONIf you are coming to RUB as an exchange student, you have to apply for an exchange programmeat your home university.You will find all of the required information at www.international.rub.de/gaststudis.If you wish to complete a degree at RUB, you are very welcome to submit your application. Pleasenote, however, that you have to fulfil certain criteria in order to be able to study at RUB:Your higher education entrance qualification must be recognised as equivalent to the Germanqualification. Your higher education entrance qualification (Hochschulzugangsberechtigung,HZB) is your school leaving certificate or proof of studies already completed at secondaryeducation level. To qualify for admission to RUB, you must be able to prove that you possess theequivalent of the German Abitur qualification, which is the examination taken at the end of yoursecondary education.You will find more information regarding this topic at:www.international.rub.de/bewerbung/zulassung/hzbFurthermore, you need sufficient German skills for most degree programmes. The internationaldegree programmes listed in the first chapter of this brochure are an exception and theseProgrammes have individual application procedures.A high standard of German language skills are required for successful completion of a regularcourse at Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Language skills can be proven by presenting a certificategained for passing one of the following examinations:• DSH examination (level 2 or 3)• ZOP examinimation or Goethe-Zertifikat C2 of the Goethe-Institut• German language diploma, level II, of the Goethe-Institut• TestDaF with the grades 4 x 4 or 16 points• Degree in German philology.You will find more information on this subject atwww.international.rub.de/bewerbung/zulassung/deutschkenntnisseRuhr-Universität Bochum offers an online application system. Application procedure can differ,depending on the country you are coming from and the subject you are planning to study at RUB.You will find all of the necessary information and the online application tool atwww.international.rub.de/bewerbungPlease note the application deadlines at RUB:Application period, winter semester: 15/05 - 15/07Application period, summer semester: 15/11 - 15/01International degree programmes may have their own deadlines and application procedures. Formore information, check the chapter “International Master Programmes”.

International seminars and lectures 19INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS AND LECTURESThe following chapter contains a compilation of seminars and lectures (Bachelor, Master andPhD) held in English or other foreign languages.Please note: These seminars and lectures are NOT usually part of an international degreeprogramme.CENTRE FOR RELIGIOUS STUDIES ................................................................................................................................... 20FACULTY OF BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ........................................................................................................... 22FACULTY OF CATHOLIC THEOLOGY ............................................................................................................................... 36FACULTY OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING .................................................................................... 37COMPUTATIONAL ENGINEERING ................................................................................................................. 38FACULTY OF EAST ASIAN STUDIES ................................................................................................................................ 48FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING ..................................................................................................................... 49FACULTY OF LAW ................................................................................................................................................................... 52FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS ......................................................................................................... 57FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS ............................................................................................................................................. 60FACULTY OF MEDICINE ........................................................................................................................................................ 62FACULTY OF PHILOLOGY ..................................................................................................................................................... 63DEPARTMENT OF ROMANCE STUDIES ....................................................................................................... 63DEPARTMENT OF SLAVONIC STUDIES ....................................................................................................... 64ENGLISH DEPARTMENT ................................................................................................................................ 65INSTITUTE OF MEDIA STUDIES .................................................................................................................... 66FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY AND EDUCATION ............................................................................................................. 67INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ............................................................................................... 67INSTITUTE FOR PHILOSOPHY ....................................................................................................................... 68FACULTY OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY .................................................................................................................... 76FACULTY OF PSYCHOLOGY ................................................................................................................................................ 82FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE .......................................................................................................................................... 88FACULTY OF SPORTS SCIENCE ...................................................................................................................................... 105INSTITUTE FOR NEURAL COMPUTATION ................................................................................................................... 106INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTRE OF ADVANCED MATERIALS SIMULATION (ICAMS)..................................... 109

20 International seminars and lecturesCENTRE FOR RELIGIOUS STUDIES“YIDL MITN FIDL”: MUSIC IN JEWISH CULTURE AND RELIGION FROM THE19TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENTDepartment: CERESDegree programme: BachelorContact: Prof. Dr. Adam Knobler & Prof. Dr. Alexandra Cuffel, +40 (0)234 - 32-22336,adam.knobler@rub.de alexandra.cuffel@rub.deModule: Jewish Religious StudiesThis module is taught only partly in English.Course type: SeminarCredit Points: 2Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Adam Knobler & Prof. Dr. Alexandra CuffelRequirements: n.s.Room Day, Time BeginFNO 02/73-75 Thursday 14-16 2013-04-11Language: EnglishCourse description:This course will examine the role of both secular and religious music in Jewish communities inEurope, the USA and Israel, touching upon Jewish musical traditions elsewhere from the 19thcentury to the present. Included will be Klezmer, Yiddish Theater & Film, Synagogue Music, FolkMusic, High Art Music and Contemporary Jewish popular Music. Class taught in English. Writtenassignments in English.Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.RELIGION AND FOOD: A COMPARATIVE HISTORYDepartment: CERESDegree programme: BachelorContact: Prof. Dr. Adam Knobler, +40 (0)234 - 32-22336, adam.knobler@rub.deModule: Systematically Religious StudiesThis module is taught only partly in English.Course type: SeminarCredit Points: 2Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Adam KnoblerRequirements: n.s.Room Day, Time BeginGA 8/37 Monday 14-16 2013-04-15Language: English

International seminars and lectures 21Course description:This course will examine issues in the interrelationship between Religion and food. Included willbe the laws of kashrut in Judaism, vegetarianism in Hindu and Buddhist practice, fasting andreligious asceticism, and coffeehouses in the Islamic world, among other topics. Course taught inEnglish. Written assignments in English.Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.NETWORK ANALYSIS: A SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION PERSPECTIVEDepartment: CERESDegree programme: MasterContact: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Alexander-Kenneth Nagel, +49 (0)234 - 32 29481, alexanderkenneth.nagel@rub.deModule: Linguistic and Methodic Basics of Religious StudiesThis module is taught only partly in English.Course type: SeminarCredit Points: n.s.Teacher/Lecturer: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Alexander-Kenneth NagelRequirements: n.s.Room Day, Time BeginGABF 04/354 Tuesday 14-16 2013-04-16Language: EnglishCourse description:Religious communities and interaction cannot be analyzed in terms of actors or social systemsalone. Social network analysis offers methodological strategies and a statistical apparatus for arelational analysis of religious phenomena. The seminar provides a step-by-step introduction tothe network analytical applications in religious studies and cultural sociology. After a brief outlineof the conceptual and historical backgrounds of social network analysis we will discuss thecharacteristics of relational data (compared to attribute data) as well as strategies of generating andhandling such data. In a second step, we will acquaint ourselves with basic measures of the visualand statistical analysis of these networks. In the last part of the seminar special emphasis will begiven to the non-reactive collection of network data from written sources. Participants will havethe opportunity to apply for a limited number of research interships in the CERES researchproject “Semantic and social network analysis as a means to study religious contact” (SeNeReKo).The working language will be English unless all participants are fluent in German.Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.

22 International seminars and lecturesFACULTY OF BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGYSCIENCE MEETING: AKTUELLE FORSCHUNGSPROJEKTE (190565)Department: Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Geobotany, ND 03/174Degree programme: -Language: EnglishContact: Prof. Dr. Dominik Begerow, Tel: +49 (0)234-32-27212, dominik.begerow@rub.deModule: n.s.This module is taught only partly in English.Course type: SeminarCredit Points: 1Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Dominik BegerowRequirements: Own research in the field of Evolutionary MycologyRoom Day, Time BeginND 1 / 58Wednesday, fortnightly by arrangement14:00 – 15:00Course description:Exchange on research concepts, progress report and discussion of new results.Proofs of academic achievement: nonePRACTICAL EXERCISES IN BIOTECHNOLOGYLanguage: EnglishDepartment: Lehrstuhl für BiophysikDegree programme: Master of Science in Biology / BiochemistryContact: PD Dr. Mathias Lübben, Tel: +49 (0)234/32-24465, mathias.luebben@bph.rub.deModule: S-Module Biotechnology (limited accession)This module is taught entirely in EnglishCourse type: 190335 Research PracticalCredit Points: 15Teacher/Lecturer: Hofmann, Kötting, LübbenRequirements: Bachelors Degree in Biology / BiochemistryRoom Day, Time Beginby arrangement by arrangement by arrangementCourse description:Heterologous expression and purification of pharmacologically relevant membrane proteins(practical exercises in cloning, expression and purification of membrane proteins or theirfunctional domains)

International seminars and lectures 23Proofs of academic achievement: Written protocol on the exercisesThis course is especially suitable for exchange students.ACCOMPANYING SEMINAR TO THE PRACTICAL EXERCISESBIOTECHNOLOGYLanguage: EnglishDepartment: Lehrstuhl für BiophysikDegree programme: Master of Science in Biology / BiochemistryContact: PD Dr. Mathias Lübben, Tel: +49 (0)234/32-24465, mathias.luebben@bph.rub.deModule: S-Module Biotechnology (limited accession)This module is taught entirely in EnglishCourse type: 190336 SeminarCredit Points: 1Teacher/Lecturer: Hofmann, Kötting, LübbenRequirements: Bachelors Degree in Biology / BiochemistryRoom Day, Time Beginby arrangement by arrangement by arrangementCourse description:Heterologous expression and purification of pharmacologically relevant membrane proteins(accompanying seminar to the practical exercises in cloning, expression and purification ofmembrane proteins or their functional domains)Proofs of academic achievement: Oral seminar contributionThis course is especially suitable for exchange students.SPECIAL LECTURE: PROTEINS – STRUCTURE AND BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION:PROTEINS IN SIGNAL TRANSDUCTIONLanguage: EnglishDepartment: Lehrstuhl BiophysicsDegree programme: Master BiochemistryContact: PD Dr. Mathias Lübben, Tel: +49 (0)234/32-24465, mathias.luebben@bph.rub.deModule: 185850 Special Lecture in the Focal Point Programme “Proteins – Structure andBiological Function: "Proteins in Signal Transduction"This module is taught entirely in EnglishCourse type: LectureCredit Points: 5Teacher/Lecturer: Gerwert, Hofmann, Kötting, Kuhlmann, Marcus, Lübben, Sietek, Stoll, Vetter,Wittinghofer, WolfRequirements: Bachelors Degree in Biochemistry or BiologyRoom Day, Time Begin

24 International seminars and lecturesND04/397 Friday, 13:00-14:30 Will be announcedCourse description:In this lecture the basic and advanced concepts of signal transduction and the proteins involvedare discussed in detail, using several model systems.Proofs of academic achievement: Written examThis course is especially suitable for exchange students.COLLOQUIUM: ACTUAL RESULTS IN CELL BIOLOGY AND MOLECULARNEUROBIOLOGY (190606)Language: englishDepartment: Cell Morphology and Molecular NeurobiologyDegree programme: anyContact: Professor Dr. Andreas Faissner, Tel: +49 (0)234/32-28851, andreas.faissner@rub.deModule: n.s.This module is taught entirely in EnglishCourse type: seminarCredit Points: 1.0Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. A. Faissner, Prof. Dr. S. Wiese, Dr. N. Brösicke, Dr. A. Klausmeyer,Dr. J. Reinhard, Dr. U. TheocharidisRequirements: noneRoom Day, Time BeginND 05 / 392 Mon, 9:15 - 10:30 continouslyCourse description:Scientists from the department present actual research results.Proofs of academic achievement: oral presentationMODERN METHODS IN LIFE SCIENCES: ANALYSES OF RECEPTORPHOSPHOTYROSIN PHOSPHATASES IN THE VISUAL SYSTEM (190806)Language: ger/enDepartment: Cell Morphology and Molecular NeurobiologyDegree programme: PhDContact: Professor Dr. Andreas Faissner, Tel: +49 (0)234/32-28851, andreas.faissner@rub.deModule: n.s.This module is taught entirely in EnglishCourse type: introductory courseCredit Points: 1 / 1,5 / 2Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. A. Faissner, Dr. J. ReinhardRequirements: Master degree

International seminars and lectures 25Room Day, Time Beginaccording to prior agreementCourse description:Theoretical and practical information is given about the cell biological and molecular biologicalanalysis of receptor tyrosin phosphatases. Depending on the agreements the course can beattended for 3 to 5 days.Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.MODERN METHODS IN LIFE SCIENCES: CULTURE AND ANALYSIS OFEMBRYONIC HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONS UNDER DEFINED CONDITIONS, OFRETINAL GANGLION CELLS AND OF NEUROSPHERES (190805)Language: ger/enDepartment: Cell Morphology and Molecular NeurobiologyDegree programme: PhDContact: Professor Dr. Andreas Faissner, Tel: +49 (0)234/32-28851, andreas.faissner@rub.deModule: n.s.This module is taught entirely in EnglishCourse type: introductory courseCredit Points: 1 / 1,5 / 2Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. A. Faissner, C. Gottschling, Dr. J. Reinhard, Dr. U. TheocharidisRequirements: Master degreeRoom Day, Time Beginaccording to prior agreementCourse description:Theoretical and practical information is given about the culture of diverse primary cell types of thenervous system. Depending on the agreements the course can be attended for 3 to 5 days.Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.MODERN METHODS IN LIFE SCIENCES: VIDEO MICROSCOPY ANDCONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY (190807)Language: ger / enDepartment: Cell Morphology and Molecular NeurobiologyDegree programme: PhDContact: Professor Dr. Andreas Faissner, Tel: +49 (0)234/32-28851, andreas.faissner@rub.deModule: n.s.This module is taught entirely in EnglishCourse type: introductory courseCredit Points: 1 / 1,5 / 2Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. A. Faissner, Dr. A. Klausmeyer, Dr. U. Theocharidis, Dr. J. Reinhard,S. van Leeuwen

26 International seminars and lecturesRequirements: Master degreeRoom Day, Time Beginaccording to prior agreementCourse description:Theoretical and practical information is given about different microscopy techniques. Dependingon the agreements the course can be attended for 3 to 5 days.Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.GENERIC SKILLS: ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION OF ACTUAL LITERATUREIN MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROBIOLOGY (190 238)Language: ger/enDepartment: Cell Morphology and Molecular NeurobiologyDegree programme: BSc/MScContact: Professor Dr. Andreas Faissner, Tel: +49 (0)234/32-28851, andreas.faissner@rub.deModule: n.s.This module is taught entirely in EnglishCourse type: introductory courseCredit Points: 1,0Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. A. Faissner, Prof. S. Wiese, Dr. N. Brösicke, Dr. A. Klausmeyer, Dr. U.Theocharidis, Dr. J. ReinhardRequirements: GMP passed; basic module in cell or neurobiology, biochemistry or microbiology;passed lecture in cell or neurobiology attendedRoom Day, Time Beginaccording to prior agreementCourse description:Students learn to analyse and present actual publications in molecular and cellular neurobiology.This course is part of the S-modules in the department.Proofs of academic achievement: seminar, oral presentationADVANCED TUTORIAL (S-MODULE): NEURON-GLIA INTERACTIONS (190 373)Language: ger/enDepartment: Cell Morphology and Molecular NeurobiologyDegree programme: BSc / MScContact: Professor Dr. Andreas Faissner, Tel: +49 (0)234/32-28851, andreas.faissner@rub.deModule: n.s.This module is taught entirely in EnglishCourse type: practical courseCredit Points: 15

International seminars and lectures 27Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. A. Faissner, C. Gottschling, E. Lugo, L. Roll, Dr. U. TheocharidisRequirements: GMP passed; basic module in cell or neurobiology, biochemistry or microbiologypassed; lecture in cell or neurobiology attendedRoom Day, Time Beginaccording to prior agreementCourse description:The module addresses the molecular basis of the interaction between neurons and glia cells. Thefocus lies on the influence of the extracellular matrix. Issues are inter alia the primary culture ofneurons from different brain regions and of glial cells and the culture of defined glial cell lines.Long-term cultures are used to analyse synaptic plasticity under defined conditions. The analysisis based on immunocytology and the use of immunofluorescence techniques, biochemical studiesand the characterization of expressed genes, Western blot, immunoprecipitation and thebiochemical and molecular characterization of the extracellular matrix.Proofs of academic achievement: seminar, written protocolSEMINAR / LITERATURE CLUB: ACTUAL PUBLICATIONS IN MOLECULAR ANDCELLULAR NEUROBIOLOGY (190552)Language: enDepartment: Cell Morphology and Molecular NeurobiologyDegree programme: anyContact: Professor Dr. Andreas Faissner, Tel: +49 (0)234/32-28851, andreas.faissner@rub.deModule: n.s.This module is taught entirely in EnglishCourse type: seminarCredit Points: 1,0Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. A. Faissner, Dr. N. Brösicke, Dr. J. Reinhard, Dr. U. TheocharidisRequirements: n.s.Room Day, Time BeginNDEF 05/392 Thursday, 16:45 continouslyCourse description:Students and scientists from the department present actual publications in molecular and cellularneurobiologyProofs of academic achievement: oral presentationADVANCED TUTORIAL (S-MODULE): TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS ANDREGULATION OF NEURAL STEM CELLS (190 374)Department: Cell Morphology and Molecular NeurobiologyDegree programme: BSc / MScLanguage: ger/en

28 International seminars and lecturesContact: Professor Dr. Andreas Faissner, Tel: +49 (0)234/32-28851, andreas.faissner@rub.deModule: n.s.This module is taught entirely in EnglishCourse type: practical courseCredit Points: 15Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. A. Faissner, Dr. U. TheocharidisRequirements: GMP passed; basic module in cell or neurobiology, biochemistry or microbiologypassed; lecture in cell or neurobiology attendedRoom Day, Time Beginaccording to prior agreementCourse description:The module addresses the molecular basis of gene regulation of neural stem cells. The focus lieson the influence of the extracellular matrix of the developing nervous system and the regulation ofmatrix proteins. Issues are inter alia the primary culture of stem cells of the nervous system andtheir immunocytochemical and molecular biological analysis. Expression studies and geneticmanipulations are carried out. In addition to histochemical studies an analysis of the developingnervous system and the neural stem cell niches will be performed. Transcription factors in neuraldevelopment and the proteins of the extracellular matrix are in the focus.Methods: Preparation of neural tissue for cell culture, video microscopy, immunocytochemistrywith application of fluorescence techniques, RT-PCR, Western blot, in situ hybridization,immunohistochemistry, dot blot in vitro hybridization, Southern blot, chromatinimmunoprecipitation, Dual-Luciferase Promotor Assaya, cloning, plasmid purification,transfectionProofs of academic achievement: seminar, written protocolADVANCED TUTORIAL (S-MODULE): ANALYSIS OF PROTEIN TYROSINPHOSPHATASES IN NEURAL STEM CELLS (190 375)Language: ger/enDepartment: Cell Morphology and Molecular NeurobiologyDegree programme: BSc / MScContact: Professor Dr. Andreas Faissner, Tel: +49 (0)234/32-28851, andreas.faissner@rub.deModule: n.s.This module is taught entirely in EnglishCourse type: practical courseCredit Points: 15Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. A. Faissner, Dr. J. ReinhardRequirements: GMP passed; basic module in cell or neurobiology, biochemistry or microbiologypassed; lecture in cell or neurobiology attendedRoom Day, Time Beginaccording to prior agreementCourse description:

International seminars and lectures 29The module deals with cell and molecular biological studies on the development of the visualsystem and neural stem cells of mammals. One focus is the role of Phosphotyrosinphosphatasesin this context. It will cover following items: primary culture of neural stem and retinal ganglioncells , culture defined glial cell lines, immunocytology with defined neural antigens in the visualsystem and the brain, using immunofluorescence techniques, fluorescence and confocal laserscaning microscopy, biochemical studies, characterization of expressed genes, Western blot,immunoprecipitation, biochemical and molecular characterization of receptor phosphotyrosinephosphatases in neural stem cells and the visual system, transfection and ectopic expression ofPTPs, functional assays in co-culture systems and the analysis of functions and properties ofretinal stem cells.Proofs of academic achievement: seminar, written protocolGENERIC SKILLS: ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION OF ACTUAL EXPERIMENTALRESULTS IN MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROBIOLOGY (190 384)Language: ger/enDepartment: Cell Morphology and Molecular NeurobiologyDegree programme: BSc / MScContact: Professor Dr. Andreas Faissner, Tel: +49 (0)234/32-28851, andreas.faissner@rub.deModule: n.s.This module is taught entirely in EnglishCourse type: introductory courseCredit Points: 1,0Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. A. Faissner, Prof. S. Wiese, Dr. N. Brösicke, Dr. A. Klausmeyer, Dr.U. Theocharidis, Dr. J. ReinhardRequirements: n.s.Room Day, Time Beginaccording to prior agreementCourse description:Students learn to analyse and present their research results in molecular and cellularneurobiology. This course is part of the S-modules in the department.Proofs of academic achievement: seminar, oral presentationADVANCED TUTORIAL (S-MODULE): SIGNALLING PATHWAYS UND GTPASES(190 378)Language: ger/enDepartment: Cell Morphology and Molecular NeurobiologyDegree programme: BSc / MScContact: Professor Dr. Andreas Faissner, Tel: +49 (0)234/32-28851, andreas.faissner@rub.deModule: n.s.This module is taught entirely in English

