Topics vary every semester.
“For the course description, please find this course in the respective semester on the public course browser: https://www.aup.edu/academics/course-catalog/by-term.”
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 11:20 | 13:00 | M-L04 |
Tuesday | 11:20 | 13:00 | M-L04 |
Wednesday | 11:20 | 13:00 | M-L04 |
Thursday | 11:20 | 13:00 | M-L04 |
This introductory course is an exploration of both technical and aesthetic concerns in photography. Using a digital camera, students will produce original work in response to a series of lectures, assignments, and bi-weekly critique classes. The course will cover the fundamentals of photographing with digital SLR’s, and students will learn a range of digital tools including color correction, making selections, working with layers and inkjet printing. After mastering the basics, students will work towards the completion of a final project and the focus of the remaining classes will be on critiques. Students will be asked to make pictures that are challenging in both content and form and express the complex and poetic nature of the human experience. REQUIRED EQUIPMENT:
• A digital SLR or mirrorless camera that can shoot “RAW” files in FULLY MANUAL mode (the brand does not matter)
• An SD card of at least 8GB (SanDisk or Lexar brand)
• A camera lens (preferably a 50mm fixed-length lens, but zooms are ok)
• An SD card reader
• Two external hard drives of at least 500GB
• A portfolio box
Your course fee covers standard paper and ink usage, additional usage will be charged to your student account. AUP provides access to a photo inkjet printer, but DOES NOT PROVIDE CAMERAS, LENSES, SD cards, etc. Please note that it is the student's responsibility to purchase all required individual equipment.
Please note that an additional fee will be charged for this course.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 14:30 | 18:00 | Q-509 |
Tuesday | 14:30 | 18:00 | Q-509 |
Wednesday | 14:30 | 18:00 | Q-509 |
Thursday | 14:30 | 18:00 | Q-509 |
Paris and its surroundings will be used as the model for this introductory painting class. This exceptional setting has inspired artists for centuries, and students will work outside as well as study the wealth of images of Paris to develop their artistic possibilities and choose a direction for themselves. Initially, basic drawing and painting techniques will be taught with an emphasis on how to convey space, light, and volume to capture the beauty of the city. Progressively, students will be encouraged to paint in a more personal and expressive manner. Oil paint is recommended, but other media are welcome.
The course has an extra course fee of 49 euros. May be taken twice for credit.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 09:00 | 13:00 | M-015 |
Wednesday | 09:00 | 13:00 | M-015 |
Topics change each semester.
“For the course description, please find this course in the respective semester on the public course browser: https://www.aup.edu/academics/course-catalog/by-term.”
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 16:00 | 17:40 | M-015 |
Tuesday | 16:00 | 17:40 | M-015 |
Wednesday | 16:00 | 17:40 | M-015 |
Thursday | 16:00 | 17:40 | M-015 |
This course introduces students to the financial accounting cycle and financial reporting for corporations. Students learn how to measure and record accounting data and prepare financial statements. At the end of the course, students choose a company and do an analysis of their financial statements, comparing their company against a competitor company, using financial ratios.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 11:20 | 13:00 | G-009 |
Tuesday | 11:20 | 13:00 | G-009 |
Wednesday | 11:20 | 13:00 | G-009 |
Thursday | 11:20 | 13:00 | G-009 |
Provides a basic introduction to the concepts of accounting for purposes of management control and management decision-making. Topics include: budgeting, budget variance analysis, cost-volume-profit relationships, product cost accounting, segment reporting and differential analysis.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 13:40 | 15:20 | G-009 |
Tuesday | 13:40 | 15:20 | G-009 |
Wednesday | 13:40 | 15:20 | G-009 |
Thursday | 13:40 | 15:20 | G-009 |
The major purpose of this course is to identify common threads through different major disasters throughout the world and from this examination draw lessons learnt that ought to be applied to limit their recurrence and mitigate the human and financial pain they spawn. The key question posed and framework for study: How are the myriad technical, emotional, economic, legal, public policy, financial, communications, ethics and international relations issues that necessarily arise in disasters best handled? Once posed we will develop an analytical framework for the implementation of the practical action in disaster prevention, mitigation and remediation.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 09:00 | 12:30 | G-113 |
Tuesday | 09:00 | 12:30 | G-113 |
Wednesday | 09:00 | 12:30 | G-113 |
Thursday | 09:00 | 12:30 | G-113 |
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 09:00 | 12:30 | G-113 |
Tuesday | 09:00 | 12:30 | G-113 |
Wednesday | 09:00 | 12:30 | G-113 |
Thursday | 09:00 | 12:30 | G-113 |
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 14:30 | 18:00 | G-113 |
Tuesday | 14:30 | 18:00 | G-113 |
Wednesday | 14:30 | 18:00 | G-113 |
Thursday | 14:30 | 18:00 | G-113 |
Whether a story is an imaginative transformation of life experience or an invention, the writing must be well crafted and convincing, driven not only by plot and theme but also through characterization, conflict, point of view, and sensitivity to language. Students produce and critique short stories and novel chapters while studying fiction techniques and style through examples.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 14:30 | 18:00 | G-113 |
Tuesday | 14:30 | 18:00 | G-113 |
Wednesday | 14:30 | 18:00 | G-113 |
Thursday | 14:30 | 18:00 | G-113 |