What makes a criminal? Are they born or made? How do personality, social deprivation and upbringing affect criminality? Is crime due to economic need, a failure of conscience or a need for excitement? If genetic ...

This free course, Criminology beyond crime, examines the notion of 'social harm' as an alternative to the legal definition of 'crime'. To illustrate this concept, the course considers developments in Green Criminology, ...

The particular subject of crisis management deals with Crisis, problems, odds and difficulties which are indispensable part of human life, at individual as well as, at collective level. Systems do not adopt the course that ...

Are you confident you can reason clearly? Are you able to convince others of your point of view? Are you able to give plausible reasons for believing what you believe? Do you sometimes read arguments in the newspapers, ...

Is management a personal or collaborative process? Traditional thinking can often give the impression that being objective, rational and dispassionate are prerequisites for being a manager – but is that the case?

This series of tracks looks at social work practice around the world and compares attitudes and management techniques within the social work field.

This course is intended for people who aspire to know all about how to think smart, get logical, improve decision making skills and use social networking efficiently. The learner needs to have basic knowledge of computers ...

This unit is taken from Croeso, a beginners’ language course that concentrates on Welsh as a tool for communication, but it also provides some insights into Welsh societies and cultures through printed and audio materials. ...

How does the computer's peculiar binary world of digital entities differ from our analogue world of colour, sound, taste and touch? This unit explores the way in which information, in the form of text, still and moving ...

Modules / Lectures : Introduction to Cryogenic Engineering ; Properties of Cryogenic Fluids ; Properties of Cryogenic ; Material Properties at Low Temperature ; Gas Liquefaction and Refrigeration Systems ; Gas ...

This is another activity that achieves something that doesn't seem possible - people who don't trust each other and can't see each other are able to agree on the outcome of a random coin flip. This is an absorbing ...

Modules / Lectures : Introduction ; Overview on Modern Cryptography ; Introduction to Number Theory ; Probability and Information Theory ; Classical Cryptosystems ; Cryptanalysis of Classical Ciphers ; ...

This teaching and learning package (TLP) provides an introduction to crystallinity in polymers.

This course basically focuses upon patterns of thoughts and behavior, such as marriage customs, kinship organization, political and economic systems, religion, folk art, music and the way in which these patterns differ in ...

Modules / Lectures : Cultural Studies: An Introduction ; Understanding Cultural Studies ; Evolution and Culture ; Evolutionary Psychology ; The Modern Mind: Its Origins ; Memetics ; Structuralism ; Marxism ...

Every generation faces challenges that previous generations could scarcely imagine. Twenty years ago, few people were talking about climate change, now it's one of the most hotly-contested areas in politics.

The third video module of this introductory sociology course covers how families, institutions and sub-cultures shape our identity. The video is approximately 50 minutes in length.

This course focuses on the importance and purpose of CRM highlighting how to carry out efficient and effective CRM. Students will learn how to manage good relations with all sorts of customers, how to build customer loyalty ...

Outline: To change color, shape and width of a Reaction line; Add Anchor points to a Reaction line; Align Components; Show/hide Reaction ids; Adding notes to Components; Editing Protein; Editing information; ...

The prevailing consumerism in Chinese cyberspace is a growing element of Chinese culture and an important aspect of this book. Chinese bloggers, who have strongly embraced consumerism and tend to be apathetic about politics, ...