30 International seminars and lecturesCourse type: practical courseCredit Points: 15Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. A. Faissner, Dr. N. Brösicke, Dr. J. Reinhard, V. Luft, A. Ulc, S. vanLeeuwenRequirements: GMP passed; basic module in cell or neurobiology, biochemistry or microbiologypassed; lecture in cell or neurobiology attendedRoom Day, Time Beginaccording to prior agreementCourse description:Our working group is strongly interested in signal transduction pathways and their control byprotein tyrosin phosphatases and GTPases during CNS development and disease progression.Several projects focus on the guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) Vav3 in neural stem cellsand oligodendrocyte precursor cells. GEFs mediate the exchange of a G-protein with GTPaseactivity from a GDP- into a GTP-bound state, which enables cell cycle progression, cytoskeletalchanges and gene expression.Previous studies showed that Vav3-deficient mice display a hyperactivation of the sympatheticnervous system and develop tachycardia, cardiovascular defects and renal dysfunctions. Inaddition, the loss of Vav3 leads to a transient delay in cerebellar development and profounddefects in dendrite branching of Purkinje and granule cells. In order to investigate the potentialrole of Vav3 in different aspects of stem cell development, e.g. proliferation and differentiation, weanalyse Vav3 deficient mice. In addition we are interested in GTPases and their potential role intumors and tumor stem cells of the CNS. Another project focuses on the potential functional roleof the protein tyrosin phosphatase Meg2 (PTP-Meg2) in eye diseases and early retinaldevelopment. As a genetic tool we perform studies in transgenic PTP-Meg2 knock-out mice.Proofs of academic achievement: seminar, written protocolADVANCED TUTORIAL (S-MODULE): BIOTECHNOLOGICAL METHODS INMOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY (190 381)Language: ger/enDepartment: Cell Morphology and Molecular NeurobiologyDegree programme: BSc / MScContact: Professor Dr. Andreas Faissner, Tel: +49 (0)234/32-28851, andreas.faissner@rub.deModule: n.s.This module is taught entirely in EnglishCourse type: practical courseCredit Points: 15Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. A. Faissner, Dr. U. Theocharidis, Dr. N. Brösicke, S. van Leeuwen, Dr.J. ReinhardRequirements: GMP passed; basic module in cell or neurobiology, biochemistry or microbiologypassed; lecture in cell or neurobiology attendedRoom Day, Time Beginaccording to prior agreement

International seminars and lectures 31Course description:The module focuses on the molecular basis of developmental neurobiology. Using molecularbiological and biotechnological methods, various aspects of cellular and molecular neurobiologycan be elucidated. Objectives are the production and the molecular genetics of expressionconstructs and recombinant expression of proteins for use in cell culture and protein biochemicalanalysis. In addition, primary cells and cell lines are genetically manipulated and examined for themolecular and cellular biological effects. Using concrete examples bioinformatical techniques inthe form of database analysis and sequence comparisons are carried out. The independentdevelopment and implementation of cloning strategies are learned and nurtured.Methods: RT-PCR, cloning, plasmid purification, transfection, protein expression, Western blot,in situ hybridization, chromatin immunoprecipitation, dual-luciferase promoter binding studies,immuncyto-/histochemistryProofs of academic achievement: seminar, written protocolADVANCED TUTORIAL (S-MODULE): TUMOR STEM CELLS AND BIOLOGY OFGLIAL TUMORS (190 382)Language: ger/enDepartment: Cell Morphology and Molecular NeurobiologyDegree programme: BSc / MScContact: Professor Dr. Andreas Faissner, Tel: +49 (0)234/32-28851, andreas.faissner@rub.deModule: n.s.This module is taught entirely in EnglishCourse type: practical courseCredit Points: 15Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. A. Faissner, Dr. N. BrösickeRequirements: GMP passed; basic module in cell or neurobiology, biochemistry or microbiologypassed; lecture in cell or neurobiology attendedRoom Day, Time Beginaccording to prior agreementCourse description:The course focuses on the study of cellular and molecular aspects of tumor formation in thenervous system. It uses the culture of glial tumor cell lines and defined neural immunocytologicalantigens of the extracellular matrix and the cytoskeleton, immunofluorescence techniques andlaser scanning microscopy, immunological studies of tumor cell lines and studies of ECM inprimary tumors (in cooperation). An investigation of the neural regulation of extracellular matrixin tumor cells by cytokines by ELISA and Western blot is possible as well as profiling of receptorgenes in tumor cell systems, analysis of integrins, PTPs and ECM glycoproteins, cell biologicalassays for proliferation, adhesion and migration of tumor cells, and finally the video microscopy oftumor cells of the nervous system.Proofs of academic achievement: seminar, written protocol

32 International seminars and lecturesADVANCED TUTORIAL (S-MODULE): NEURAL STEM CELLS (190 377)Language: ger/enDepartment: Cell Morphology and Molecular NeurobiologyDegree programme: BSc / MScContact: Professor Dr. Andreas Faissner, Tel: +49 (0)234/32-28851, andreas.faissner@rub.deModule: n.s.This module is taught entirely in EnglishCourse type: practical courseCredit Points: 15Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. A. Faissner, Dr. N. Brösicke, Dr. J. Reinhard, Dr. U. Theocharidis, M.Kandasamy, M. Jarocki, V. Luft, M. May, V. Luft, L. Roll, A. UlcRequirements: GMP passed; basic module in cell or neurobiology, biochemistry or microbiologypassed; lecture in cell or neurobiology attendedRoom Day, Time Beginaccording to prior agreementCourse description:The CNS originates from a layer of neuroepithelial cells that expand by symmetric division. Withincreasing thickness of the walls of the neural tube the neuroepithelium evolves to radial glia (RG). Theseproliferate and self-renew by symmetric division, but progressively give rise to neurons that are generatedin an asymmetric division mode. Thereby, radial glia cells do give rise to neurons in vitro and serve asneural stem/progenitor cells (NSPCs). Following neurogenesis, oligodendrocyte precursors are formed andmigrate to target regions to myelinate the axonal connections. Finally, the radial glia recedes andtransforms into astrocytes, with two well-known exceptions, the Bergman glia of the cerebellum and theMüller glia of the retina. In the adult CNS, neurogenesis is limited to two canonical regions, that is thesubventricular zone (SVZ) of the lateral ventricle and the subgranular zone (SGZ) of the hippocampus.There, progeny of the radial glia is thought to reside as radial-type astrocytes in the subventricular zone ofthe lateral ventricle and the subgranular zone of the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus, where these cellsserve as stem cells for neurogenesis in the adult CNS. It is widely accepted that these neurogenic territoriesharbour specialized environments that sustain NSPCs and are regarded as niches which function asintegrative entities for a large number of physiological stimuli. The topics of our laboratory focus on thedevelopment of the nervous system from neural stem cells and the expression of extracellular molecules inglial tumors and their potential effects on tumor stem cells of the nervous system, the response of the stemcell niche to lesions and the potential use of stem cells for regeneration and repair of the CNS.Proofs of academic achievement: seminar, literature seminar, written protocolBASIC TUTORIAL LECTURE: MOLECULAR DEVELOPMENTALNEUROBIOLOGY (190 103)Language: ger/enDepartment: Cell Morphology and Molecular NeurobiologyDegree programme: BSc / MScContact: Professor Dr. Andreas Faissner, Tel: +49 (0)234/32-28851, andreas.faissner@rub.deModule: n.s.This module is taught entirely in EnglishCourse type: lectureCredit Points: n.s.

International seminars and lectures 33Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. A. Faissner, Prof. S. Wiese, Dr. A. Klausmeyer, Dr. N. Brösicke, Dr.J. Reinhard, Dr. U. Theocharidis,Requirements: GMP passedRoom Day, Time BeginNDEF 05/392 Monday - Friday, 22/04/- 8:15 a.m.17/05/2013Course description:The lecture is part of the basic module molecular developmental neurobiology (190 104). Topics:blastula & gastrulation stem cells 1gastrulation and neural induction stem cells 2rostro-caudal polarityneuronal migrationneurulation axon growth and guidance 1/2induction of motoneuronsaxon regenerationbrainstem: hox genessynaptogenesisbrainstem: retinoic acid and anterior signalling synaptic plasticitycentrescell type specificationneuronal survivalneural crestneuronal survival/deathcerebellar developmentProofs of academic achievement: n.s.JOURNAL CLUBDepartment: Cell PhysiologyDegree programme: Bachelor/Master/PhDContact: sabrina.baumgart@rub.deModule: n.s.This module is taught entirely in EnglishCourse type: seminarCredit Points: 2Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Hatt, Dr. S. BaumgartRequirements: n.s.Language: EnglishRoom Day, Time BeginND 4/74-75 each Friday, 9.00-10.00 5. April 2013Course description:Discussion of newest publications in the fieldProofs of academic achievement: regular and active presenceThis course is especially suitable for exchange students.

34 International seminars and lectures190616: KOLLOQUIUM ZU FORSCHUNGSARBEITEN DES LEHRSTUHLSPFLANZENPHYSIOLOGIEDepartment: Plant PhysiologyDegree programme: Bachelor/Master/PhDContact: Angelika Ernst, Tel: +49 (0)234/32-28004, pflanlzj@rub.deModule: n.s.This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: seminarCredit Points: 2Teacher/Lecturer: Krämer/Piotrowski/SchünemannRequirements: n.s.Room Day, Time BeginND 3/34 Fr: 12-13.30 05.04.2013Course description:talks about ongoing research at the instituteProofs of academic achievement: participation and lectureThis course is especially suitable for exchange students.Language: English190167 KOLLOQUIUM METALLHOMÖOSTASE; GRUNDLAGEN UND PRAXISDES WISSENSCHAFTLICHEN ARBEITENS IN DER PFLANZENPHYSIOLOGIEDepartment: Plant PhysiologyDegree programme: Bachelor/Master/PhDContact: Angelika Ernst, Tel: +49 (0)234/32-28004, pflanlzj@rub.deModule: n.s.This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: seminarCredit Points: 1Teacher/Lecturer: KrämerRequirements: n.s.Room Day, Time BeginND 3/34 Mi: 9-11 03.04.2013Course description:reports on research related to metal homoeostasis and plant metabolismProofs of academic achievement: participationLanguage: English

International seminars and lectures 35190618: JOURNAL CLUB PLANT PHYSIOLOGYDepartment: Plant PhysiologyDegree programme: Master/PhDContact: Angelika Ernst, Tel: +49 (0)234/32-28004, pflanlzj@rub.deModule: n.s.This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: seminarCredit Points: 1Teacher/Lecturer: KrämerRequirements: n.s.Language: EnglishRoom Day, Time BeginND 3/34 Monday, 9-11 (every four weeks) 08.04.2013Course description:reports on recent publications in plant physiologyProofs of academic achievement: reportThis course is especially suitable for exchange students.RESEARCH ACTIVITIES / PROGRESS REPORTS (190607)Department: Animal PhysiologyContact: Prof. Dr. H. Lübbert, 0234-32-24338, tierphysiologie@rub.deDegree programme: anyModule: n.s.Module taught entirely in foreign language: YesCourse type: seminarCredit Points: 1.0Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. H. Lübbert, colleagueRequirements: noneLanguage: EnglishRoom Day, Time BeginND 5/63 by arrangement by arrangementCourse description:Scientists from the department present actual research results.Proofs of academic achievement: oral presentation

36 International seminars and lecturesFACULTY OF CATHOLIC THEOLOGYJUSTICE ON EARTH? THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND SOCIAL ETHICSDepartment: Neues Testament / Christliche Gesellschaftslehre Kath-Theol. FakultätContact: Prof. Dr. Thomas Söding, 0039 234 32 22403 nt@rub.deDegree programme: MasterLanguage: EnglishModule: Biblische Theologie / Systematische TheologieModule taught only partly in English.Course type: summer school (Hauptseminar)Credit Points: 5Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Raimund Bieringer (Leuven), Prof. Dr. Thomas Söding (Bochum –NT), Prof. Dr. Joachim Wiemeyer (Bochum - CGL)Requirements: Bachelors Degree in Catholic TheologyRoom Day, Time BeginAmerican College Leuven Thur 8/29 – Sat 8/31 Thur 8/29 2 p.m.Course description:In the Our Father Jesus teaches his disciples to pray for the fulfillment of the will of God “on earthas … in heaven”. What is the difference between earthly and heavenly justice? And what is theconnection between them? The course will start to answer the question in dialogue between NTexegesis and Christian social ethics. By reading key texts from the New Testament and the Papalmagisterium the members will discuss the criteria of justice in a theological sense with regard tothe Holy Scripture and modern challenges.Proofs of academic achievement: Essay

International seminars and lectures 37FACULTY OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING126509Language: EnglishDepartment: XII. Faculty of civil and environmental engineering, Chair Continuum mechanicsDegree programme: MSc-CE-WP08Contact: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Steeb, +49 (0)234-32-23080, Holger.Steeb@rub.deModule: Computational Modelling of MixturesCourse type: lecture ExerciseCredit Points: 4Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger SteebRequirements: n. s.Room Day, Time BeginIA 4/56 Friday, 10.15-11.45 12.04.2013Course description:The objective of this course is to present state-of-the-art modelling issues of multiphase materialsand mixtures. Basic concepts of continuum mixture theory will be addressed. The conceptsintroduced will be applied to quasi-static, dynamic and wave propagation phenomena in porousmedia and multiphase materials. Simple boundary and initial value problems are formulated andsolved with coupled numerical solution techniques.Several advanced issues in the field of continuum mixtures will be addressed. More precisely, thefollowing topics will be covered:• Basic concept of superimposed continua• Kinematical description of continuum mixtures• Balance equations for single and multiphase materials• Material theory of mixtures• Extended entropy inequality• Principle of phase separation• Equilibrium and non-equilibrium relations• Basic binary models of solid-solid, solid-fluid and fluid-fluid mixtures including boundaryand initial value problems (multiphase and multi-component fluids, consolidationprocesses, diffusion problems)• Numerical solution strategies for coupled problemsThis course is especially suitable for exchange students.

38 International seminars and lecturesCOMPUTATIONAL ENGINEERINGCONCRETE ENGINEERING AND DESIGNLanguage: EnglishDepartment: Computational EngineeringContact: Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Sahlmen, 0234/32-22103, comp-eng@rub.deDegree programme: Master Course Computational EngineeringModule: Concrete Engineering and Design (MSc-CE-WP02)This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Lecture 2h / Exercise 2hCredit Points: 6Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter MarkRequirements: Ideally a B.Sc. degree in an engineering sciences subject; basic knowledge instructural engineering, mechanics of beams, reinforced concrete design and material propertiesRoom Day, Time BeginIA 4/56 Monday 11.30-13.00, 08/04/2013Thursday 08.30-10.00Course description:The module includes the following topics:- principles and safety concept of Eurocode 2- material properties and modeling- bending and shear design- design principles using spreadsheet analyses and optimisation methods- moment-curvature-relations- numerical section modelling (fibre model)- strut-and-tie-modelling- redistribution of sectional forces- principles of pre-stressing:o methods of pre-stress applicationo time-variant and time-invariant losseso calculation of deviation forceso application in FE-methods- application of mathematical software in nonlinear calculations- optional: case study according to WP15 or W13Proofs of academic achievement: Written examinationDYNAMICS AND ADAPTRONICSDepartment: Computational EngineeringContact: Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Sahlmen, 0234/32-22103, comp-eng@rub.deDegree programme: Master Course Computational EngineeringModule: Dynamics and Adaptronics (MSc-CE-WP03)This module is taught entirely in English.Language: English

International seminars and lectures 39Course type: Lecture 2h / Exercise 2hCredit Points: 6Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tamara Nestorovic, Appl. Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Khanh Chau LeRequirements: Ideally a B.Sc. degree in an engineering sciences subject; basic knowledge instructural mechanics, control theory and active mechanical structuresRoom Day, Time BeginIA 3/152 Wednesday 10.15-11.45, See blackboard notice at theFriday 12.00-13.30respective departmentCourse description:The course introduces the first principles of the dynamics of discrete and continuous mechanicalsystems: Newton laws and Hamilton variational principles. The force and energy methods forderiving the equation of motion for systems with a finite number of degrees of freedom as well asfor continuous systems are demonstrated. The energy conservation law for conservative systemsand the energy dissipation law for dissipative systems are studied. Various exact and approximatemethods for solving dynamical problems, along which the Laplace transform method, the methodof normal mode for coupled systems, and the Rayleigh method are developed for the free andforced vibrations. Various practical examples and applications to resonance and active vibrationcontrol are shown.Further, an overall insight of the modelling and control of active structures is given within thecourse. The terms and definitions as well as potential fields of application are introduced. For thepurpose of the controller design for active structural control, the basics of the control theory areintroduced: development of linear time invariant models, representation of linear differentialequations systems in the state-space form, controllability, observability and stability conditions ofcontrol systems. The parallel description of the modelling methods in structural mechanicsenables the students to understand the application of control approaches. Finite elementmodelling is an important prerequisite in structural control. Basics of the numerical modeldevelopment are introduced. Control methods include time-continuous as well as discrete-timecontrollers in the state space for multiple-input multiple-output systems, as well as methods of theclassical control theory for single-input single output systems. Differences and analogies betweencontinuous and discrete time control systems are specified and pointed out on the basis of a poleplacement method. Closed-loop controller design for active structures is explained. Differentapplication examples and problem solutions show the feasibility and importance of the controlmethods for structural development. The term, design and implementation of observers in thecontroller design are introduced in terms of the practical aspects of structural control.Proofs of academic achievement: written examinationADVANCED FINITE ELEMENT METHODSDepartment: Computational EngineeringContact: Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Sahlmen, 0234/32-22103, comp-eng@rub.deDegree programme: Master Course Computational EngineeringModule: Advanced Finite Element Methods (MSc-CE-WP04)This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Lecture / ExerciseCredit Points: 6Language: English

40 International seminars and lecturesTeacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. techn. Günther MeschkeRequirements: Ideally a B.Sc. degree in an engineering sciences subject; basics in mathematics,mechanics and structural analysis, good knowledge in Finite Element Methods in LinearStructural MechanicsRoom Day, Time BeginHZO 90 Monday 08.15-11.30 See blackboard notice at therespective departmentCourse description:Based upon a brief summary of non-linear continuum mechanics the weak form of non-linearelastodynamics, its consistent linearization and its finite element discretization are discussed and,in a first step, specialized to one-dimensional spatial truss elements to understand the principlesof the formulation of geometrically nonlinear finite elements. In addition, an overview onnonlinear constitutive models including elasto-plastic and damage models is given. The secondpart of the lecture is focussed on algorithms to solve the resulting non-linear equilibriumequations by load- and arc-length controlled Newton-type iteration schemes. Finally, the nonlinearfinite element method is used for the non-linear stability analysis of structures.The lectures are supplemented by exercises to support the understanding of the underlying theoryand to demonstrate the application of the non-linear finite element method for the solution ofselected examples. In a practical exercise, the students will prepare nonlinear analyses ofstructural examples. The results will be presented by the students in class.Proofs of academic achievement: Written examination, student projects and presentationsCOMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICSLanguage: EnglishDepartment: Computational EngineeringContact: Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Sahlmen, 0234/32-22103, comp-eng@rub.deDegree programme: Master Course Computational EngineeringModule: Computational Fluid Dynamics (MSc-CE-WP05)This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Lecture / ExerciseCredit Points: 6Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Christiane HelzelRequirements: Ideally a B.Sc. degree in an engineering sciences subject; basic knowledge onpartial differential equations and their variational formulation, finite element methods, numericalmethods for the solution of large linear and non-linear systems of equationsRoom Day, Time BeginNA 2/24 (Mon), NA 1/64 Monday 11.15-12.45, 08/04/2013(Wed)Wednesday 15.00-17.00Course description:1st week: Modelizationvelocity, Lagrangian / Eulerian representation; transport theorem, Cauchy theorem; conservationof mass, momentum and energy; compressible Navier-Stokes / Euler equations; nonstationaryincompressible Navier-Stokes equations; stationary incompressible Navier-Stokes equations;Stokes equations; boundary conditions

International seminars and lectures 412nd week: Notations and auxiliary resultsdifferential operators; Sobolev spaces and their norms; properties of Sobolev spaces; inite elementpartitions and their properties; finite element spaces; nodal bases3rd week: FE discretization of the Stokes equations. 1st attemptStokes equations; variational formulation in {div u = 0}; non-existence of low-order finite elementspaces in {div u = 0}; remedies4th to 5th week: Mixed finite element discretization of the Stokes equationsmixed variational formulation; general structure of finite element approximation; an example ofan instable low-order element; inf-sup condition; motivation via linear systems; catalogue of stableelements; error estimates; structure of discrete problem6th week: Petrov-Galerkin stabilizationidea: consistent penalty term; general structure; catalogue of stabilizations; connection withbubble elements; structure of discrete problem; error estimates; choice of stabilization parameters7th week: Non-conforming methodsidea; most important example; error estimates; local solenoidal bases8th week: Streamline formulationstream function; connection to bi-Laplacian; FE discretizations9th week Numerical solution of the discrete problemsgeneral structure and difficulty; Uzawa algorithm; improved version of Uzawa algorithm;multigrid; conjugate gradient variants10th week: Adaptivityaim of a posteriori error estimation and adaptivity; residual estimator; local Stokes problems;choice of refinement zones; refinement rules11th week: FE discretization of the stationary incompressible Navier-Stokes equations variationalproblem; finite elements discretization; error estimates; streamline-diffusion stabilization;upwinding12th week: Solution of the algebraic equationsNewton iteration and its relatives; path tracking; non-linear Galerkin methods; multigrid13th week: Adaptivityerror estimators; type of estimates; implementation14th week: Finite element discretization of the instationary incompressible Navier-Stokesequations variational problem; time-discretization; space discretization; numerical solution;projection schemes; characteristics; adaptivity14th week: Space-time adaptivityOverview; residual a posteriori error estimator; time adaptivity; space adaptivity14th week: Discretization of compressible and inviscid problemsSystems in divergence form; finite volume schemes; construction of the partitions; relation tofinite element methods; construction of numerical fluxesProofs of academic achievement: written examinationNUMERICAL METHODS AND STOCHASTICSDepartment: Computational EngineeringContact: Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Sahlmen, 0234/32-22103, comp-eng@rub.deDegree programme: Master Course Computational EngineeringLanguage: English

42 International seminars and lecturesModule: Numerical Methods and Stochastics (MSc-CE-WP09)This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Lecture / ExerciseCredit Points: 6Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Herold Dehling, Prof. Dr. Christiane HelzelRequirements: Ideally a B.Sc. degree in an engineering sciences subject; basic knowledge ofpartial differential equations, numerical methods and stochasticsRoom Day, Time BeginNA 6/99 (Mon), IA 3/56 Monday 15.15-16.45, 08/04/2013and NA 01/99 (Wed) Wednesday 12.30-14.00Course description:Numerical Methods:• Boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations (shooting, difference and finiteelement methods)• Finite element methods (short retroperspective preparing subsequent material)• Efficient solvers (preconditioned conjugate gradient and multigrid algorithms)• Finite volume methods (systems in divergence form, discretization, relation to finiteelement methods)• Nonlinear optimization (gradient-type methods, derivative-free methods, simulatedannealing)Stochastics:• Fundamental concepts of probability and statistics: (multivariate) densities, extreme valuedistributions, descriptive statistics, parameter estimation and testing, confidence intervals,goodness of fit tests• Time series analysis: trend and seasonality, ARMA models, spectral density, parameterestimation, prediction• Multivariate statistics: correlation, principal component analysis, factoranalysis• Linear models: multiple linear regression, F-test for linear hypotheses, Analysis of VarianceProofs of academic achievement: written examinationCONTINUUM MECHANICSLanguage: EnglishDepartment: Computational EngineeringContact: Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Sahlmen, 0234/32-22103, comp-eng@rub.deDegree programme: Master Course Computational EngineeringModule: Continuum Mechanics (MSc-CE-P07)This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Lecture / ExerciseCredit Points: 6Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Klaus Hackl, Appl. Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Khanh Chau LeRequirements: Ideally a B.Sc. degree in an engineering sciences subjectRoom Day, Time BeginIA 3/56 (Tue), IA 2/56 Tuesday 08.30-10.00, 09/04/2013(Wed)Wednesday 08.30-10.00

International seminars and lectures 43Course description:The course starts with an introduction to the advanced analytical techniques of linear elasticitytheory, then moves on to the continuum-mechanical concepts of nonlinear elasticity and endswith the discussion of material instabilities and microstructures. Numerous examples andapplications will be given.• Advanced Linear Elasticity • stress-tensors• Beltrami equation • equilibrium• Navier equation • strain-rates• stress-functions • Nonlinear Elastic Materials• scalar- and vector potentials • Covariance and isotropy• Galerkin-vector • Hyperelastic materials• Love-function • constrained materials• solution of Papkovich – Neuber • Hypoelastic materials• Nonlinear Deformation • objective rates• Strain tensor • material stability• Polar descomposition • microstructuresProofs of academic achievement: written examinationFLUID DYNAMICSLanguage: EnglishDepartment: Computational EngineeringContact: Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Sahlmen, 0234/32-22103, comp-eng@rub.deDegree programme: Master Course Computational EngineeringModule: Fluid Dynamics (MSc-CE-P06)This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Lecture / ExerciseCredit Points: 3Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rüdiger HöfferRequirements: Ideally a B.Sc. degree in an engineering sciences subject; Fluid Mechanics (B. Sc.Level)Room Day, Time BeginIAN 00/18 Tuesday 10.15-11.45 09/04/2013Course description:The technical basics of dynamic fluid flows are introduced, studied and recapitulated as well asrelated problems which are relevant for practical applications and solution procedures with anemphasis put on computational aspects. The lectures and exercises contain the following topics:• short review of hydrostatics and dynamics of incompressible flows involving friction(conservation of mass, energy and momentum, Navier-Stokes equations)• potential flow• isotropic turbulence and turbulence in a boundary layer flow• flow over streamlined and bluff bodiesThe students are guided in the exercises to working out assessment and solution strategies forrelated, typical technical problems in fluid dynamics.Proofs of academic achievement: written examination

44 International seminars and lecturesNUMERICAL SIMULATION IN TUNNELLINGDepartment: Computational EngineeringContact: Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Sahlmen, 0234/32-22103, comp-eng@rub.deDegree programme: Master Course Computational EngineeringModule: Numerical Simulation in Tunnelling (MSc-CE-W05)This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: block courseCredit Points: 2Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. techn. Günther Meschke, Dr.-Ing. Janosch StascheitRequirements: ---Language: EnglishRoom Day, Time BeginIA 6/21 Monday 12.30-14.30 Please see blackboard noticeCourse description:This tutorial provides an overview of the most important aspects of realistic numericalsimulations of tunnel excavation using the Finite Element Method including staged excavationprocesses and support measures. This encompasses material modelling, discretization in spaceand time and the evaluation of numerical results.In the framework of the exercises nonlinear numerical analyses in tunnelling will be performedby the participants in autonomous teamwork in the computer lab.Proofs of academic achievement: Seminar paperFINITE ELEMENT TECHNOLOGYLanguage: EnglishDepartment: Computational EngineeringContact: Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Sahlmen, 0234/32-22103, comp-eng@rub.deDegree programme: Master Course Computational EngineeringModule: Finite Element Technology (MSc-CE-WP06)This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Lecture / ExerciseCredit Points: 3Teacher/Lecturer: Dr.-Ing. Sandra KlingeRequirements: Ideally a B.Sc. degree in an engineering sciences subject; basic knowledge oftensor analysis, continuum mechanics and Linear Finite Element MethodsRoom Day, Time BeginIA 3/56 Thursday 10.15-11.45 11/04/2013Course description:The design of effective, enhanced finite element formulations avoiding locking effects is the goalof this course. For that purpose, the error estimation typical for this numerical procedure iselaborated first. In addition to a purely mathematical definition, an engineering interpretation of

International seminars and lectures 45locking effects is discussed by means of illustrative examples. Subsequently, different state-of-theartapproaches eliminating the aforementioned effect are discussed in detail. These include:• Reduced integration.• Mixed finite element formulations.• Enhanced Assumed Strain (EAS) concept.• The examples consider the theory of small as well of finite deformations.Proofs of academic achievement: written examinationENVIRONMENTAL MODELLINGDepartment: Computational EngineeringContact: Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Sahlmen, 0234/32-22103, comp-eng@rub.deDegree programme: Master Course Computational EngineeringModule: Environmental Modelling (MSc-CE-W03)This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Lecture / ExerciseCredit Points: 4Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Harro Stolpe, Dipl.-Geol. Stefan HaasRequirements: Basics of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, EcologyLanguage: EnglishRoom Day, Time BeginIA 0/50 Thursday 14.15-16.45 Please see blackboard noticeat the respective departmentCourse description:Dynamic systems are important in the natural and human made environment (e.g. water balance,population dynamic, nutrient flow). Dynamic systems can be mathematically described andcalculated by difference equations.The lecture “Environmental modelling" deals with dynamic systems in the field of ecology andenvironmental engineering. Contents of this lecture are system identification and programming.The students learn to use the modelling software "PowerSim Constructor Lite" (Freeware).Examples:• Population dynamics• Predator-Prey-Simulation• Watershed simulation• Water balance of a little farmGeographic Information Systems (GIS) are modern instruments for processing spatial data. Theyare used for environmental planning worldwide. Different information about soil, climate, water,vegetation must often be processed in large quantities and be explained spatially. The students getan introduction to the software ArcGIS 9.2.Proofs of academic achievement: written examination

46 International seminars and lecturesCOMPUTATIONAL MODELLING OF MIXTURESLanguage: EnglishDepartment: Computational EngineeringContact: Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Sahlmen, 0234/32-22103, comp-eng@rub.deDegree programme: Master Course Computational EngineeringModule: Computational Modelling of Mixtures (MSc-CE-WP08)This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Lecture / ExerciseCredit Points: 4Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger SteebRequirements: Ideally a B. Sc. degree in an engineering sciences subject; knowledge inmathematics and mechanics (Tensor Theory, Mechanical Modelling of Materials)Room Day, Time BeginIA 4/56 Friday 10.15-11.45 12/04/2013Course description:Several advanced issues in the field of continuum mixtures will be addressed. More precisely, thefollowing topics will be covered:• Basic concept of superimposed continua• Kinematical description of continuum mixtures• Balance equations for single and multiphase materials• Material theory of mixtureso Extended entropy inequalityo Principle of phase separationo Equilibrium and non-equilibrium relations• Basic binary models of solid-solid, solid-fluid and fluid-fluid mixtures including boundary andinitial value problems (multiphase and multi-component fluids, consolidation processes,diffusion problems)• Numerical solution strategies for coupled problemsProofs of academic achievement: Written examination / Seminar papersFINITE ELEMENT METHOD FOR NONLINEAR ANALYSES OF INELASTICMATERIALS AND STRUCTURESLanguage: EnglishDepartment: Computational EngineeringContact: Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Sahlmen, 0234/32-22103, comp-eng@rub.deDegree programme: Master Course Computational EngineeringModule: Finite Element Methods for Nonlinear Analyses of Inelastic Materials and Structures(MSc-CE-WP07)This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: block courseCredit Points: 3Teacher/Lecturer: M. Sc. Abdullah Alsahly, Prof. Dr. techn. Günther Meschke

International seminars and lectures 47Requirements: Basic knowledge of tensor analysis, continuum mechanics and linear FiniteElement Methods is required, Participation in the lecture “Advanced Finite Element Methods”(CE-WP04) is strongly recommendedRoom Day, Time BeginIA 6/21 Monday 12.30-14.00 Please see blackboard noticeCourse description:The course is concerned with inelastic material models including their algorithmic formulationand implementation in the framework of nonlinear finite element analyses. Special attention willbe paid to efficient algorithms for physically nonlinear structural analyses. Consideringelastoplastic models for metals, soils and concrete as well as damaged based models for brittlematerials. As a final study work, the formulation and implementation of inelastic material modelsinto an existing finite element programme and its application to nonlinear structural analyses willbe performed in autonomous teamwork by the participants.Proofs of academic achievement: Project work and final student presentationCASE STUDIES BLanguage: EnglishDepartment: Computational EngineeringContact: Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Sahlmen, 0234/32-22103, comp-eng@rub.deDegree programme: Master Course Computational EngineeringModule: Case Studies B (MSc-CE-W14)This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: ProjectCredit Points: 3Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. K. Hackl, Prof. Dr.-Ing. R. Höffer, Prof. Dr.-Ing. P. Mark,Prof. Dr. techn. G. Meschke, Prof. Dr.-Ing. T. Nestorovic, Prof. Dr.-Ing. H. Steeb, Prof. Dr. rer.nat. H. StolpeRequirements: ---Room Day, Time BeginPlease see blackboard notice at the respective departmentCourse description:The project topic is usually determined by the respective lecturer or an assistant. In addition to this,students may also conduct project work on topics defined by industrial firms or authorities. However, theproject work must be completed under the supervision of one of the course’s lecturers.The projects are usually devised so as to integrate interdisciplinary aspects such as:- Noticing problems and describing them- Formulating envisaged goals- Team-oriented problem solutions- Organising and optimising the time and work plan- Interdisciplinary problem solutions- Literature research and evaluation as well as the consultation of experts- Documentation, illustration and presentation of resultsProofs of academic achievement: project paper, presentation

48 International seminars and lecturesFACULTY OF EAST ASIAN STUDIESJAPAN IN REGIONAL AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCEDepartment: East Asian PoliticsDegree programme: Master of ArtsContact: Kamila Szczepanska, 0234 32-26446, kamila.szczepanska@rub.deModule: Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik OstasiensThis module is taught only partly in English.Course type: SeminarCredit Points: 4.5Teacher/Lecturer: Kamila SzczepanskaRequirements: B.A. DegreeRoom Day, Time BeginGB 04/159 Tuesday, 12-16 09.04.2013Language: EnglishCourse description:The class will focus on the role played by Japan in a set of chosen global and regional institutionssince the 1945. Firstly, we will investigate Japan's emergence from the war defeat and re-entry intointernational political economy under the guidance of the US.Secondly, we will discuss the evolving relationship between Japan and the most significant globalinstitutions such as the United Nations, Bretton Woods institutions: International Monetary Fundand World Bank, World Trade Organisation (WTO), Organisation for Economic Co-Operation andDevelopment (OECD), G8 and G20. During the class we will 1) analyse Japan's behaviour in theaforementioned institutions and factors (domestic and international) that shape it, 2) discussJapan's approach to reforming the current system of global governance, and 3) evaluate thecountry's overall contribution to global governance. The latter problem will be addressed withinthe broader framework of academic discussions on Japan's role in the world, i.e. commentspointing out the continuing disparity between Japan's economic power and its low-key posture onthe international arena on the one hand, and voices underlining increasing assertiveness ofJapan's foreign policy in the last two decades, on the other.Thirdly, we will investigate Japanese involvement in multilateral institution-building in Asia.Here, our main focus will be put on Japan's relationship with ASEAN, the country's participationin the East Asia Summit as well as ongoing process of pursuing FTA and EPA agreements withthe country's neighbours. Special attention will be given to the increasing competition betweenJapan and China over leadership position in the region.Lastly, we will discuss the involvement of Japan's civil society groups and NGOs in regional/globalgovernance.Proofs of academic achievement: Attendance, contributing to in-class discussions, in-classpresentation and possibly an essay (latter issue will be discussed during the first meeting)

International seminars and lectures 49FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERINGTECHNICAL ENGLISHDepartment: Lehrstuhl für Photonic und TerahertztechnologieContact: Alan Davis, +49 (0)234-32-25079, Alan.Davis@rub.deDegree programme: MasterModule: Lasers and PhotonicsThis module is taught entirely in English.Course type: LectureCredit Points: 3Teacher/Lecturer: Alan DavisLanguage: EnglishRequirements: Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Physics orMechanical EngineeringRoom Day, Time BeginID 03/463 Wensday 08:15-09:45 10/04/2013Course description:As in Part 1 of the course, you will receive training in all of the language skills (listening,speaking, reading and writing) required for effective participation in the Laser and Photonicsmaster programme. Whereas the main focus of Part 1 of the course was on developing effectivestudy-relevant listening strategies and speaking skills, the main, but not exclusive, focus of Part 2is on academic and scientific reading and writing.To this end, we will continue to work on authentic texts relevant to the field of Lasers andPhotonics (extracts from textbooks, texts from scientific journals, popular science magazines etc.)to further develop your reading skills and improve your understanding and use of keyterminology.The main focus of the writing component is a poster presentation. Together we will go throughthe steps necessary to create an authentic scientific poster to present your field of researchinterest. During a simulated poster presentation session, you will present your research to otherstudents and invited guests.Home assignments and additional materials will be made available on the Blackboard e-learningplatform.Proofs of academic achievement: written examination and continual assessmentThis course is credited for „Optionalbereich“.This course is especially suitable for exchange students.LASER MATERIALS PROCESSINGDepartment: Lehrstuhl für LaseranwendungstechnikLanguage: English

50 International seminars and lecturesContact: Cemal Esen, +49 (0)234-32-25697, Esen@lat.rub.deDegree programme: MasterModule: Lasers and PhotonicsThis module is taught entirely in English.Course type: LectureCredit Points: 6Teacher/Lecturer: Dipl.-Ing. Reza GhadiriRequirements: Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Physics orMechanical EngineeringRoom Day, Time BeginID 05/158 Tuesday 14:00-16:30 12/04/2013Course description:First of all the principles of different high power lasers and their suitability for material processingare treated. Then the guiding and forming devices for laser beams are discussed. The properties oflaser beams and material surfaces are discussed in own chapters. The following chapters includethe interaction between laser beam and material as well as the different processing methods e.g.cutting, welding, surface treating and marking. The last two chapters contain an overview aboutlaser safety and an introduction in laser applications in medical engineering.Proofs of academic achievement: Oral examinationThis course is credited for „Optionalbereich.This course is especially suitable for exchange students.LASER TECHNOLOGYDepartment: Lehrstuhl für LaseranwendungstechnikContact: Evgeny Gurevich, +49 (0)234-32-29891, Gurevich@lat.rub.deDegree programme: MasterModule: Lasers and PhotonicsThis module is taught entirely in English.Course type: LectureCredit Points: 6Teacher/Lecturer: Jun.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat Evgeny GurevichLanguage: EnglishRequirements: Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Physics orMechanical EngineeringRoom Day, Time BeginID 05/158 Tuesday 10:00-13:15 09/04/2013Course description:After an introduction into the different energy levels in atoms and molecules and a basicdescription of the quantum mechanics concept the different principles of lightmatter interactionare derived, i.e. absorption, spontaneous emission and stimulated emission. Second, the rate

International seminars and lectures 51equations will be presented and effective amplification of light will be discussed. In the following,resonator concepts will be investigated and a complete description of the laser becomes possible.In the next chapter optical components, polarisation and birefringence are explained and methodsto generate short and ultrashort pulses. Based on this knowledge the different laser sources will bepresented subdivided into solidstate lasers, gas lasers, liquid dye lasers and semiconductor lasers.Finally, nonlinear optics is explained in order to generate new wavelengths.Proofs of academic achievement: Oral examinationThis course is credited for „Optionalbereich.This course is especially suitable for exchange students.PHOTONICSDepartment: Lehrstuhl für Photonic und TerahertztechnologieContact: Martin Hofmann, +49 (0)234-32-22259, Martin.Hofmann@rub.deDegree programme: MasterModule: Lasers and PhotonicsThis module is taught entirely in English.Course type: LectureCredit Points: 6Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Martin R. HofmannLanguage: EnglishRequirements: Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Physics orMechanical EngineeringRoom Day, Time BeginID 03/445 Wensday 11:15-12:45 10/04/2013Course description:The lecture starts with the fundamentals of linear optics (refraction, diffraction, dispersion etc.).Afterwards, the interaction of light and matter is analyzed and the fundamentals of lasers areworked out. Important laser systems are discussed and principles of the generation of short lightpulses are explained. Furthermore, the principles and applications of nonlinear optics arediscussed. As the most important photonic application, optical memories and opticaltelecommunications are disscussed in separate chapters. The lecture is concluded with an outlookon the potential of photonic crystals.Proofs of academic achievement: Oral examinationThis course is credited for „Optionalbereich“.This course is especially suitable for exchange students.

52 International seminars and lecturesFACULTY OF LAWTHINKING AND WRITING LIKE A LAWYERDepartment: Faculty of LawContact: Katrin Giesen, +49 (0)234 32-27681, Katrin.giesen@rub.deDegree programme: n.s.Module: n.s.This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Lecture/workshopCredit Points: 3Teacher/Lecturer: Katrin GiesenRequirements: proficient EnglishLanguage: EnglishRoom Day, Time BeginGC 8/39 Tuesday, 12 to 14 09/04/2013GC 8/39 Wednesday, 14 to 16 10/04/2013GC 7/39 Wednesday 16 to 18 10.04.2013GC 8/39 Tuesday, 10 to 12 09/04/2013Course description:It is the main objective of the course to improve the written and oral English skills of students.During the course, students will learn how to express themselves in plain English language. Thecourse will include drafting exercises (letter of advice to client, legal research memorandum topartner) and the improvement of oral skills (presentation skills, client interview and negotiation,introduction to mooting). The course will be taught by providing theoretical knowledge, and thenpracticing the acquired skills by way of drafting and oral presentations and discussions.Proofs of academic achievement: Written assessment: drafting a client letter, plus oralassessment: a choice of negotiation or presentation in classThis course is especially suitable for exchange students.INTRUDUCTION TO SOUTH-AFRICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAWDepartment: Faculty of LawContact: Katrin Giesen, +49 (0)234 32-27681, Katrin.giesen@rub.deDegree programme: n.s.Module: n.s.This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: LectureCredit Points: 3Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Werner ScholtzRequirements: proficient EnglishLanguage: English

International seminars and lectures 53Room Day, Time BeginTBA 5./6. July, 12./13. July 2013, 09:00 to 17:00 05/07/2013Course description:It is the main aim of this course to introduce students to the terminology and doctrines of SouthAfrican constitutional law; to apply knowledge to factual situations and furthermore to analyseconstitutional issues and offer creative solutions.Section 1 accordingly introduces students to the terminology of constitutional law. Section 2presents a historic background to the development of current South African constitutional law.The third part of the course aims to clarify the most important constitutional doctrines in terms ofthe South African context. This section will also provide students with up to date developmentsthat have an impact on constitutional law. A thorough analysis of case law, textbooks andauthoritative articles form an integral part of the course. Student participation and the completionof written assignments are essential for the realisation of the objectives of the course.Proofs of academic achievement: Written examinationThis course is especially suitable for exchange students.INTRODUCTION À LA TERMINOLOGIE JURIDIQUE FRANCAISELanguage: FranzösischDepartment: Law Faculty, Prof PuttlerContact: Geoffrey Juchs, +49 (0)234 32-24967, Geoffrey.Juchs@ruhr-uni-bochum.deDegree programme: Bachelor/ MasterModule: n.s.This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: LectureCredit Points: 3Teacher/Lecturer: Geoffrey JuchsRequirements: proficient FrenchRoom Day, Time BeginGC 7/31 Thursday, 12 to 12 11/04/2013Course description:Introduction into French legal terminology, focus on public law, mainly constitutional lawProofs of academic achievement: tbaThis course is especially suitable for exchange students.INTRODUCTION TO SOUTH-AFRICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAWDepartment: Law faculty, Prof PuttlerContact: Katrin Giesen, +49 (0)234 32-27681, Katrin.giesen@rub.deDegree programme: n.s.Language: English

54 International seminars and lecturesModule: n.s.This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Lecture/Seminar/…Credit Points: 3Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Werner ScholtzRequirements: proficient English, some knowledge of constitutional lawRoom Day, Time BeginGC 7/131, exam in GBCF04/414Friday, 9 to 17, Saturday, 9to 17, 5.7, 6.7, 12.7, 13.7,exam 19.7 14 to 165.7.2013Course description:It is the main aim of this course to introduce students to the terminology and doctrines of SouthAfrican constitutional law; to apply knowledge to factual situations and furthermore to analyseconstitutional issues and offer creative solutions.Section 1 accordingly introduces students to the terminology of constitutional law. Section 2presents a historic background to the development of current South African constitutional law.The third part of the course aims to clarify the most important constitutional doctrines in terms ofthe South African context. This section will also provide students with up to date developmentsthat have an impact on constitutional law. A thorough analysis of case law, textbooks andauthoritative articles form an integral part of the course. Student participation and the completionof written assignments are essential for the realisation of the objectives of the course.Proofs of academic achievement: written examINTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH CONTRACT LAWDepartment: Faculty of Law, office of the deanContact: Lisa Gow, +49 (0)234 32-25273, lisa.gow@rub.deDegree programme: n.s.Module: n.s.This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: n.s.Credit Points: 3Teacher/Lecturer: Lisa Gow, LLBRequirements: proficient EnglishLanguage: EnglishRoom Day, Time BeginGC 8/39 Tuesday, 14 to 16 09/04/2013Course description:This course will introduce students to British law of contract. It will have a general introduction tothe common law system, followed by an introduction to principles of contract law, includingformation, interpretation, problems arising after formation and remedies for breach. Students areexpected to participate and complete written exercises. They must be able to understand, read,write and speak English.

International seminars and lectures 55Assessment: There are two assessments: A short in-class presentation on a choice of topic, and a2-hour written exam at the end of the course. .Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.This course is especially suitable for exchange students.INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH CONTRACT LAWDepartment: Faculty of lawContact: Lisa Gow, +49 (0)234 32-25273, lisa.gow@rub.deDegree programme: n.s.Module: n.s.This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: n.s.Credit Points: 3Teacher/Lecturer: Lisa Gow, LLBRequirements: Proficient englishLanguage: EnglishRoom Day, Time BeginGC 8/39 Tuesday, 16 to 18 09/04/2013Course description:This course will introduce students to British law of contract. It will have a general introduction tothe common law system, followed by an introduction to principles of contract law, includingformation, interpretation, problems arising after formation and remedies for breach. Students areexpected to participate and complete written exercises. They must be able to understand, read,write and speak English.Assessment: There are two assessments: A short in-class presentation on a choice of topic, and a2-hour written exam at the end of the course. .Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.This course is especially suitable for exchange students.INTRODUCTION TO UK CONSTITUTIONAL LAWDepartment: Faculty of lawContact: Lisa Gow, +49 (0)234 32-25273, lisa.gow@rub.deDegree programme: n.s.Module: n.s.This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: n.s.Credit Points: 3Teacher/Lecturer: Lisa Gow, LLBRequirements: proficient EnglishLanguage: English

56 International seminars and lecturesRoom Day, Time BeginGC 8/39 Wednesday 10 to 12 Also 12 to 14 10/04/2013Course description:This course will introduce students to British law of contract. It will have a general introduction tothe common law system, followed by an introduction to principles of contract law, includingformation, interpretation, problems arising after formation and remedies for breach. Students areexpected to participate and complete written exercises. They must be able to understand, read,write and speak English.Proofs of academic achievement: There are two assessments: A short in-class presentation on achoice of topic, and a 2-hour written exam at the end of the course.This course is especially suitable for exchange students.

International seminars and lectures 57FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICSThe Faculty of Management and Economics offers the English-taught “Master of Science inEconomics” programme. The course catalogue of the MSc Economics is available for download atwww.rub.de/econmaster/Download.html.MARKETING MANAGEMENTDepartment: Marketing DepartmentContact: Judith Gesing, phone: +49 (0)234-32-25342, e-mail: judith.gesing@rub.deDegree programme: BachelorModule: Marketing ManagementThis module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Lecture and exercisesCredit Points: 10 ECTSTeacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Jan Wieseke, Prof. Dr. Doreen PickRequirements: noneRoom Day, Time BeginHZO 50HZO 40HZO 40Wednesday 12.00 - 14.00Thursday 12.00 – 14.00Thursday 14.00 – 16.00tbaLanguage: EnglishCourse description:The goals of international companys are often not only value oriented, but also market andcustomer oriented. To achieve these goals is the purpose of marketing. The decisions which leadto a market orientated management will be discussed. As lots of analyses in companies are usuallyconducted with statistical methods nowadays, these will also be content of the course.Proofs of academic achievement: Written examinationCONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCEDepartment: Lehrstuhl für Accounting, insb. AuditingContact: Dipl.-Ök. Janine Maniora, +49 (0)234 32-25645, Janine.Maniora@rub.deDegree programme: BachelorModule: Contemporary Issues in Corporate GovernanceThis module is taught entirely in English.Course type: SeminarCredit Points: 5 ECTSLanguage: English

58 International seminars and lecturesTeacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Jürgen ErnstbergerRequirements: A basic knowledge of accounting and finance is required.Room Day, Time BeginGC 2/60 Wednesday 14.15-15.45 10/04/2013Course description:The course focuses on different contemporary issues in corporate governance. Examples areinternational differences in corporate governance, stakeholder conflicts, enforcement andcompliance. It enables students to understand and discuss corporate governance mechanisms aswell as new regulative approaches in this area. Students should gain experience in writingscientific papers and presenting the main results.Further appointments will be announced in the introductory session.Proofs of academic achievement: Oral and written examination. Seminar paper (60%),presentation of the main results and participation in the class discussion (40%). It is not possibleto either repeat the writing of the paper or the presentation/discussion. A student has passed themodule if the weighted average of both grades is at least 4,0.ECONOMICS OF MARKET FAILUREDepartment: Lehrstuhl für Angewandte MikroökonomikDegree programme: BSc in Management and EconomicsContact: David Angenendt, 0234/32-22887, appliedmicro@rub.deModule: Economics of Market FailureThis module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Lecture (2h) plus tutorial (2h)Credit Points: 10 ECTSTeacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Julio R. Robledo and assistantsLanguage: EnglishRequirements: Good knowledge of basic microeconomic theory, good command of English.Room Day, Time BeginHGC 40Tuesday 12.15-13.45 09/04/2013HZO 60Thursday 10.15-11.45 11/04/2013Course description:The module covers standard public economics allocation topics at an undergraduate level:equilibrium, Pareto-efficiency, public goods, externalities, asymmetric information, monopoly.Proofs of academic achievement: Written examinationNETWORK ECONOMICSDepartment: Lehrstuhl für Angewandte MikroökonomikLanguage: English

International seminars and lectures 59Degree programme: MSc in Management and EconomicsContact: Mutlu Özcan, +49 (0)234/32-22887, appliedmicro@rub.deModule: Network EconomicsThis module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Lecture (2h) plus tutorial (2h)Credit Points: 10 ECTSTeacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Julio R. Robledo and assistantsRequirements: Good knowledge of basic microeconomic theory, good command of English.Room Day, Time BeginGC 03/42Tuesday 16.15-17.45 09/04/2013GC 03/42Thursday 12.15-13.45 11/04/2013Course description:The module analyzes the competition in networks markets with standard industrial organizationtools. We will focus on complimentarities, compatibilities, network externalities, switching costs,etc. The industries covered will range from the hardware and software industry to telecoms,information goods, banking networks, etc. The module will follow mainly the approachable bookby Oz Shy (2001) The Economics of Network Industries, which will be complimented by journalpapers.Proofs of academic achievement: Written examinationINTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL TAXATIONDepartment: Lehrstuhl für Betriebswirtschaftliche SteuerlehreDegree programme: MasterContact: Nadine Broos, +49 (0)234 32-28906, steuern@rub.deModule: Introduction to International TaxationThis module is taught only partly in English.Course type: LectureCredit Points: 5Teacher/Lecturer: Dr. Achim RoederRequirements: BSc-Modul „Unternehmensbesteuerung I“Language: EnglishRoom Day, Time BeginGC 02/120 Thursday 08.00-10.00 18/04/2013Course description:The study module Introduction to International Taxation deals with tax aspects of cross-borderactivities of German resident taxpayers in foreign countries and non-resident taxpayers inGermany. In this course, attention is especially given to unilateral and bilateral regulations whichshall prevent double taxation and regulations which shall secure the national taxation right.Therefore emphasis is given to double taxation treaties and the German Foreign Tax Act (AStG).Based on this knowledge the influence of taxation on the structure of foreign investments(location, legal form, financing) is taken into consideration.Proofs of academic achievement: written examinatiom

60 International seminars and lecturesFACULTY OF MATHEMATICSNUMERICAL METHODS AND STOCHASTICSLanguage: EnglishDepartment: MathematicsContact: Dr. Eva Glasmachers, +49 (0)234/32-23780, mathe-dekanat@rub.deDegree programme: Master Course Computational EngineeringModule: Numerical Methods and StochasticsThis module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Lecture seriesCredit Points: 6Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. H. Dehling and Prof. Dr. C. HelzelRequirements: Knowledge of Analysis, Numerics and Stochastics on the level of a bachelor inengineering scienceRoom Day, Time BeginNA 6/99,Mon. 15:15-16:4508/04/2013NA 01/99, IA 3/56Wed. 12:30-14:00Course description:Numerics:Two-point boundary value problems, prerequisites for finite element and finite volume methods,efficient solvers for large linear systems of equations, linear and non-linear optimization.Stochastics:- Fundamental concepts of probability and statistics: (multivariate) densities, extreme valuedistributions, descriptive statistics, parameter estimation and testing, confidence intervals,goodness of fit tests.- Time series analysis: trend and seasonality, ARMA models, spectral density, parameterestimation, prediction.- Multivariate statistics: correlation, principal component analysis, factoranalysis.- Linear models: multiple linear regression, F-test for linear hypotheses, Analysis of Variance.Proofs of academic achievement: 2 hours written examCOMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICSDepartment: MathematicsContact: Dr. Eva Glasmachers, +49 (0)234/32-23780, mathe-dekanat@rub.deDegree programme: Master Course Computational EngineeringModule: Computational Fluid DynamicsThis module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Lecture & ExerciseCredit Points: 6Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. C. HelzelLanguage: English

International seminars and lectures 61Requirements: Basic knowledge about: partial differential equations and their variationalformulation, finite element methods, numerical methods for the solution of large linear and nonlinearsystems of equationsRoom Day, Time BeginNA 2/24Mon. 11:15-12:4508/04/2013NA 1/64Wed. 15:00-17:00Course description:The class provides an overview of numerical techniques that are used to solve the partialdifferential equations describing fluid flow problems. The course starts with an introduction ofthe mathematical models describing the dynamics of incompressible as well as compressible fluidflow problems. It contains detailed discussions of numerical methods for the Poisson problem,the heat equation and the advection equation and shows how these methods can be used asbuilding blocks for numerical algorithms in CFD.Proofs of academic achievement: 2-hour closed book written examDIFFERENTIAL PRIVACYDepartment: MathematicsContact: Prof. Dr. Hans Ulrich Simon, +49 (0)234-32-22797, Hans.Simon@rub.deDegree programme: Master CourseModule: MA 5This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: LectureCredit Points: 4.5Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Hans Ulrich SimonRequirements: Bachelors Degree in Mathematics or Computer ScienceRoom Day, Time BeginNA 1/64 Monday, 14:15 – 16:00 08/04/2013Language: EnglishCourse description:The lecture is about information extraction from data that contain sensitive information aboutindividuals. On one hand, the individuals readiness for providing personal data that areelectronically processed very much depends on effective methods for data protection. On theother hand, many applications require the data collection to be exposed to procedures that extractpieces of statistically relevant information. The approach named "Differential Privacy" can beviewed as an attempt to cope with theses seemingly conflicting goals. It provides answeringschemes that allow the extraction of statistically relevant information but, at the same time, allowfor conclusions about an individual to a very limited and almost negligible extent only. In thelectures about differential Privacy, we present the underlying mathematical methods and some ofthe results that have been achieved to date.The lecture is based on original papers from the last decade. A list of references will be given tothe students in the very beginning of the lecture series.Proofs of academic achievement: Oral examination.

62 International seminars and lecturesFACULTY OF MEDICINEJOURNAL CLUBDepartment: NeurophysiologieDegree programme: n.s.Contact: Prof. Dr. Denise Manahan-Vaughan, +49 (0)234/32-22042, lmr@rub.deModule: "Structure, Function & Plasticity of the Central Nervous System"This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: analytical skills training in neurophysiologyCredit Points: n.s.Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Funke, Dr. Hagena, Dr. Klein, Dr. AlianeRequirements: n.s.Room Day, Time BeginMA 2/150 Wednesday, 4.30 p.m. 10.04.2012Course description: n.s.Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.Language: EnglishVIROLOGY FOR STUDENTS OF MASTER OF SCIENCESLanguage: EnglishDepartment: Department of Molecular and Medical VirologyContact: Dr. Thomas Grunwald, +49 (0)234 32-24882, Thomas.Grunwald@rub.deDegree programme: MasterModule: Molecular MedicineThis module is taught entirely in English.Course type: SeminarCredit Points: 5Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Streckert, Prof. Tenbusch, Dr. Stang, Dr. Temchura, PD Dr. Lu, Dr.GrunwaldRequirements: Bacherlors Degree of Biochemistry or Biology,Room Day, Time BeginGC 6/134 Friday 10.15-11.45 12/04/2013Course description:The students will get acquainted with relevant topics of virology. Aspects of the course are virusfamilies and their induced pathology particularly in humans. Further, the students will obtainknowledge how viruses interact on molecular and immunological level with their enviroment orhosts.Proofs of academic achievement: Written exam.

International seminars and lectures 63FACULTY OF PHILOLOGYDEPARTMENT OF ROMANCE STUDIES050 963 LA GRAMMATICALISATION DE PRONOMDepartment: Romanisches SeminarDegree programme: M.A.Contact: Name, Phone, Email Cremer-Duda, 0234-32-28630,sabine.cremer-duda@rub.deModule: Name Aufbaumodul Sprachwissenschaft (Rom.Phil.) M.A.Module taught for the most part in frenchCourse type: HauptseminarCredit Points: 7Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Wiltrud MihatschRequirements: n.s.Room Day, Time BeginGB 8/138 Do, 10-12h 18.04.13Language: frz.Course description:Selon Marchello Nizia (2006) onze des vingt et une formes pronominales du français modernerésultent d'un processus de grammaticalisation. Après une discussion de quelques approchesactuelles de la grammaticalisation nous allons étudier des cas particulièrement intéressantscomme le pronom indéfini on, le pronom négatif personne, l’expression faiblementgrammaticalisé tout le monde et les pro-nom propres untel et machin truc en analysant desdonnées de toutes les époques du français.Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.This course is credited for „Optionalbereich“.This course is especially suitable for exchange students.

64 International seminars and lecturesDEPARTMENT OF SLAVONIC STUDIESVILNIUS 1800-1830: PEOPLE, INSTITUTIONS, CAREERSWILNO 1800-1830: LUDZIE, INSTYTUCJE, KARIERYDepartment: Department of Slavonic Studies (Seminar fuer Slavistik/ Lotman-Institut)Degree programme: Slavic Philology, BA, MAContact: Monika Bednarczuk, +49 (0)234-32-25157, monika.bednarczuk@rub.deLanguage: PolishModule: BA: Basismodul Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft, Aufbaumodul Literatur- undKulturwissenschaft (StO 2004), Spezialisierungsmodul (Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft StO2010// MA: Basismodul Weitere Slavische Sprache (StO 2010).Course type: seminarCredit Points: 3 (attendance slip) or 6 (performance slip) creditsTeacher/Lecturer: Monika Bednarczuk, Ph.D.Requirements: Knowledge in Polish language on Level B1/B2Room Day, Time BeginGB 8/60 Wednesday, 14-16 15.04.2013Course description:The course focuses on the specific situation of the Vilnius University and the city of Vilnius afterthe third partition of Poland. The former eastern territories of Poland became 1795 the westernprovinces of the Russian Empire but in the first decades after the partitions no policy ofrussification was launched. Moreover, the University obtained financial support from the tsarAlexander I., while his friend Prince Adam J. Czartoryski, the superior of the University, wasdoing his best to provide the best conditions for its professors and students. Thanks to his effortsVilnius created a good climate for social and scientific work. As a result, a few interesting societieswere formed (the Philomats, the Philarets, the "Schoundrels") and some of their members were toplay a significant role in the Polish and/ or Russian culture. The seminar focuses on a few peoplestemming from that academic milieu (Joachim Lelewel, Adam Mickiewicz, Tomasz Zan, JakubSzymkiewicz). What ist at stake is their political and social consciousness in the particularimperial situation, the choices they made, their careers.Proofs of academic achievement: 1. reguirements to obtain a record of attendance: active andregular participation in the event, 2. to obtain an evidence of achievement: an essay.

International seminars and lectures 65ENGLISH DEPARTMENTwww.rub.de/anglistikApart from few exceptions all courses offered by the English Department are taught in English.The different courses cover topics from the fields of American Cultural Studies, British Cultural Studies,American Literature, British Literature and Linguistics.Classes which could be particularly useful and interesting for exchange students are also provided in the modulesLanguage Practice (i.e. Translation, Communication, Grammar) and English for Special Purposes (i.e. LegalEnglish, Business English, Technical English).A complete list can be found on the departmental homepage:http://www.es.rub.de/vorlesungsverzeichnis.htmlContact Information:Geschäftszimmer GB 6/133Mon-Fri: 9am – 1pmPhone: 0234/32-22589Email: anglistik@rub.de

66 International seminars and lecturesINSTITUTE OF MEDIA STUDIESAMERICAN CINEMA OF THE 1960S (051758)Department: Institute of Media StudiesDegree programme: n.s.Contact: Dr. Christian Stewen, +49 (0)234/32-27812, christian.stewen@rub.deModule: Vertiefendes ModulThis module is taught entirely in English.Course type: MasterCredit Points: 4 - 6Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Eva WarthRequirements: oral presentation in class and active participation in discussions.Room Day, Time BeginGA 1/153 Thursday, 10-12 April, 11thCourse description:Language: EnglishThe Sixties are a particularly fascinating decade in American film history marked byheterogeneity, innovation and crisis. In this course, we will approach the decade from a number ofdifferent angles. Economic reasons such as the breakdown of the Hollywood studio system andthe advent of television will be considered along with the implication of American politics(Vietnam, Civil Rights Movement) for the cinema. We will investigate a broad range of cinematicforms such as mainstream cinema (GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER) and independentproductions (for example Cassavete's SHADOWS and films by Andy Warhol) as well asdocumentary films (Direct Cinema and Radical Cinema) and experimental films (Beat generationfilms such as PULL MY DAISY and structural film). In analyzing the politics of representation inthese films, we will focus on transitions from modernist to postmodernist aesthetics.The goal of the course is to offer a comprehensive assessment of a specific moment in filmhistory. The American cinema of the 1960s is examined from a variety of angles includingproduction context, rhetoric and aesthetics as well as national specificity. This historicalinvestigation will be related to theoretical issues concerning the politics of representation.Requirements for successful completion of the course (Teilnahmeschein) are an oral presentationin class and active participation in discussions.Proofs of academic achievement: n. s.

International seminars and lectures 67FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY AND EDUCATIONINSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHCOOPERATIVE LEARNING AND WORKDepartment: Chair of Educational PsychologyDegree programme: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)/Master of Education (M.Ed.)Contact: Dr. Ute Lange, +49 (0)234/32-24982, ute.lange@rub.deModule A6: Lernen und LehrenModule taught only party in EnglishCourse type: HauptseminarCredit Points: 4 CP (+ 3 CP for extended course paer)Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Nikol RummelLanguage: EnglishRoom Day, Time BeginGA 03/42 Friday, 10.00 – 12.00 12/04/2013Course description:This seminar focuses on theories and models of communication and cooperation. First andforemost, successful cooperation depends on general aspects of good communication (e.g.,successful grounding). Secondly, in order for cooperative learning and work to succeed, partnersare required to pool their individual knowledge and resources, and to jointly co-construct newknowledge. Although prerequisite for successful cooperation, knowledge exchange and coconstructionof knowledge are not trivial. Specific challenges for the communication arise whencooperation partners have different levels of expertise (expert-layperson communication) or whenpersons from different disciplinary backgrounds cooperate (interdisciplinary communication). Inaddition, the use of media (e.g., computers) for communication entails specific challenges.Computer-based cooperation scenarios afford new possibilities for knowledge exchange and coconstructionof knowledge but also lead to new problems.Cooperation is at the same time the theme of this seminar and the didactic approach taken(Pädagogischer Doppeldecker). This means that in addition to discussing theoretical approachesand empirical findings regarding the above-mentioned topics, participants will get hands-onexperience with a variety of cooperative learning methods. Participants will acquire competencesin planning, implementing, and monitoring cooperative learning activities.Requirement for course credit (kleiner Studiennachweis): Continuous attendance and activeparticipation; preparation of one seminar session with didactic concept; handouts for the topic ofthe session and the implemented cooperative learning method.The course grade will be determined by means of a written, individual performance task that is tobe specified by the course instructor. Further activities (not graded) will be required in order toreceive course credit.The course is especially suitable for exchange students, students of educational science andMaster of Education.

68 International seminars and lecturesINSTITUTE FOR PHILOSOPHYTHE SELFDepartment: Philosophy DepartmentDegree programme: Bachelor/ MasterLanguage: EnglishContact: Jun.Prof. Dr. Tobias Schlicht, phone +49 (0)234 32-29479, tobias.schlicht@rub.deModule: WM IIa, WM IIIaThis module is taught entirely in English.Course type: CourseCredit Points: 4/6Teacher/Lecturer: Jun.Prof. Dr. Tobias SchlichtRequirements: Knowledge in philosophy of kognitionRoom Day, Time BeginGA 03/46 Friday 10-12 12.04.2013Course description:This seminar is intended to introduce the students of philosophy, psychology, and cognitivescience to the complexity of the concept (or plurality of concepts) of self and to the many differentapproaches to its (their) analysis. In addition to a rich philosophical history of thinking about theself, research and publications on the topic of the self have increased significantly in recent yearsacross a number of disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience. In theseminar, we will study a diversity of texts by leading representatives from the philosophy of mind,phenomenology, and Buddhist studie, but also from the cognitive sciences.Teaching will be in English and all texts will be made available electronically in their Englishversion in blackboard.Introductory Literature:B. Dainton: Philosophical Perspectives on the SelfM. Tsakiris, C. Frith: Scientific perspectives on the selfboth texts in: The Oxford companion to consciousness. ed. by. T. Bayne, A. Cleeremans, P.Wilken. OUP 2009Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.CURRENT TOPICS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE: MEANING INCONTEXTLanguage: EnglishDepartment: Philosophy DepartmentDegree programme: Bacholor/ Master

International seminars and lectures 69Contact: Prof. Dr. Markus Werning, phone +49 (0)234 32-24734, markus.werning@rub.deModule: WM IIa, WM IIIaThis module is taught entirely in English.Course type: CourseCredit Points: 4/6Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Markus WerningRequirements: Knowledge in philosophy of kognitionRoom Day, Time BeginGA 04/187 Thursday, 12-14 11.04.2013Course description:The seminar provides an introduction to ongoing debates in the philosophy of language with afocus on philosophical and linguistic theories on the interaction between semantics andpragmatics. With the principle of semantic compositionality in mind, we will discuss theinfluence of situational and linguistic contexts on sentence and word meaning. The big debatebetween semantic minimalism and contextualism, indexicalism, relativism as well aspragmaticism will be at issue. We will also ask how these controversies might eventually beinvestigated by means of neurolinguistic studies exploiting characteristic effects in the EEG.The seminar will enable students to follow and participate in one of the most important currentsdebates in the philosophy of language, linguistics and cognitive science. As part of the seminar,students will be given the opportunity to visit our on-site EEG lab.Aside from active participation, participants will be expected to give a presentation in English.Assistance regarding the English language will be provided.In the winter semester the seminar will be followed by a compact seminar plus workshop withinternationally renowned guest speakers as part of the program “Philosophie International”.LiteratureBorg, E. (2012). Pursuing Meaning. Oxford: Oxford University Press.Ezcurdia, M., & Stainton, R.J. (Eds., 2013). The Semantics-Pragmatics Boundary in Philosophy.Peterborough: Broadview Press.Recanati, F. (2010). Truth-Conditional Pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.Werning, M., Hinzen, W., & Machery, M. (Eds., 2012). The Oxford Handbook ofCompositionality. Oxford: Oxford University Press.Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.PHILOSOPHY OF PSYCHOLOGYDepartment: Philosophy DepartmentDegree programme: Bachelor/ MasterContact: Dr. Markus Eronen, Luca Barlassina, phone +49 (0)234 32-24721,markus.eronen@rub.deModule: WM IIb/ WM IIIbThis module is taught entirely in English.Language: English

70 International seminars and lecturesCourse type: CourseCredit Points: 4/ 6Teacher/Lecturer: Dr. Markus Eronen, Luca BarlassinaRequirements: n.s.Room Day, Time BeginGABF 04/358 Wednesday, 16-18 10.04.2013Course description:The study of the human mind always involves certain theoretical and philosophical assumptionsabout the nature of the mind and its relation to the brain, the body, and the environment.Philosophy of psychology makes these assumptions explicit and critically studies them. In the firstpart of this seminar, we will go through classic texts in philosophy of psychology; in the secondpart we will focus on selected recent debates. Questions we will discuss include: What is thestructure and organization of the human mind? What is the relation between psychological statesand brain states? Will psychological theories eventually reduce to neuroscience? In what sense isthe mind embodied or extended?.Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.EPISTEMIC LOGICLanguage: EnglishDepartment: Philosophy DepartmentDegree programme: MasterContact: Prof. Dr. Heinrich Wansing, phone +49 (0)234 32-24718, heinrich.wansing@rub.deModule: WM IIIaThis module is taught entirely in English.Course type: LectureCredit Points: 6Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Heinrich WansingRequirements: Knowledge in LogicRoom Day, Time BeginGABF 04/609 11.10.+13.12.2012, 11.10.201231.01.2013, 12-14Course description:Epistemic Logic is the logic of operators such as “agent α knows that’’, “agent α believes that’’(doxastic logic), “the group of agents Г knows that”, “it is distributed knowledge among the groupor agents Г that”, and “it is common knowledge that”. Epistemic logic is or ought to be related toepistemology, the general philosophical theory of knowledge. In this introduction to epistemiclogic we will first deal with some fundamental topics in epistemology, namely the problem ofdefining the notion of knowledge and various approaches to the concept of epistemic justification.In a second step the modal logic of knowledge and belief will be introduced. This approach isconfronted with a number of problems referred to as problems of logical omniscience. In a thirdstep, familiarity with the modal logic of knowledge will enable us to consider the so-called

International seminars and lectures 71knowability paradox. This paradox has received much attention in the debate between realistic andanti-realistic conceptions of truth. Finally, the logical analysis of knowledge will be refined andbrought in closer connection with general epistemology by considering so-call justification logics.These systems extend the logical analysis of knowledge by explicitly incorporating a formalrepresentation of justification.Credits can be obtained by passing a written examination (6 CP).Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.EMBODIMENT, EMPATHY AND THE PROBLEM OF OTHER MINDSDepartment: Philosophy DepartmentDegree programme: Bachelor/ MasterContact: Dr. Nivedita Gangopadhyay, phone +49 (0)234 32-29810,nivedita.gangopadhyay@gmail.comModule: WM IIc/ WM IIIcThis module is taught entirely in English.Course type: CourseCredit Points: 4/ 6Teacher/Lecturer: Dr. Nivedita GangopadhyayRequirements: n.s.Room Day, Time BeginGA 03/46 Tuesday, 8-10 09.04.2013Language: EnglishCourse description:Successful social interaction is the key to all aspects of our modern life, from everyday activities tohighly complex cultural, technological, and economic phenomena. One central research questiontherefore is: how do we understand other human beings? How do we know other minds? How dowe know that another person is in a particular mental state? Do we need a lot of backgroundknowledge and common sense understanding (theorizing) (e.g. Gopnik & Wellman 1995, Nichols& Stich 2003)? Do we simply use our own minds as models for other minds (simulating) (e.g.Gallese et al. 1996, Gallese & Goldman 1998, Goldman 2006)? Or are we able to immediatelygrasp another person’s mental states without theorizing or simulating (via a form of specialperception called ‘empathy’) (e.g. Gallagher 2005, 2008, Zahavi 2008, 2011)? These issues are atthe heart of discussion in philosophy of mind focusing on the problem of other minds. Theproblem of other minds in philosophy of mind also includes complex questions regarding howour understanding of ourselves as embodied minds enables an understanding of others assimilarly embodied beings. Is one’s own awareness of being an embodied mind inseparablyrelated to some form of pre-reflective and pre-conceptual awareness of other minds? Is one’s ownpre-reflective bodily awareness the key to the most basic understanding of other minds?The course will address these questions by covering state-of-the-art literature in the theory-ofminddebate, focusing on the notion of empathy as a form of immediate knowledge of otherminds, and the scope and validity of embodied cognition approaches to social cognition. Thecourse will include interdisciplinary literature from philosophy, psychology and neuroscience.Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.

72 International seminars and lecturesPHILOSOPHY OF THE SPECIAL SCIENCESDepartment: Philosophy DepartmentDegree programme: Bachelor/ MasterContact: Dr. Cameron Buckner, phone +49 (0)234 32-28339, camerontt2000@gmail.comModule: Name WM IIc/ IIIcThis module is taught entirely in English.Course type: CourseCredit Points: 4/ 6Teacher/Lecturer: Dr. Cameron BucknerRequirements: n.s.Room Day, Time BeginGABF 04/358 Tuesday, 16-18 09.04.2013Course description:Language: EnglishPhilosophy of science often focuses on metaphysical issues-such as unity, reduction, andexplanation-in the abstract. In this course, we will rather study these questions as they arise fromwithin the "special sciences", such as biology, neuroscience, and psychology. In this course, wewill review five debates surrounding central posits in the special sciences-in particular species,concepts, heuristics, emotions, and cognition. Central questions will involve the following:• Which disagreements are genuine and which are merely rhetorical or terminological?• How can we distinguish ontological disagreements from methodological orepistemological ones?• How can or should such disagreements be resolved?• Should findings from other sciences be deemed relevant to answering these questions-andif so, in what way?Note that in this course we will get our hands dirty with details from the sciences. Backgroundreadings on basic texts in these areas are available on request.The language of the course will be exclusively English.Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM "PHILOSOPHY MEETS COGNITIVE SCIENCE:INVESTIGATING MIND AND LANGUAGELanguage: EnglishDepartment: PhilosophyDepartmentDegree programme: MasterContact: Prof. Dr. Markus Werning, phone +49 (0)234 32-24734, markus.werning@rub.deModule: WM IIIcThis module is taught entirely in English.Course type: CourseCredit Points: 6

International seminars and lectures 73Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Markus Werning, Dr. Kevin ReuterRequirements: n.s.Room Day, Time BeginGA 04/187 Thursday, 16-18 11.04.2013Course description:In the research colloquium current topics at the interface between Philosophy and CognitiveScience will be discussed. In this seminar we focus on the investigation of mind and language.The colloquium hosts talks by visiting leading experts and local researchers as well aspresentations by doctoral and master students. Students will be given the (assisted) opportunity topresent their projects in English.Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.GLOBAL JUSTICEDepartment: Philosophy DepartmentDegree programme: MasterContact: Prof. Dr. Corinna Mieth, +49 (0)234 32-22748, corinna.mieth@rub.deModule: WM IIIbThis module is taught entirely in English.Course type: CourseCredit Points: 6Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Corinna Mieth, Dr. Christoph BambauerRequirements: n.s.Room Day, Time BeginGA 3/143 Thursday, 16-18 11.04.2013Language: EnglishCourse description:The seminar deals with problems of concepts and theories of justice which arise in the context ofglobalization. Although there are several prominent theories of justice in the history of philosophyit is unclear how far they can successfully face the challenges of global political structures andeconomic developments. Therefore it is necessary to ask certain questions of fundamentalrelevance: What are the specific normative requirements and empirical factors we must take intoaccount in order to make sense of the idea of global justice in a practical perspective? Do we haveto revise our normative concepts of justice? Or is it a matter of empirical knowledge so that weshould focus on questions of application in the first place? Following this line of thought we willdiscuss topics like distributive justice and the problem of poverty, the ethical dimension ofnational identity and the relation of cosmopolitism, sovereignty and democracy.The seminar is divided into three sections:Section 1 is a compact seminar which provides an overview about the various theories andconcepts of justice. The compact seminar will be held by Nadine Köhne and Oliver Schott fromthe Humboldt University Berlin. It will take place on the 18th and 19th of April.

74 International seminars and lecturesIn section 2 we will read several texts dealing with the relation of justice and globalization whichare currently discussed on an international level (eight sessions).Section 3 is a workshop with two guest speakers. The workshop will take place on two days at theend of July (detailed information will be announced soon). Taking part at the workshop ismandatory.Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.CURRENT PROBLEMS OF ECONOMIC ETHICSDepartment: Philosophy DepartmentDegree programme: MasterContact: Prof. Dr. Klaus Steigleder, phone +49 (0)234 32-22719, klaus.steigleder@rub.deModule: WM IIIbThis module is taught entirely in English.Course type: CourseCredit Points: 6Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Klaus SteiglederRequirements: n.s.Room Day, Time BeginGA 03/46 Tuesday, 16-18 09.04.2013Language: EnglishCourse description:The seminar is part of the masters program „Ethics – Economics, Law, and Politics“ and willtherefore be taught in English. It is also open to students of the masters programs in philosophy.The seminar will start with an introduction to economic ethics and will then study specificproblem areas and issues of economic ethics. The topics will include: the limits of the market, thesweatshop controversy, the so-called resource curse, the justification and critique of the welfarestate, the discussion of whether profits are deserved and the debate on the adequacy or inadequacyof the high salaries of managers and CEOs.The course will be based on essays representing different and controversial viewpoints on theseminar topics. A collection of these essays will be provided at the beginning of the seminar(charge applies).Recommended Books for those who would like to prepare for the seminar (just read or browsethrough one or two of the books you are most interested in:A. V. Banerjee, R. Bénabou, D. Mookherjee, Understanding Poverty, Oxford: Oxford University Press,2006.Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Dufflo, Poor Economics. A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight GlobalPoverty, New York: Public Affairs, 2011.George G. Brenkert; Tom L. Beauchamp (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Business Ethics, New York:Oxford University Press, 2009.John Cassidy, How Markets Fail. The Logic of Economic Calamities, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux,2009.Joseph Heath, Economics without Illusions. Debunking the Myths of Modern Capitalism, New York:Broadway Books, 2009.

International seminars and lectures 75Paul Krugman, End this Depression Now!, New York: W. W. Norton, 2012.Dani Rodrik, The Globalization Paradox. Democracy and the Future of the World Economy, New York:W.W. Norton, 2011.Michael Sandel, What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets, New York: Farrar, Straus andGiroux, 2012.Debra Satz, Why Some Things Should Not Be for Sale: The Moral Limits of Markets, New York: OxfordUniversity Press, 2010.David Schmidtz, Robert E. Goodin, Social Welfare and Individual Responsibility, Cambridge: CambridgeUniversity Press, 1998.Amartya Sen, Development as Freedom, New York: Anchor Books, 1999.Joseph Stiglitz, Making Globalization Work. The Next Steps to Justice, London: Allen Lane, 2006.Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.HEALTH IMPACT FUND - EELP SUMMER SCHOOLDepartment: Philosophy DepartmentDegree programme: MasterContact: Prof. Dr. Corinna Mieth, +49 (0)234 32-22748, corinna.mieth@rub.deModule: WM IIIbThis module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Compact CourseCredit Points: 6Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Corinna Mieth, Dr. Christoph BambauerRequirements: n.s.Room Day, Time BeginGA 3/143 03.-04.07.2013, 14-18 02.07.2013Language: EnglishCourse description:Millions of poor people die from poverty-related diseases. This is a serious problem of justicesince these deaths would be avoidable if they had secure access to adequate medication. There aretwo obstacles named by Thomas Pogge: first, the TRIPS-agreement prohibits the production ofgenerics that the poor could afford. Second, the pharmaceutical industry does not invest inmedication against the diseases of poor people like for example malaria since they do not expectenough gains. The idea of the health impact fund is to solve these two problems by giving thepharmaceutical industry incentives to invest in medication that has a huge global health impactfactor and to allow the production of generics in order to improve the health impact factor of theirproducts. States should provide the fund by which the firms would then be rewarded for theirinvestments. The aim of the seminary is to understand and evaluate Thomas Pogge’s proposal ofthe health impact fund.The summer school includes a workshop with Thomas Pogge on July 2nd.Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.

76 International seminars and lecturesFACULTY OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMYhttp://www.physik.rub.deContact:Anke PappertTel: 0234/32-23445Email: dekanat@physik.rub.deThe Faculty of Physics and Astronomy offers a broad range of courses in English.Detailed information can be found at www.physik.rub.de/studium/vorlesungsverzeichnis.MASTER OF SCIENCECourse Course Title Day, Time Room LecturerNr.160 210 Introduction to plasma physics I Mo, 08.30-10.00 NB 5/99 BenediktDo, 08.30-10.00 NB 5/99160 211 Exercises: Introduction to plasmaphysics IBenediktDo, 10.00-12.00Do, 10.00-12.00Do, 12.00-14.00Do, 12.00-14.00160 212 Introduction to astrophysics Mo, 14.00-16.00Mi, 08.00-10.00160 213 Exercises: Introduction toDo, 14.00-16.00astrophysicsDo, 14.00-16.00und n. V.160 214 Introduction to biophysics Di, 14.15-15.45Do, 14.15-16.00NB 6/73NB 5/158NB 5/158NB 2/158NB 02/99NB 02/99NA 01/99NA 7/32NB 5/99NB 02/99BomansBomans, N.N.Gerwert, Hofmann,Kötting, Lübben,Mosig, Schlitter160 215 Exercises: Introduction to biophysics Do, 16.15-17.00 NB 02/99 Gerwert, Hofmann,Kötting, Lübben,Mosig, Schlitter160 234 Theoretical physics IV, statistical Mo, 10.15-11.45 HZO 70 GrauerphysicsDo, 10.15-11.45 HZO 70160 235 Exercises: Theoretical physics IV, n.V. n.V. Grauerstatistical physics160 236 Advanced quantum mechanics Do, 14.00-16.00 NC 02/99 EpelbaumFr, 10.00-12.00 NC 02/99160 237 Exercises: Advanced quantum Do, 16.00-18.00 NB 7/173 Epelbaummechanics160 238 General relativity Di, 10.00-12.00 NB 6/99 PolyakovDo, 10.00-12.00 NB 6/99160 239 Exercises: General relativity Mo, 16.15-18.00 NB 6/173 Polyakov160 301 Introduction to solid state Physics II Di, 14.15-16.00 NB 4/158 Hägele(siehe auch BlackBoard)160 302 Seminar: Introduction to solid state Di, 16.15-18.00 NB 4/158 Hägelephysics II160 401 Introduction to nuclear and particle Fr, 08.00-10.00 NB 2/158 Wiednerphysics II160 402 Exercises to introduction to nuclearand particle physics IIn. V. n. s. Wiedner, Schröder

International seminars and lectures 77160 250 Advanced laboratory course forphysics students all day(for details see the notice or http://fpraktikum.ep1.rub.de;1 credit pointper experiment)160 251 Seminar: Advanced experimentalphysicsCredits: 3160 252 Laboratory: astrophysics (part of theadvanced laboratory course forphysics students) full day, for detailscontact Dr. Luks; Seminar see Vorl.-Nr. 160 251, Credits s. 160 250, 160251160 253 Laboratory: Observational astronomycompact course (part of the advancedlaboratory course for physicsstudents)160 254 Laboratory: biophysics (part of theadvanced laboratory course forphysics students) full day; Seminarand credit points see 160 251160 255 Laboratory: Ion beam analysis (part ofthe advanced laboratory course forphysics students - compact course)Mi, 10.00-17.00 NB 04 ReicherzMi, 09.00-10.00 NB 2/158 Reicherz, WiednerMi, 09.30-17.00 n. s. Chini, Dettmar,Bomans, Lemke,Luks, Middelbergn. s. n. s. Chini, Dettmar,Bomans, LemkeMi, 09.30-17.00 ND 04 Gerwert, Hofmann,Kötting, Schlitter5 full daysaccording to aseparate noticen. s. Meijer, LindnerSolid State Physics160 301 Introduction to solid state Physics II Di, 14.15-16.00 NB 4/158 Hägele160 302 Seminar: Introduction to solid state Di, 16.15-18.00 NB 4/158 Hägelephysics II160 303 Solid state theory II Di, 10.00-12.00 NB 6/73 Efetov160 304 Exercises to solid state theory II Di, 12.00-14.00 NB 6/73 Efetov160 305 Compact course: Practical exercises in n. s. n. s. Wiecksemiconductor technology;Informationen:http://www.rub.de/afp/160 306 Scientific methods of semiconductor Di, 10.00-11.30 NABF Wieckphysics03/251160 307 Exercises to the scientific methods of n. V. n. s. Wiecksemiconductor physics160 308 Laser Spectroscopy n. V. n. s. Hägele, Rudolph160 309 Introduction to the magnetism of Di, 10.00-12.00 NB 4/158 WesterholtsolidsFr, 10.00-11.00 NB 4/158160 310 Nanomagnetism Di, 14.00-16.00 NB 3/158 Petracic160 311 Seminar Nanomagnetism Di, 16.00-17.00 NB 3/158 Petracic160 313 Introduction to x-ray and neutron Mi, 10.30-12.00 NB 4/158 Holland-Moritzscattering160 314 Application and Implementation ofElectronic Structure MethodsLecture, team work, exercisesFr, 10.00-14.00 NB 7/173 Drautz, Neugebauer,Madsen160 315 Interfaces and surfaces Exercises; Mo, 10.15-12.00Do, 10.15-12.00NB 6/173Drautz,Hammerschmidt,Janisch, Rogal160 316 Stochastic processe n. V. n. s. Spatschek

78 International seminars and lectures160 317 Exercises: Stochastic processes n. V. n. s. Spatschek160 322 Seminar spintronics and ultrafast n. V. n. s. Hägele, Rudolphspectroscopy160 323 Seminar on solid state theory Di, 16.00-18.00 NB 6/73 Eremin160 324 Seminar: "Methods of quantum fieldtheory in solid state and high-energyphysics"; s.a. 160 425Fr, 16.00-18.00 NB 6/73 Eremin, PolyakovHadron Physics160 401 Introduction to nuclear and particle Fr, 08.00-10.00 NB 2/158 Wiednerphysics II160 402 Exercises to introduction to nuclear n. V. n. s. Wiedner, Schröderand particle physics II160 402a Exercises to introduction to nuclear Fr, 10.00-12.00 NB 6/73 Wiedner, Schröderand particle physics II160 402b Exercises to introduction to nuclear Fr, 10.00-12.00 NB 6/173 Wiedner, Schröderand particle physics II160 402c Exercises to introduction to nuclear Fr, 12.00-14.00 NB 2/158 Wiedner, Schröderand particle physics II160 405 Quantum field theory II Fr, 14.15-16.30 NB 6/173 Krebs160 406 Exercises to quantum field theory II Do, 12.00-14.00 NC 6/99 Krebs160 407 Physics of massive neutrinos Fr, 10.15-11.45 NB 2/99 Ritman, StockmannsFr, 10.15-11.45 NB 2/170160 408 Seminar to physics of massive Fr, 12.15-13.45 NB 2/170 Ritman, Stockmannsneutrinos160 410 Nuclear physics applications; n. V. n. s. Striederthe course will be accompanied onBlackboard160 420 Seminar: Experimental methods in Fr, 10.00-12.00 NB 3/158 Wiednernuclear and particle physics160 421 Seminar: Particle physics detectors Di, 10.00-12.00 NB 2/158 Wiedner, Heinsius160 422 Seminar: Spin physics with polarized n.V. n.s. Meyerparticles160 423 Seminar zu Ionenstrahlen und Terminplanung RUBION MeijerRadionukliden in Wissenschaft undTechnikunterhttp://www.rubion.rub.de/NT 06160 424 Seminar on selected topics of Di 16.00-18.00 NB 6/173 Epelbaumquantum theory160 425 Seminar: "Methods of quantum field Fr 16-18 NB 6/73 Polyakov, Eremintheory in solid state and high-energyphysics"; s.a. 160 324160 426 Seminar on selected topics of hadronphysicsn.V. n.s. Epelbaum, PolyakovPlasma Physics160 501 Introduction to theoretical plasma Di 15.00-18.00 NB 7/173 Dreherphysics160 502 Exercises to Introduction ton.V n.s. Drehertheoretical plasma physics160 504 Thin Films and Nanomaterials II Do 14.00-16.00 NB 5/158 de los Arcos160 505 Plasma chemistry Mo 15.15-17.00 NB 5/158 Benedikt

International seminars and lectures 79160 506 Exercises: Plasma chemistry Mo 17.15-18.00 NB 5/158 Benedikt160 508 Quantum theory of photons II, first meeting: Mo, NB 2/170 Rosmejcompact course08.04.13 11.00 NB160 509 Production and investigation of highlycharged ionss.a.www.astro.rub.de/traebert/ET_lectures.html2/170Fr 14.15-16.00;dates possiblycompressed intofewer daysNB 3/99Träbert160 510 Plasma - wall interactions Di 12.00-14.00 NB 5/158 Unterberg160 511 Modeling of atomic populations inthe spectroscopy of laboratory andastrophysical plasmas IIn.V. n.s. Marchuk160 512 Exercises: Modeling of atomicpopulations in the spectroscopy oflaboratory and astrophysical plasmasIIn.V. n.s. Marchuk160 513 Fusion technology n.V n.s. Biel160 520 European School on LowTemperature Plasma Physics: Basicsand Applications Compact course in"Physikzentrum Bad Honnef"further informations andregistration seehttp://www.plasma-school.orgWinter, Böke160 521 European School on LowTemperature Plasma Physics: MasterClass on hot topics Compact course in"Physikzentrum Bad Honnef"further informations andregistration seehttp://www.plasma-school.org,- in EnglishWinter, Böke160 522 Seminar: Problems of modern plasma Fr, 10.00-12.00 NABF Czarnetzki,physics05/694 Soltwisch160 523 Seminar: Applied plasma physics Do, 16.15-18.00 NB 5/158 von Keudell, Winter,Böke, Schulz-von derGathen160 526 Seminar: Theoretical plasma physics Di, 14.00-16.00 n. s. EliassonAstronomy, Astrophysics160 601 Instruments and observationalmethods in astronomy andastrophysics; accompanied by an e-learning plat form.160 602 Exercises: Instruments andobservational methods in astronomyand astrophysicsDi, 14.00-16.00 NA 7/32 Dettmar, MiddelbergBlockveranstaltung u.a. im"Südpol", n.V. inder Vorlesung160 603 The Milky Way and external galaxies Mo, 12.00-12.45Do, 08.15-09.45n. s. MiddelbergNA 7/32NA 7/32Chini160 604 Stars - winds - nebulae Do, 14.00-16.00 NA 7/51 Weis160 511 Modeling of atomic populations in n. V. n. s. Marchukthe spectroscopy of laboratory andastrophysical plasmas II160 512 Exercises: Modeling of atomic n. V. n. s. Marchukpopulations in the spectroscopy oflaboratory and astrophysical plasmasII160 620 Seminar: Selected topics of astronomy Fr, 10.00-12.00 NA 7/32 Chini, Dettmar,Bomans

80 International seminars and lectures160 621 Seminar: Heliophysics;Vorbesprechung 05.04.12Do, 14.00-16.00 NB 7/67 Fichtner, KleimannBiophysics160 820 Seminar: Biophysics;siehe auch LV-Nr. 190 562160 852 Seminar: Computer simulation ofproteins160 853 Colloquium biophysicssiehe bes. Aushang160 854 Methods in biophysics;please contacteckhard.hofmann@bph.rub.deMo 13.30-15.30 ND 04/397 Gerwert, Hofmann,Kötting, Lübben,Mosig, SchlitterDo, 11.00-11.45 ND 04/397 Schlittern. s. n. s. Gerwert, Hofmann,Kötting, Lübben,Mosig, Schlittern.V. ND 04/397 Gerwert, Hofmann,Kötting, Lübben,Mosig, Schlitter160 855 Seminar: Proteincrystallography Fr, 09.00-09.45 ND 04/396 Hofmann160 856 Literature seminar: Basics andcurrent topics ofproteincrystallographyn. s.; also insemester breakND 04/346s. also ND04/316,Hofmann160 857 Seminar: Bioinformatics n.V. n. s. MosigSolid State Physics160 351 Condensed Matter Colloquium Do, 16.00-18.00 NB 4/158 Köhler, Westerholt160 353 Seminar: Material physics in outer Di, 16.00-17.30 DLR Köln, MeyerspaceInstitut fürMaterialphysikimWeltraum,Raum 21-018160 354 Seminar on current research projects Fr, 14.00-16.00 NB 6/73 Eremin160 355 Selected topics of applied solid state Fr, 10.00-12.00 NABF 03/251 Wieckphysics160 356 Seminar: Selected topics of solid state Mi, 13.00-15.00 NB 6/73 Eremintheory160 359 Seminar: Selected topics ofDo, 14.00-16.00 NB 4/158 Westerholtcondensed matter physics inparticular magnetism andsuperconductivity160 360 Seminar on current research projects Mi, 10.00-12.00 NB 4/132 Zabel, Westerholt160 361 Seminar on current research projects n. V. n. s. Köhler160 362 Seminar on current research projects Mo, 14.00-16.00 NB 3/168 HägeleHadron Physics160 451 Seminar on current research projects Fr, 10.00-12.00 NB 2/158 Meyer160 452 Seminar on current research projects Mi, 10.00-12.00 NB 7/173 Wiedner160 453 Seminar on current research projects Do, 16.00-18.00 NB 6/173 Epelbaum, Polyakov160 454 Seminar on current research projects Di, 11.00-13.00 n. s. Meijer160 455 Radiation protectionfür Ph. D students5 full days of acompact courseduring thesemester breakn. s. Meijer

International seminars and lectures 81Plasma Physics160 551 Seminar on current research projects Mo, 10.00-12.00also in semesterbreak160 552 Seminar on current research projects Mo, 10.00-11.30also in semesterbreak160 553 Seminar on current research projects Mo, 10.00-12.00Fr, 10.00-12.00n. V.NABF05/652NABF05/693NB 5/158NB 5/158contactsekr. NB5/131SoltwischCzarnetzkiWinter, Böke,Schulz-von derGathen160 554 Seminar on current research projects n. V. n. s. von Keudell160 555 Seminar on current research projects n. V. n. s. Grauer, Dreher160 556 Seminar on current research projects n. V. n. s. Benedikt160 557 Seminar: Selected topics of theoreticalplasma physicsn. V. n. s. GrauerAstronomy, Astrophysics160 651 Science seminar and astronomicalcolloquiumDi, 10.00-12.00 NA 7/32 Chini, Dettmar,Bomans, Middelberg160 653 Basics and current topics of star Mi, 14.15-16.00 NA 7/50 ChiniformationFr, 10.15-11.00 NA 7/50160 654 Seminar on extragalactic astronomy Do, 11.00-13.00 NA 7/32 Dettmar160 655 Seminar: Astronomical Survey Di, 16.00-17:30 NA 7/51 Bomans, PolstererScienceoder n. V.160 656 Seminar on current research projects Mi, 10.00-12.00 NB 7/67 Schlickeiser, Fichtner160 657 Seminar: Selected topics of theoretical Mi, 16.00-18.00 NB 7/67 Schlickeiser, Tjusastrophysics160 658 Seminar: Special questions in particle Mi, 12.00-14.00 NB 7/67 Tjusastrophysics160 659 Seminar on current research projects n. V. Dettmar160 660 Seminar on current research projects n. V. Chini

82 International seminars and lecturesFACULTY OF PSYCHOLOGYDISCOURSE IN NEURAL DYNAMICSDepartment: PsychologyDegree program: MasterLanguage: EnglishContact: Jun. Prof. Dr. Motoharu Yoshida, +49 (0)234 32-27138 motoharu.yoshida@rub.deCourse type: DiskursTeacher/Lecturer: Jun. Prof. Dr. Motoharu YoshidaRequirements: NoneRoom Day, Time BeginGA 04/187 (MRG1 seminar room) Tuesday, 14-16 n.s.Course description:This discourse aims to deepen our understanding of the generation of brain functions. Our focuswill be spatial navigation and memory functions in the medial temporal lobe (MTL). Students willlearn neural dynamics underlying spatial navigation and memory through single unit recordings,intracellular recordings, functional imaging and theoretical modeling studies. Based on thesestudies and discussions, students will define their own new research directions and conduct aresearch regarding what is already known and what could be done as an interesting scientificproject.Specific topics of this discourse could include (but not limited to) ‘Place cells’ in the hippocampusthat fire dependent on the location of an animal in an environment, ‘head direction cells’ in thepresubiculum that fire dependent on the direction of animal’s head, and ‘grid cells’ in theentorhinal cortex fire at many locations to form a hexagonal grid that covers each 2Denvironment, ‘Theta phase precession’ of the place cells and the grid cells that provides evidencesfor phase coding and an optimized firing pattern for synaptic plasticity, and ‘replay’ of activity ofplace cells during sleep which provides evidences for the possible role of the MTL in memoryconsolidation.Proof of academic achievement: PresentationBASIC NEURAL SIMULATIONLanguage: EnglishDepartment: PsychologyDegree program: MasterContact: Jun. Prof. Dr. Motoharu Yoshida, +49 (0)234 32-27138 motoharu.yoshida@rub.deCourse type: SeminarTeacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Motoharu YoshidaRequirements: Basic (high school level) mathematics and physicsRoom Day, Time BeginGAFO 04/615 Tuesday, 10-12 n.s.

International seminars and lectures 83Course description:The goal of this seminar is 1) to understand basic electrophysiological properties of neurons and2) to learn how to implement this knowledge into a computational model of a neuron. First,students will learn basic electrophysiological properties such as the maintenance of the restingmembrane potential and the generation of an action potential through lectures. Students will thenbuild their own neuron model using a programming environment called Matlab. Simulationusing computers will not only help solidify the students’ understanding of electrophysiologicalproperties but also will allow them to use this knowledge in the future research. Acquiring thistechnique will enable students for example to estimate the consequence of a malfunction ofcertain ionic channel in a disease or to estimate the specific character of specific neuron types oftheir interest. Advanced students will have the opportunity to expand this single neuron model toa neural network model to simulate a role of a brain region of their interest. This course will alsoprovide necessary skills regarding computational simulation and it does not require previousexperience in modeling or programming. Basic knowledge about electric circuit would be ofadvantage.Proof of academic achievement: One reportMODELING COGNITIVE PROCESSESDepartment: Mercator Research Group -Structure of Memory-Contact: Prof. S. Cheng, +49(0)234/32-27136, Sen.Cheng@rub.deDegree programme: BachelorModule: InformationsverarbeitungThis module is taught only partly in English.Course type: SeminarCredit Points: 3Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Sen ChengRequirements: -Room Day, Time BeginGA 04/187 Monday 10.00-12.00 08/04/2013GAFO 04/615 Medienraum Friday 10.00-12.00 12/04/2013Language: EnglishCourse description:Basic knowledge of perception, decision making, learning and memory, e.g., ¿Cognition I + II¿,¿Learning¿. Previous programming experience is not strictly required. lectures: highlyrecommended, but not requiredcomputer lab: mandatory, max. 2 absences allowedIn your first three semesters of studying psychology, you have learned about a wide variety ofperceptual, cognitive and motor processes. What you have not learned about is that some highlycomplex processes can be captured and explained using simple mathematical or computermodels. This class will introduce you to this powerful approach through a combination ofinteractive theory lectures (Mondays) and hands-on computer lab excersices (Fridays). Thelectures will introduce a diverse range of topics in perception, decision making, learning andmemory; and methods such as psychophysics, signal detection theory and neural networkmodeling. The computer labs will introduce scientific programming in Matlab based on realistic

84 International seminars and lecturesexamples of psychological research. In the the class project, students will design their ownexperiment, and then implement and analyze it using Matlab. The integration of theory andpractice in this class will help students greatly to learn the abstract theory and how to usecomputers to run and analyze their future experiments, such as in their Bachelor and Masterprojects.This class is open to Bachelor students of other disciplines who would like to see mathematicaland computational tools applied to the analysis and description of cognitive processes.Proofs of academic achievement:DISCOURSE IN EPISODIC MEMORYLanguage: EnglishDepartment: Mercator Research Group -Structure of MemoryContact: Prof. S. Cheng, +49(0)234/32-27136, Sen.Cheng@rub.deDegree programme: MasterModule: Topic Selection II + Diskurse über aktuelle Themen der kognitiven NeurowissenschaftenCourse type: SeminarCredit Points: 3Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Seng ChengRequirements: -Room Day, Time BeginGA 04/187 Monday 14.00-16:00 08/04/2013Course description:When we remember events from our lives, whether they are the once-in-a-lifetime or everydaykind, we use our episodic memory. Although a small region of the brain called the hippocampuswas identified to be important for episodic memories a long time ago, the nature and neural basisof episodic memory remain unclear. This class will employ a novel, highly interactive format tointroduce the students to the cutting edge of the research into episodic memory. Students will beinvolved in choosing the literature discussed in class and discuss their views with an invitedspeaker who will also give a lecture in the Colloquium of the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience(IKN).Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.EREIGNISKORRELIERTE POTENTIALE IN DER NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE (EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS)Department: Faculty of Psychology, NeuropsychologyContact: Prof. Dr. Boris Suchan, phone 0234-3227575, boris.suchan@rub.deDegree programme: MasterModule: Übungen in den kognitiven NeurowissenschaftenThis module is taught only partly in English.Language: English

International seminars and lectures 85Course type: SeminarCredit Points: 3Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Boris SuchanRequirements: -Room Day, Time BeginGAFO 05/609 Monday 10-12 h 08/04/2013Course description:Das Seminar beschäftigt sich mit der Technik des Elektroenzephalogramms und den EreignisKorrelierten Potentialen. Diese Methode ist in der Neuropsychologie sowohl in Forschung alsauch inder klinischen Anwendung sehr wichtig. Im Seminar werden alle wichtigen Paradigmenvorgestelltund diskutiert. Ebenfalls werden praktische Übungen im Labor durchgeführt. EineLiteraturliste wird zu Beginn des Seminars verteilt.Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.RESEARCH COLLOQUIUMDepartment: Institut für Kognitive Neurowissenschaft, Abteilung BiopsychologieContact: O. Güntürkün, +49(0)234/32-26213, Onur.Guentuerkuen@rub.deDegree programme: MasterModule: Diskurse über aktuelle Themen der kognitiven NeurowissenschaftenThis module is taught only partly in English.Course type: SeminarCredit Points: 3Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. phil. Dr. h.c. Onur GüntürkünRequirements: -Room Day, Time BeginGAFO 05/425 Monday 12.00-14.00 08/04/2013Language: EnglishCourse description:The research colloquium is open to all employees and graduate studentsof the Biopsychology department. The Aim is to present and discuss their research.In addition external guests are invited to give talks on different aspects of biopsychology.You can have a look at the schedule at the department’s information boardand our homepage: http://www.bio.psy.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.LAB COURSE: COGNITIVE NEUROPHYSIOLOGYDepartment: MRG “Structure of Memory”Language: English

86 International seminars and lecturesContact: Prof. Magdalena Sauvage, 27135, magdalena.sauvage@rub.deDegree programme: MasterModule: Cognitive NeurophysiologyThis module is taught entirely in English.Course type: lab courseCredit Points: 3Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Magdalena SauvageRequirements: -Room Day, Time BeginGA 04/187 By arrangement, 6 weeks 08/04/2013Course description:The unit focuses on the identification of the brain areas that support memory function in healthysubjects, aging and model of amnesia. Several aspects of memory are studied: familiarity versusrecollection, memory for single items versus pairs, memory for space versus time. We use amultidisciplinary approach of memory function that includes behavioral, lesion andneuroanatomical imaging techniques in rats and mice. The focus of the project is the study of thefunctional segregation of the medial temporal lobe, a brain structure damaged in aging andamnesic patients, which leads to severe memory impairments. The project involves thecombination of behavioral and molecular imaging techniques. No previous experience is required,highly motivated candidates will be considered.Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.MEMORY FUNCTION: NOVEL BEHAVIOURAL, MOLECULAR AND IMAGINGTECHNIQUESDepartment: MRG “Structure of Memory”Contact: Prof. Dr. Sauvage, 32-27135, magdalena.sauvage@rub.deDegree programme: MasterModule: n.s.This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: SeminarCredit Points: 3Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. SauvageRequirements: -Language: EnglishRoom Day, Time BeginMRG room 04/187 Wednesday 4 -6p.m., 10/04/2013Course description:This seminar is methodology-oriented. It focuses on the latest generation of behavioural,molecular and imaging techniques developed: inducible and region-specific brain mutagenesis;molecular brain imaging based on the detection of immediate-early genes (byimmunocytochemistry and in-situ hybridization); diffusion tensor imaging; optogenetics

International seminars and lectures 87(lightactivated channels) and behavioural translational paradigms (standard human tasks adaptedto animals). These methods, which go beyond the spatial and temporal resolution of standardtechniques, led to important new findings in memory research, for example through the study ofthe functional segregation of the medial temporal lobe (MTL), a structure altered in aging andamnesic patients, but can also be applied to all fields of research. Background on each techniqueis provided during the class, advantages and limits of these new techniques are contrasted withthose of standard techniques. An example of how each technique is given through thepresentation of one related scientific article (journal club) and an 'hands-on' introduction is givenfor some of the techniques.Proofs of academic achievement: short 5 min quizzes, oral presentations, final exam (quiz)LAB COURSE „NEURAL SUBSTRATES OF MEMORY FUNCTION“Department: MRG “Structure of Memory”Contact: Prof. Dr. Sauvage, 32-27135, magdalena.sauvage@rub.deDegree programme: BachelorModule: n.s.This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: SeminarCredit Points: 10Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. SauvageRequirements: -Language: EnglishRoom Day, Time BeginGA 04/187 By arrangement 08/04/2013Course description:The unit focuses on the identification of the brain areas that support memory function in healthysubjects, aging and model of amnesia. Several aspects of memory are studied: familiarity versusrecollection, memory for single items versus pairs, memory for space versus time. We use amultidisciplinary approach of memory function that includes behavioral, lesion andneuroanatomical imaging techniques in rats and mice. The focus of the project is the study of thefunctional segregation of the medial temporal lobe, a brain structure damaged in aging andamnesic patients, which leads to severe memory impairments. The project involves thecombination of behavioral and molecular imaging techniques. No previous experience isrequired, highly motivated candidates will be considered.Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.

88 International seminars and lecturesFACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCEDear student, dear researcher, dear guest,The following pages present the Common Course Catalogue of the Faculty of Social Science in Bochum and theFaculty of Social Sciences in Duisburg.For providing International Students a broad variety of courses offered in English the Faculty of Social Sciencecooperates with the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Duisburg-Essen. Both Universities are locatedwithin 20 minutes and exceptionally well connected by local public transport system. International guest studentswho wish to spend part of their degree in Bochum or Duisburg can choose courses from both universities atBachelor- or Master Level in the field of social science. For successful studies in English speaking courses, a highstandard of English language skills is required. In individual cases this must be verified by the DepartmentalCoordinator of your host university (see contact details below).The Faculty of Social Science at the Ruhr-University Bochum pursues a modern interdisciplinary approach ofSocial Science. The central characteristic of the Faculty is the linking between the five on par disciplines PoliticalScience, Sociology, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, Social Policy and Social Economy as well as SocialScience Methodology and Statistics.The Faculty of Social Sciences in Duisburg/Essen offers a wide range of courses in the field of political science andsociology. In particular students with a high interest in International Relations, Governance, Development Policy,Migration and East Asian Studies can advance their professional competences within these fields.INTEREST GROUPS IN EU POLITICS: HOW TO LOBBY EU?Language: EnglishDepartment: Political ScienceDegree programme: BachelorContact: Patrycja Rozbicka, +49(0)234-32-29984, patrycja.rozbicka@rub.deModule: Comparative Political ScienceThis module is taught only partly in English.Course type: SeminarCredit Points: 3 or 5 depends on the proofs of academic achievement (see below)Teacher/Lecturer: Dr. Patrycja RozbickaRequirements: Registration for the course until the 15th of April via VSPL or viaEmail at thelecturer.Room Day, Time BeginCampus Bochum, GCFW 04/703 Wed 10.15-11.45 03/04/2013Course description:Interest groups play major roles in national and European policy making. A variety oforganizations, such as labor unions, trade associations, NGOs, and citizen groups try to advancetheir interests and of those they represent by getting involved in public policy making. Examiningthe mechanisms of interest representation is thus important for a good understanding ofcontemporary public policy making.

International seminars and lectures 89At the end of the course the students will have knowledge and will be able to: put theoreticalknowledge on interest groups into practice, distinguish types of interest groups in the EU politicalsystem, and to specify procedures best for realization of the groups' interests. The students will beable to locate the best opportunities for lobbying in the EU policy process, illustrate (in detail) theEU policymaking processes, and adjust a type of represented issue to a proper procedure.Furthermore, they will be prepared to justify positive and criticize negative influence of lobbying;as well as to accept the fact of an existence of multiple solutions.The innovation of the course is in its practical approach. Usually similar studies leave studentsblank on the issue how their knowledge of the EU political system can be transported in to a realpractice. The idea is that the course will fulfill that need. The biggest attention in the course is puton the practicality of the knowledge that students will obtain. Second in line will be a focus on thestudents' skills to be able to implement that knowledge. The main focus of the course will be arole-playinggame, when students will have chance to become lobbyists on their own. They willhave a chance to write their own position papers, participate in simulated consultations with theEuropean Commission, and to work on the political dossier in similar way as real lobbyists.Proofs of academic achievement: To pass the module exam (Leistungsnachweis, graded, 5 CP),there are to perform three assignments:Assignment IClass participation and attendance. Short written case study analysis (3 papers, 2 pages long). Thelevel of difficulty of assignments will develop along the course. Feedback form the students'papers will be discussed at the seminar sessions (a chance to discuss paper in class will givestudents a possibility to evaluate their findings and to contrast different solutions).Assignment IIRole-playing game. The best way to put acquired knowledge into use is to put it in practice. At oneof the seminars we will simulate a meeting of the European Commission's expert-working groupon one of the urgent topics of the EU regulation (we will decide on the topic during secondseminar). You will be assigned a role of a lobbyists representing interest of particular type ofinterest group (varying from social NGO to heavy business industry, or regional authority). Yourassignment will be to prepare a short presentation for fellow discussant (5-10min), which willcapsule your organization'sposition on the topic, and then to convince the other participants to your arguments uringdiscussion. In preparation for the simulation you will be requested to prepare a short outline ofyours group's position and strategy you will employ in the simulated negotiations.Assignment IIIFinal paper (10-15 pages long). After all experiences with short analysis of the case studies and thesimulation, you are required to write a final paper. Contrary to the usual final papers, this one isaimed as being a useful tool for your future development and become a summary of acquiredknowledge during the course. The paper will cover topic of your experience as a lobbyist (selectedlobbying strategy, comparison between simulation and real life situation, evaluation of thelobbying system).To acquire a 'Studienachweis' (ungraded, 3 CP), there are to perform assignment I andassignment IIINTERNATIONAL LABOR MIGRATIONLanguage: English

90 International seminars and lecturesDepartment: SociologyDegree programme: BachelorContact: Kyoko Shinozaki, +49 (0)234-32-22580, kyoko.shinozaki@rub.deModule: Internationalization and Socialization in ComparisonThis module is taught only partly in English.Course type: SeminarCredit Points: 3 or 5 depends on the proofs of academic achievement (see below)Teacher/Lecturer: Dr. Kyoko ShinozakiRequirements: Introduction to Sociology / Basic Knowledge of Sociology, active participationRoom Day, Time BeginCampus Bochum, GC 03/42 Thu. 10.15-11.45 04/04/2013Course description:In our contemporary world, the issue of work can hardly be discussed if we neglect internationallabor migration. This seminar investigates the social, economic and political aspects ofinternational labor migration, which have taken shape in the process of contemporary social andeconomic restructuring. Apart from the theoretical and conceptual debates in migration studies,case studies will be drawn mainly from Europe, Asia and North America by looking at the macrolevel, i.e. law and regulations, the institutional level, e.g. migrant organizations as well as themicro subjective level, i.e. migrants’ experiences. Topics include the scale and development ofinternational migrations from a historical perspective, different theoretical approaches tointernational migration, temporary labor migration programs, rights of labor migrants, the familyand labor migration and skilled migration. Apart from contents-based knowledge, you will acquireimportant practical academic skills. You will get acquainted with important datasets, have theopportunity to work in a small group, facilitate a group discussion, give a presentation as well as towrite a news review, a paper abstract and a term paper.Proofs of academic achievement: Leistungsnachweis (graded, 5 CP) Module exam: Participation,attendance, oral presentation, term paper (expected)."Studiennachweis" (ungraded, 3 CP) by appointment.Literature:Böhle, Fritz / Voß, Günther G / Wachtler, Günther: Handbuch Arbeitssoziologie. Wiesbaden: VSVerlag.Castles, Stephen / Miller, Mark, 2009: The age of migration: international population movementsin the modern world (4th ed.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.Pries, Ludger, 2001: Soziologie Internationaler Migration. Einführung in Klassische Theorien undneue Ansätze. Bielefeld: Transcript.THEORIES OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE: POWER, INTERESTS,IDEAS AND INSTITUTIONSLanguage: EnglishDepartment: Political ScienceDegree programme: Bachelor

International seminars and lectures 91Contact: Yuan-Juhn.Chiao@rub.deModule: Name International RelationsThis module is taught only partly in English.Course type: SeminarCredit Points: 3 or 5 depends on the proofs of academic achievement (see below)Teacher/Lecturer: Yuan Juhn ChiaoRequirements: Successful completion of a lecture in "International Relations" or an equivalent.Synopses (1 site per text) to the below-mentioned literature. Registration for the course in VSPL.Room Day, Time BeginCampus Bochum, GBCF 04/300 Thu 14.15-15.45 04/04/2013Course description:Global governance, defined as the set of actors, and international institutions involved in themanagement of global trade and finance. Following the flurry of financial reform and "reregulation"initiatives in the aftermath of the 2008-2009 Global Economic Crisis, globalgovernance has become an increasingly important area of study for international relations (IR)and international political economy (IPE) scholars. In this course, we investigate the causal factorsdetermining intergovernmental and transnational cooperation in the area of global financialregulation, employing the latest theoretical toolkits from the IR/IPE disciplines. Whilegovernments coordinate with one another across international institutions such as the G20, theIMF, BIS and IOSCO, private financial actors have also stepped up their influence throughintensive lobbying and various transnational private regimes. In addition to reviewing the majortheoretical traditions (market power approaches, historical institutionalism, liberal theory orsocietal-based approaches and economic constructivism), we will analyze the role of power,interests, ideas and institutions in informing the preferences of the G20 countries, and theirinteractions within the global sites of governance.Proofs of academic achievement: Proofs of academic achievement: Synopses (see above) and apresentation with handout for a "Studiennachweis" (ungraded, 3 CP) or Synopses, presentationwith handout and a term paper (graded, 5 CP) for a "Leistungsnachweis".MIGRANT LABOR ORGANIZING - AN INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVEPERSPECTIVEDepartment: SociologyDegree programme: MasterContact: Kyoko Shinozaki, +49 (0)234-32-22580, kyoko.shinozaki@rub.deModule: Labor Regulation and ParticipationThis module is taught only partly in English.Course type: SeminarCredit Points: 3 or 6 depends on the proofs of academic achievement (see below)Teacher/Lecturer: Dr. Kyoko ShinozakiRequirements: BA skills in Sociology or Political Science. Active participationLanguage: English

92 International seminars and lecturesRoom Day, Time BeginCampus Bochum, GC 02/120 Thu 14.15-15.45 04/04/2013Course description:Given globalization processes labor-related issues can no longer be discussed adequately withouttaking into the global migration/mobility of workers and work. The structural position of migrantworkers in Germany and beyond is relatively well known. Many of these workers find themselvesin low-paid, low-skilled jobs primarily because of their ethnicity, often regardless of their actualskill levels. In addition, there is also a gendered dimension to their marginalized status in thelabor market. However, does this mean that they are vulnerable, passive victims only? Thisseminar aims to examine issues around labor migrants organizing/mobilization and claimmakingas well as a lack of thereof, paying attention to the possibilities and limits of labormigrants’ participation in social movements and cross-ethnic solidarity within and across nationstateborders. After reviewing the theoretical literature on social and labor movements moregenerally, and of migrant workers more specifically, we will take a case-study approach in aninternational comparative perspective, emerging from different regional contexts, includingGermany, the US, the UK and Hong Kong.Apart from contents-based knowledge, you will acquire important practical academic skills. Youwill have the opportunity to work in a small group, facilitate a group discussion, and to give apresentation.Proofs of academic achievement: Module exam (Leistungsnachweis, graded, 6 CP): Participation,attendance, oral presentation, term paper (expected).Studiennachweis (ungraded, 3 CP) by appointment.GENDER AND THE MARKET. CAREGIVING, FLEXIBILITY AND CONSUMERCULTUREDepartment: SociologyDegree programme: MasterContact: Ilse Lenz, +49 (0)234-32-28413, Ilse.Lenz@rub.deModule: Culture and GenderThis module is taught only partly in English.Course type: SeminarCredit Points: 3 or 6 depends on the proofs of academic achievement (see below)Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Ilse Lenz, Prof. Dr. Allison PughRequirements: Registration in VSPL.Room Day, Time BeginCampus Bochum, GBCF 04/611 Wed 10.15-11.45 03/04/2013Language: EnglishCourse description:What does it mean, when gender goes to market?The course will focus gender, complex inequalities and the market from two sides: It will look atthe influence of consumer culture on gender norms and intimate lives and it will consider the

International seminars and lectures 93flexibilisation and economisation of wage work on the labour market. Looking at new inequalitiesand power relationships, the intersection between gender, desire, race and class are highlyrelevant. What do these developments mean for care and care work?Proofs of academic achievement: "Studiennachweis" (ungraded, 3 CP): Attendance andPresentation."Leistungsnachweis" (graded, 6 CP): Attendance, Presentation and term-paper.DEVELOPMENT: SOUTH ASIAN PERSPECTIVESDepartment: SociologyDegree programme: MasterContact: nasir.anthro@yahoo.com, +49 (0)234 32-22661Module: Area and DevelopmentThis module is taught only partly in English.Course type: SeminarCredit Points: 3 or 6 depends on the proofs of academic achievement (see below)Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Nasir UddinLanguage: EnglishRequirements: Capability of reading English literature, discussing and presenting in EnglishRoom Day, Time BeginCampus Bochum, GBCF 05/608 Fr 12.15 - 13.45 05/04/2013Course description:This course aims to provide an in-depth understanding of development from the margin distinctfrom the idea of development on econometric parameters. It provides a theoretical overview ondevelopment in relations to post-development critiques. The students will learn about keyconcepts, arguments and debates that are examined in relation to the politics of aid, donors, states,shifting aid frameworks and concrete intervention programs. This involves intense reading ofethnographic studies throwing light on the nature of policy-making, bureaucracy and programs ina variety of sectorslivelihood and food security, reproductive health, human rights, gender equity, environmentissues or others - paying attention to the specific cultural contexts of development relationships. Asecond emphasis lies upon how neoliberal policies have turned the market into a core metaphorof globalized development. Thirdly, poverty, its meaning, measurement, and experience will bediscussed. A fourth emphasis lies on the debates over technology and development, naturalresources management, 'indigenous' knowledge, violence, and social choice as development.Then, debates over 'development discourse' are explored in relation to the state and governancealong the local-global continuum and the meaning of popular 'participation', 'empowerment' indevelopment, 'social capital' to poverty reduction, and the roles of non-governmentalorganizations (NGOs) in developing societies will be investigated. The course ends withgenerating an alternative approach to understanding development.Proofs of academic achievement: Module exam (Leistungsnachweis, graded, 6 CP): Activeparticipation and oral presentation, final paper.Studiennachweis (ungraded, 3 CP) by appointment.

94 International seminars and lecturesTHE G20: A STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY?Department: Political ScienceDegree programme: MasterContact: stefan.schirm@rub.de, +49 (0)234 32 - 23016Module: International Institutions and ProcessesThis module is taught only partly in English.Course type: SeminarCredit Points: 3 or 6 depends on the proofs of academic achievement (see below)Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Stefan SchirmLanguage: EnglishRequirements: Successful completion of a lecture in "International Relations" or an equivalent.Synopses (1 site per text) to the below-mentioned literature until the third lecture. A Master copywill be provided in the handset at the SoWi Library from the beginning of March.Room Day, Time BeginCampus Bochum, GC 03/146 Thu 12.15-13.45 04/04/2013Course description:Since the global financial crisis started in 2008, the group of the twenty most important economicpowers is gathering on the leader's level of head of state and government. This „leader's G20“ hasdeclared itself the „steering committee for the world economy“. In several summits the G20initiated the Basel III Accord, tried to coordinate national stimulus programs to counter the globalcrisis, debated about a currency war between the US and China, and discussed the hugeimbalances in global trade and in public debt. On most of these issues, however, the G20members did not agree on a common strategy. Contrary to expectations, divergences did notfollow the lines of existing alliances of industrialized (G7) versus emerging (BRICS) countries.Rather, divergent positions could be found both among industrialized countries (for examplebetween Germany and the US) and among emerging powers (for example between Brazil andChina). Thus, the seminar will tackle two questions. First, what role did the G20 play in globaleconomic governance since 2008? Second, which factors drove agreements and disagreementsamong G20 members? These questions will be analyzed according to the major theories ofinternational relations and international political economy on the distribution of internationalpower, international alliances, on societal influences in domestic politics, and constructivistnorms.Proofs of academic achievement: Attendance, active participation, Synopses (one page per text, Nr.1-3: third session, Nr. 4-6: fourth session) and a presentation with handout for a"Studiennachweis" (ungraded, 3 CP). For a "Leistungsnachweis" (graded, 6 CP): the performanceof a "Studiennachweis" plus a module exam.DEVELOPMENT AND COOPERATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTHAFRICA (MENA)Language: EnglishDepartment: Political Science

International seminars and lectures 95Degree programme: BachelorContact: Matthias Schuler, +49 (0)203 379-2197, matthias.schuler@uni-due.deModule: Name n.s.Course type: SeminarCredit Points: 5Teacher/Lecturer: Nora Schrader-Rashidkhan, M.A.Requirements: Interest for the region; constant and active participation in class; preparation ofcompulsory readings and willingness to read English texts;Room Day, Time BeginLK 053 Tuesday, 12-14 h 09.04.2013Course description:The Revolutions of the ‘Arab Spring’ made finally evident that the Middle East and North Africa(MENA) suffers from severe problems: state corruption, repression, economic failure, insufficientsocial services and restricted political freedom afflicted citizens for decades. In this seminar, wewill focus on these developmental problems shaping the region as a whole. Keeping in mindstriking regional disparities, different dimensions of and conditions for (under-)development willbe discussed (like history, economic structures, political systems, the role of the military, civilsociety and media, political Islam and regional cooperation). To understand the distinctivedynamics of Middle Eastern politics, we will focus on the Arab states and Iran (while Turkey andIsrael will not be included). The ‘Arab Spring’ is to be acknowledged as a major turning point inrecent Arab history, putting into perspective many theoretical approaches used before.Proofs of academic achievement: presentation in class + seminar paperREGIONAL INTEGRATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIADepartment: Political ScienceDegree programme: BachelorContact: Matthias Schuler, +49 (0)203 379-2197, matthias.schuler@uni-due.deModule: Name n.s.Course type: SeminarCredit Points: 5Teacher/Lecturer: Dipl.-Pol. Aletta MondréLanguage: EnglishRequirements: The class will be conducted in English. You are very welcome to join but please beaware that you need to be able to participate in classroom discussion, give your presentation andprepare set readings in English only.Room Day, Time BeginLK 053 Friday, 10-12 h 12.04.2013Course description:This course deals with the politics of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and ofits member states. ASEAN is considered to be a prominent example of non-Western regionalintegration. We will explore its institutional set-up and unique way of multilateral cooperation. As

96 International seminars and lecturespromoting regional peace is one of ASEAN’s core aims, the class focuses on issues in regionalsecurity and the organization’s capacity to meet these challenges.Proofs of academic achievement: You are expected to attend class regularly, to prepare weeklyreadings, to participate actively in classroom discussion and complete assignments. For successfulcompletion of the course you are also required to give a presentation and hand in a term paper.You may write the term paper in either English or German.INTRODUCTION TO MODEL UNITED NATIONS (DuEMUN IX 2013)Department: Political ScienceDegree programme: Bachelor, MasterContact: Matthias Schuler, +49 (0)203 379-2197, matthias.schuler@uni-due.deModule: Name n.s.Course type: SeminarCredit Points: 3-4Teacher/Lecturer: Dr. Oliver Schwarz; Christian Pohlmann, M.A.Requirements: n.s.Room Day, Time BeginSG 135 selected dates, see below 15.04.2013Language: EnglishCourse description:The central project of this seminar is the preparation of the ninth "Duisburg-Essen Model UnitedNations" (DuEMUN) to be held at the University of Duisburg-Essen in June 2013. DuEMUN is aModel United Nations Simulation. This means that students assume the roles of politicians,experts, members of the press and UN staff to simulate political debates in the United Nations.Since 2010, the conference also includes other bodies such as the European Union or the G20.The seminar will introduce you to the institutions and topics that will be simulated at DuEMUNIX 2013 as well as prepare you in negotiation skills. To take part in the conference and theseminar you first have to apply for a delegation at www.duemun.de. The seminar will take place atCampus Duisburg in SG 135 (Aula Geibelstraße) six times plus the DuEMUN conference:Monday, 15-04-13 (6-8 pm): IntroductionMonday, 29-04-13 (6-8 pm): Institutions and topicsMonday, 06-05-13 (6-8 pm): TopicsMonday, 13-05-13 (6-8 pm): TopicsSaturday, 25-05-13 (10 am - 3 pm): Rules of ProcedureMonday, 03-06-13 (6-8 pm): Negotiations skills (submission of position paper)Monday, 10-06-2013 - Friday, 14-06-2013: DuEMUN IX 2013Monday, 24-06-2013 EvaluationNecessary information as well as literature to the institutions and topics will be available at theMoodle server. Keyword and link will be announced at the first session of the seminar. Allparticipants of the conference are required to pay a conference fee of 60 Euros. This fee coversmaterials, badges and placards. Snacks and drinks for the duration of the simulation are includedin this fee. To earn credit points you have to attend all sessions of the seminar, write a positionpaper for the country you represent concerning the topics of the institution you will be part of, andparticipate in the DuEMUN IX 2013 conferen

International seminars and lectures 97Proofs of academic achievement: active participation in seminar and DuEMUN 2013ADJUSTING TO EUROPE: IMPLEMENTING EU POLICIES ACROSS MEMBERSTATESDepartment: Political ScienceDegree programme: BachelorContact: Matthias Schuler, +49 (0)203 379-2197, matthias.schuler@uni-due.deModule: Name n.s.Course type: SeminarCredit Points: 5Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Michael KaedingRequirements: n.s.Room Day, Time BeginCampus Duisburg, LK 053 Thursday, 16:30-18 h 11.04.2013Language: EnglishCourse description:If the European Union and its member states are to compete successfully in an increasingaggressive global market, whilst many other economies continue to get stronger, all parts of theEuropean Union, member states and the EU institutions, have to regulate smarter. The answertherefore is not to give up on rules, but rather to develop and implement good quality rules.Presenting both timely and relevant forms of European policy instruments in the field of financialservices, public administration, transport, working conditions and social protection, this seminarwill assess which kind of policy instruments work and under what circumstances. Following aproblem-based learning concept, this seminar will offer students a systematic comparativeanalysis of how new and long-standing policy instruments are implemented to determine theextent of compliance and determine reasons for non-implementation in Germany and othermember states. We will look at implementation processes of particular directives (servicesdirective, driving license directive …), but also European social partners' autonomous agreements(work-related stress, telework …) and open methods of coordination. The aim is to equip thestudents with the needed methodological, theoretical and analytical skills to overcome many of theimpediments to using alternative policy instruments at the European level as appropriateresponses to pressing European and global governance challenges, such as efficiency,accountability, transparency and legitimacy.Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.EUROPEAN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION -WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT DOES AND HOW IT DOES ITDepartment: Political ScienceDegree programme: BachelorLanguage: English

98 International seminars and lecturesContact: Matthias Schuler, +49 (0)203 379-2197, matthias.schuler@uni-due.deModule: Name n.s.Course type: SeminarCredit Points: 5Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Michael KaedingRequirements: n.s.Room Day, Time BeginCampus Duisburg, LK 063 Thursday, 14-15:30 h 11.04.2013Course description:Fundamental to any attempt to work with the EU is a solid understanding of the specificinstitutional and decision-making architecture. The European Commission, as guardian of theTreaties and initiator of EU legislative and non-legislative instruments, is at its core. Theimportance of understanding its internal decision-making and to interact with it is crucial as theEU adds new powers to its extensive existing competences. Studies on the EuropeanCommission's internal decision-making have been burgeoning. This practical oriented seminarwill look at the European Commission as seen from the inside, as a living body. It will explore andhope to provide insight into its multi-composite workforce, hybrid structures, complexprocedures, diverse working methods and cultures, evolving powers, relations with external actors(lobbies, EU agencies, and the media), major reform processes and main challenges lying ahead.The aim is to explain as straightforwardly and as systematically as possible and by way of examplesand methodologies what the European Commission actually does: How it is organized, how itworks, who works there and how to work with it.Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.CAUSES AND DYNAMICS OF VIOLENT CONFLICTDepartment: Political ScienceDegree programme: MasterContact: Matthias Schuler, +49 (0)203 379-2197, matthias.schuler@uni-due.deModule: Name n.s.Course type: LectureCredit Points: 4Teacher/Lecturer: Dr. Daniel LambachRequirements: n.s.Room Day, Time BeginCampus Duisburg, LK 063 Tuesday, 10-12 h 09.04.2013Language: EnglishCourse description:The lecture is divided into three parts: a) definitions, dimensions and trends of violent conflict, b)causes and dynamics of violent conflict and c) case studies. The first part introduces differenttypes and aspects of contemporary violent conflicts. This entails a discussion of the privatizationof the means of violence, the role of state agents and the emergence of markets of violence. In the

International seminars and lectures 99second part, we will focus on causal theories of conflict, also covering the relationship of localizedconflicts to their regional and global enviroment. Finally, the lecture highlights the societalfeatures that increase the risks of conflict escalation and assesses under which circumstances thisis more or less likely. In the last part of the lecture, these analytical concepts are applied to variouscase studies.Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.DEVELOPING REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN EUROPE AND BEYONDDepartment: Political ScienceDegree programme: MasterContact: Matthias Schuler, +49 (0)203 379-2197, matthias.schuler@uni-due.deModule: Name n.s.Course type: SeminarCredit Points: 5Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Michael KaedingRequirements: n.s.Room Day, Time BeginCampus Duisburg, LK 063 Wednesday, 18-19:30 h 10.04.2013Language: EnglishCourse description:This course is designed for graduate students, who are interested in acquiring specialisedknowledge of one of the defining features of contemporary globalisation: regional integration, i.e.the deepening of economic and political ties between states in particular geographical areas of theworld. The aim is to convey the foundations of the process of European integration from WorldWar II to the current EU crisis, the development of the EU – of its institutions, policy areas andgeographical enlargement- will be systematically examined with reference to different theories ofEuropean integration. The objective of this class is to understand the European integrationprocess in particular and the reasons for an increased regionalisation or regionalism worldwidemore generally. How has this processes varied over time and space? What factors have driven it?How do regionalisation and globalisation relate to each other? Finally, what are the consequencesof regional integration for economic development and democratic governance? At the end of thiscourse you will have gained a thorough understanding of various regional integration processesand the EU’s particular role in development policy.Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.POLITICS IN AFRICALanguage: EnglishDepartment: Political ScienceDegree programme: Master

100 International seminars and lecturesContact: Matthias Schuler, +49 (0)203 379-2197, matthias.schuler@uni-due.deModule: Name n.s.Course type: LectureCredit Points: 4Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Christof HartmannRequirements: n.s.Room Day, Time BeginCampus Duisburg, LK 053 Thursday, 10-12 h 11.04.2013Course description:The lecture aims at giving a comprehensive overview on the political dynamics of the 47 states inSub-Saharan Africa in the period since their political independence. We will both stress thecommon structural context which has been shaping political processes in Africa, and the varyingactor constellations, institutions, and ideologies specific to countries. The course is organisedaround a number of broad themes (state, governance, elections and parties, social groups andethnicity, culture and religion) that are analysed in their general relevance by using generalcomparative politics concepts and methods and also discussed more specifically for selectedAfrican countries.Proofs of academic achievement: Active participation and attendance is a general precondition fora proof of academic achievement. Written Exam.POLITICS IN THE EU: HOW THE EU INSTITUTIONS WORK AND HOW TOWORK WITH THE EU INSTITUTIONSDepartment: Political ScienceDegree programme: MasterContact: Matthias Schuler, +49 (0)203 379-2197, matthias.schuler@uni-due.deModule: Name n.s.Course type: LectureCredit Points: 4Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Michael KaedingRequirements: n.s.Room Day, Time BeginCampus Duisburg, LK 063 Wednesday, 16-17:30 h 10.04.2013Language: EnglishCourse description:The aim of understanding EU politics is linked to its complex governance structure. How tointeract with the EU institutions is increasingly important as the EU adds new powers to itsexisting competences (Lisbon Treaty, new economic governance structures …). To succeed indefending, or promoting, an interest or position in the EU depends entirely on understanding theinstitutions and how they individually and collectively take decisions. The course will equip thestudents to identify the right people at the right stages of the internal and inter-institutionaldecision-making procedures – with a clear focus on how the EU institutions deal with legislative

International seminars and lectures 101and non-legislative files, the budgetary procedure and alternative forms of policy instruments. Onthe one hand, the students will be confronted with the latest academic findings in the field of EUgoverance. But this lecture intends also to fill a gap by offering practical assistance to students onhow the EU institutions and decision-making actually work – and how to work with them.Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.STATE AND SOCIETY IN CHINADepartment: Political ScienceDegree programme: MasterContact: Matthias Schuler, +49 (0)203 379-2197, matthias.schuler@uni-due.deModule: Name n.s.Course type: SeminarCredit Points: 5Teacher/Lecturer: Magnus Dau, M.A.Requirements: n.s.Room Day, Time BeginCampus Duisburg, n.a. Tuesday, 16:15-17:45 h 09.04.2013Language: EnglishCourse description:Having completed this course, students will have gained a profound insight into the structure andthe processes of the Chinese political system as well as relevant policy issues. This first part of thecourse assesses the impact of economic reform on state and society and introduces students toformal and informal modes of decision making at the government level as well as societalinfluence on Chinese politics. The second part of the course will gain students an understandingof China’s social structure, the urban-rural gap and government attempts to bridge thedevelopmental gap between urban and rural areas. Finally, students will be made familiar with theinterdependence between economic, social and political development.Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.CONFLICT, GOVERNANCE AND HUMAN SECURITYLanguage: EnglishDepartment: Political ScienceDegree programme: MasterContact: Matthias Schuler, +49 (0)203 379-2197, matthias.schuler@uni-due.deModule: Name n.s.Course type: SeminarCredit Points: 5Teacher/Lecturer: Dr. Daniel LambachRequirements: n.s.

102 International seminars and lecturesRoom Day, Time BeginCampus Duisburg, MB 244 Tuesday, 12:30-16 h 09.04.2013Course description:The seminar is based on the notion that conflict is a ubiquitous occurrence in society, and thatsocieties develop social and political norms and institutions to ensure that conflict does notescalate into violence. To this end, we will identify linkages between the core concepts of conflict,violence and governance and then discuss different modes of social and/or political conflictmanagement. This will then be connected to the concept of human security which provides ananalytical lens as well as a normative point of reference. The seminar will take place on thefollowing dates only: 09.04., 23.04., 30.04., 07.05., 28.05., 04.06., 11.06.Proofs of academic achievement: n.s.GOING GLOBAL: AN INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONDepartment: Sociology, University of Duisburg-EssenDegree programme: BachelorContact: Daniel Wiggins, +49 (0)203 379-1343, daniel.wiggins@uni-due.deModule: Summer School 2013This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Intensive courseCredit Points: 6Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Kristin SurakRequirements: n.s.Language: EnglishRoom Day, Time BeginCampus Duisburg; MB 244, MB 242Rooms are subject to change (pleasevisit www.uni-due.de/lsf)Intensive course fromJune17 th to June 28 thMonday, June 17 thCourse description:Over the past decades, international migration has grown apace, with now over 200 million peoplein living outside their country of origin. This course provides an overview of the complex issuesinvolved when people move across state borders and introduces dominant economic, political, andsociological approaches to the analysis of international migration. We will look at migrationcircuits in five world regions – North America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and East Asia – toexamine issues of development, labor market organization, citizenship and integration,transnationalism, and xenophobia.Proofs of academic achievement: Active participation, presentations, and written assignmentsThis course is especially suitable for exchange students.

International seminars and lectures 103LOW WAGE WORK IN EUROPEDepartment: Sociology, University of Duisburg-EssenDegree programme: BachelorContact: Daniel Wiggins, +49 (0)203 379-1343, daniel.wiggins@uni-due.deModule: Summer School 2013This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Intensive courseCredit Points: 6Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Ursula HoltgreweRequirements: n.s.Room Day, Time BeginCampus Duisburg; LE 104, MB242, MB 243, LE 105Rooms are subject to change(please visit www.uni-due.de/lsf)Intensive course from June17 th to June 28 thMonday, June 17 thLanguage: EnglishCourse description:In recent years, in the industrialised world, it is not just skilled and knowledge-intensive work thathas expanded, but a considerable part of job growth consisted of jobs with low wages, often incombination with precarious and problematic conditions of work and employment. Based onrecent literature and on original research materials and findings of the walqing project(www.walqing.eu) we shall investigate the quality of work and employment in low-wage work inEurope on the level of national employment regimes and labour markets, companies andindividual workers' careers and perspectives. We shall identify the drivers of change in bothfavourable and unfavourable directions and explore institutional, sectoral and company-specificprerequisites for improvements.Proofs of academic achievement: Active participation, presentations, and written assignmentsThis course is especially suitable for exchange students.CRITICAL READINGS IN GLOBALIZATION AND MODERNITYDepartment: Sociology, University of Duisburg-EssenDegree programme: BachelorContact: Daniel Wiggins, +49 (0)203 379-1343, daniel.wiggins@uni-due.deModule: Summer School 2013This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Intensive courseCredit Points: 6Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Flemming ChristiansenRequirements: n.s.Language: English

104 International seminars and lecturesRoom Day, Time BeginCampus Duisburg; MB 244, MB 242Rooms are subject to change (pleasevisit www.uni-due.de/lsf)Intensive course from July 1 stto July 12 thMonday, July 1 stCourse description:Taking a starting point in the 2010 special issue of the British Journal of Sociology (Volume 61,Issue 3) the course will critically assess the debates on "Methodological Cosmopolitanism" and"Second Modernity". The main focus will be to evaluate the arguments in the debate on theuniversality of sociological analysis related to their applicability to China and Asia more broadly.Core readings will include articles and book chapters by Stephen Castles, Ulrich Beck, CraigCalhoun, Yunxiang Yan, Anna Tsing, Chang Kyung-sup and others.Proofs of academic achievement: Active participation, presentations, and written assignmentsThis course is especially suitable for exchange students.GLOBLIZATION AND INEQUALITIESDepartment: Sociology, University of Duisburg-EssenDegree programme: BachelorContact: Daniel Wiggins, +49 (0)203 379-1343, daniel.wiggins@uni-due.deModule: Summer School 2013This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Intensive courseCredit Points: 6Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Karen ShireRequirements: n.s.Room Day, Time BeginCampus Duisburg; LC 133, MB244, MB 245, MC 231Rooms are subject to change(please visit www.uni-due.de/lsf)Intensive course from July 1 stto July 12 thMonday, July 1stLanguage: EnglishCourse description:The purpose of the course is for students to develop an understanding of how inequalities aremeasured by international organisations as well as social scientists and how inequalities arecompared across quite different societies. A specific focus will be placed on the rising inequalitiesassociated with the transformation of work and employment across the globe. New concepts anddiscourses of social inequality, arising especially from recent research in Europe, the BRICcountries and East Asia, but also from the Global South, will be introduced and students will beasked to mobilize their knowledge for in-class analysis of official data and developments.Proofs of academic achievement: Active participation, presentations, and written assignmentsThis course is especially suitable for exchange students.

International seminars and lectures 105FACULTY OF SPORTS SCIENCETRAINING AND TESTING IN INTERMITTENT SPORTSDepartment: TrainingswissenschaftContact: Dr Jaime Fernandez-Fernandez; +49 (0)234-32-25969; Jaime.fernandezfernandez@rub.deDegree programme: MasterModule: Module 1: optionale studienThis module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Compact SeminarCredit Points: 3Teacher/Lecturer: Dr. Jaime Fernandez-FernandezRequirements: Bachelors Degree in Sports SciencesRoom Day, Time BeginTo determineMonday-Friday; 9:00 to 21/05/201315:00Language: EnglishCourse description:The performance of a top-class athlete can be improved by appropriate training. The fitnesstraining should be closely related to the activities of the athlete during competition. Furthermore,the capacity of the athlete should be known. For that purpose, field tests can be used since theyhave been shown to be sensitive and to give valid measures of performance in many sports. Thefitness training can be divided into aerobic, anaerobic and specific muscle training. Each type oftraining has a number of subcategories, which allows for a precise execution of the training whenthe aim of the training is known. A critical factor when training wlite athletes is when to do whar,i.e. to plan the training. In the seminar, the cardiovascular and muscular adaptations with regardto training or inactivity are addressed and the varios components of fitness training are presented.The value of using field tests to evaluate the performance of athletes is also described. Finally, howto prioritize the training of top athletes is discussed.Proofs of academic achievement: Oral presentation

106 International seminars and lecturesINSTITUTE FOR NEURAL COMPUTATIONAUTONOMOUS ROBOTICS: ACTION, PERCEPTION, AND COGNITIONDepartment: Angewandte Informatik/Institut für NeuroinformatikDegree programme: MasterContact: Dr. Rolf Würtz, +49 (0)234-32-27994, Rolf.Wuertz@ini.rub.de, 11:00 - 15:00 hModule: n. s.This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Lecture + TutorialCredit Points: 5Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Gregor SchönerRequirements: n. s.Room Day, Time BeginNB 3/57NB 3/57Thursday, 14.15-16.00Thursday, 16.15-17.0011.04.2013 (Lecture)18.04.2013 (Tutorial)Language: EnglishCourse description:Neuroinformatics is concerned with the discovery of new solutions to technical problems ofinformation processing. These solutions are sought based on analogies with nervous systems andthe behaviour of organisms. This course focuses on three exemplary problems to illustrate thisapproach:(a) Artificial action (autonomous robotics);(b) Artificial perception (robot vision);(c) Artificial cognition (simplest cognitive capabilities of autonomous robots such as decisionmaking, memory, behavioural organization).The main methodological emphasis is on nonlinear dynamical systems' approaches and dynamic(neural) fields.Proofs of academic achievement: written examinationMATHEMATICS FOR MODELING AND DATA ANALYSISDepartment: Angewandte Informatik/Institut für NeuroinformatikDegree programme: BachelorContact: Dr. Rolf Würtz, +49 (0)234-32-27994, Rolf.Wuertz@ini.rub.de, 11:00 - 15:00 hModule: n. s.This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Lecture and TutorialCredit Points: 2 (Lecture), 4 (Tutorial)Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Laurenz WiskottLanguage: English

International seminars and lectures 107Requirements: basic knowledge of linear algebra and calculusRoom Day, Time BeginNB 3/57Thursday, 12.15-13.45 11.04.2013 (Lecture)NB 3/57Thursday, 10.30-12.00 18.04.2013 (Tutorial)Course description:This course covers mathematical methods that are relevant for modeling and data analysis.Particular emphasis will be put on an intuitive understanding as is required for a creativecommand of mathematics. The following topics will be covered: Functions, vector spaces,matrices as, transformations, systems of linear differential equations, qualitative analysis ofnonlinear differential equations, Bayes theory, multiple integrals.Proofs of academic achievement: written examinationCOMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE: VISION AND MEMORYLanguage: EnglishDepartment: Angewandte Informatik/Institut für NeuroinformatikDegree programme: MasterContact: Dr. Rolf Würtz, +49 (0)234-32-27994, Rolf.Wuertz@ini.rub.de, 11:00 - 15:00 hModule: n. s.This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Lecture and TutorialCredit Points: 2 (Lecture), 4 (Tutorial)Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Laurenz WiskottRequirements: The mathematical level of the course is mixed. There are some lectures thatrequire almost no math and others that require a lot. The tutorial is almost entirely mathematical.Mathematics required include calculus (functions, derivatives, integrals, differential equations, ...),linear algebra (vectors, matrices, inner product, orthogonal vectors, basis systems, ...), and a bit ofprobability theory (probabilities, probability densities, Bayes' theorem, ...).Room Day, Time BeginNB 3/57NB 3/57Tuesday, 12.15-13.45Tuesday, 10.30-12.0009.04.2013 (Lecture)16.04.2013 (Tutorial)Course description:This lecture presents models of selforganization in neural systems, in particular addressing vision(receptive fields, neural maps, invariances, attention) and associative memory (Hopfield network).Proofs of academic achievement: written examinationMACHINE LEARNING - SUPERVISED METHODSLanguage: English

108 International seminars and lecturesDepartment: Angewandte Informatik/Institut für NeuroinformatikDegree programme: MasterContact: Dr. Rolf Würtz, +49 (0)234-32-27994, Rolf.Wuertz@ini.rub.de, 11:00 - 15:00 hModule: n. s.This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Lecture and TutorialCredit Points: 3 (Lecture), 3 (Tutorial)Teacher/Lecturer: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Tobias GlasmachersRequirements: n. s.Room Day, Time BeginNB 3/57Monday, 12.15-14.00 08.04.2013 (Lecture)NB 3/57Friday, 11.15-13.45 12.04.2013 (Tutorial)Course description:The field of machine learning constitutes a modern approach to artificial intelligence. It is situatedin between neuroscience, statistics, robotics, and areas of application ranging all over science andengineering, medicine, economics, and many more. Machine learning algorithms automate theprocess of learning, thus allowing prediction and decision making machines to improve withexperience.This lecture will cover different state-of-the-art methods in the domain of "supervised learning".Topics include classical statistical methods, neural networks, support vector machines, andnearest neighbour models. The lecture covers algorithmic as well as learning theoretical aspects.Proofs of academic achievement: written examination

International seminars and lectures 109INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTRE OF ADVANCED MATERIALSSIMULATION (ICAMS)MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIESLanguage: EnglishDepartment: Interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Materials SimulationContact: mss@icams.rub.de, phone: +49 (0)234 32 29332Degree programme: MasterModule: n.s.This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Lecture with exercises/seminarCredit Points: 4Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Hartmaier, Prof. SteinbachRequirements: Students must have completed the modules “Elements of microstructure” and“Introduction to statistical physics and thermodynamics” or equivalent.Room Day, Time BeginICAMS, room 0.08 Thursday 14.00-16.30 11/04/2013Course description:In this course students learn the principles of microstructure evolution during materialsprocessing, its dependence on the material composition and transport processes. They gainunderstanding of the correlation between microstructure and mechanical properties of materialsby learning the microstructural mechanisms of deformation and failure. They develop the skills toapply this knowledge to materials science problems.Proofs of academic achievement: written examinationThis course is especially suitable for exchange students.INTERFACES AND SURFACESLanguage: EnglishDepartment: Interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Materials SimulationContact: mss@icams.rub.de, phone: +49 (0)234 32 29332Degree programme: MasterModule: n.s.This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Lecture, practical excercisesCredit Points: 6Teacher/Lecturer: Dr. Hammerschmidt, Dr. Janisch, Dr. RogalRequirements: Students must have successfully completed module “Elements of Microstructure”and “ Introduction to Quantum Mechanics in Solid State Physics” and “Asssessment andDescription of Material Properties” or equivalent.

110 International seminars and lecturesRoom Day, Time BeginICAMS, room 0.07 Monday 13.30-15.00, 09.04.2013Thursday 12.00-13.30Course description:The course shall provide an understanding of the relevance of surfaces and interfaces in materialsscience. The goals are gaining basic knowledge of experimental and computational techniques tocharacterize surfaces/interfaces as well as understanding the relationship between atomisticdescriptions of interfaces/surfaces and macroscopic materials properties, especiallythermodynamic and mechanical properties (interface/surface energies, adsorption, segregation,interface mobility, interaction with other defects). The students will develop the relevant skills tochoose the most suited approaches for specific questions and to apply them to material scienceproblems.Proofs of academic achievement: oral examThis course is especially suitable for exchange students.QUANTUM MECHANICS IN MATERIALS SCIENCEDepartment: Interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Materials SimulationContact: mss@icams.rub.de, phone: +49 (0)234 32 29332Degree programme: MasterModule: n.s.This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Lecture and seminarCredit Points: 4Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. DrautzLanguage: EnglishRequirements: Successful completion of “Introduction to Quantum Mechanics in Solid StatePhysics” or equivalentRoom Day, Time BeginICAMS, room 0.08 Mon+ Thur 8.30-10.00 08/04/2013Course description:The course shall provide a basic understanding of quantum mechanics in materials sciece, whichenables the students to study the current research literature. Furthermore it provides the requiredknowledge of quantum mechanics as the basis of performing electronic-structure simulations.The students will learn to understand the basics of wave mechanics and their relation to theelectronic structure of materials. Students will be able to transfer this knowledge in order tounderstand and use numerical methods for calculating the electronic structure of complex phases.They comperehend how the electronic structure influences the properties of materials.Proofs of academic achievement: written examinationThis course is especially suitable for exchange students.

International seminars and lectures 111APPLICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTUREMETHODSDepartment: Interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Materials SimulationContact: mss@icams.rub.de, phone: +49 (0)234 32 29332Degree programme: MasterModule: n.s.This module is taught entirely in English.Course type: Lecture, practical studies and group seminarsCredit Points: 6Teacher/Lecturer: Prof. Drautz, Prof. Neugebauer, Dr. MadsenRequirements: see “Quantum Mechanics in Materials Science”.Room Day, Time BeginICAMS CIP Pool Friday 10.00-14.00 12/04/2013Language: EnglishCourse description:When the course is finished the successful participant is expected to be able to:- Choose the most appropriate electronic structure computational method for a givenresearch project- Formulate and describe the foundation of density functional theory (DFT)- Describe the most common approximation employed in DFT- Contribute to the implementation of a DFT codeProofs of academic achievement: practical studies, oral examinationThis course is especially suitable for exchange students.

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