China

This course aims to familiarize students with theories, concepts, and phenomena of population aging, which impacts multiple dimensions of the society and the globe. Aging is a biological phenomenon, but also a social process for both individuals and society at large. We will discuss the economic, healthcare, intergenerational, and environmental, and cultural factors woven in these social processes and phenomena. Topics will include but not limited to aging and life course, demography, dementia, family, caregiving, community support, ageism, productive aging, and social policy. Aging is a life-long process— this course will guide students in developing an understanding of how aging shapes the lives of individuals, families, and society in a broad and holistic sense.

This course is designed for students interested in real estate industry and exposes the students to concepts, theories, and industry practice in real estate finance. The course also introduces valuation and appraisal methods used for real estate finance and investment decision making. The main objective is to help students acquire the knowledge and develop the analytical skills of real estate finance, including the institutions and instruments used for finance residential and commercial real estate. The topics covered includes valuation methods, financial leverage, mortgage products, and commercial real estate finance. This course also introduces countless ways investors can invest in real estate, including purchasing properties directly as an individual or with other investors, or investing in publicly traded property company stocks and REITs.

Introduce the history of Chinese book collection and explain the genealogical editing style.

Introduce papermaking plants and traditional papermaking technology, and learn about papermaking plants on campus.

Introduce traditional Chinese paper and ink, printing technology, watermark printing techniques.

Teach traditional engraving techniques and create engravings (genealogy charts, library tickets).

Experience traditional papermaking in the paper workshop.

Lecture on traditional printing methods, printing works on homemade handmade paper.

Introduce traditional Chinese binding art, ancient book layout, and paper dyeing art.

This course is to help the students to

Understand concepts and theories of political parties in the United States.

Understand the various functions of political parties in the United States.

Understand and explain how partisan polarization has contributed to the crisis of democracy and the crisis of governance in the United States.

Analyze how partisan polarization in the United States would affect Sino-US relations.

The United States is one of the most important countries in the western world. Its domestic partisan politics have global implications, affecting the Sino-US relationship. This course is intended to give an overview of the scholarly works and popular debates about political parties in the United States. Topics include the theories and the development of party system in the United States, party organization, the role of parties in mobilizing voters, party and governance, partisan polarization, parties and foreign policies, and party politics and Sino-US relations.

This course integrates professional topics with listening and speaking skills. The professional topics encompass various areas such as philosophy, literature, economics, politics, society, history, medicine, natural sciences, engineering, arts, and more. The training in listening, speaking, and viewing skills related to these professional topics includes note- taking, inference, and a series of listening micro-skills, as well as expressing opinions, explaining charts, and other presentation micro-skills. Through listening and speaking exercises in an academic context, students will enhance their academic Chinese language proficiency.

After taking this course, students will be

Mastering Academic Vocabulary and Sentence Structures in Fields Such as Humanities, Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Chinese.

Enhancing Comprehension Skills in Listening to Academic Lectures in Chinese.

Improving Proficiency in Expressing Academic Presentations and Engaging in Academic Discussions in Chinese.

Fostering the Desire of International Students to Integrate into Their Respective Disciplines and Engage in Academic Learning and Research.

Cultivating Overall Academic Learning and Research Competencies in International Students.

This course is a compulsory course for law school undergraduates and one of the basic courses for the law major. Through the study of this course, students can understand the basic theories and basic categories of Chinese civil procedure law, systematically master the knowledge system and framework of civil procedure law, and understand the basic content included in various procedures. At the same time, it improves the logic and agility of students' thinking, and cultivates students' ability to discover, analyze and solve problems.

The content of this course mainly includes the overview of civil litigation (basic theory, basic principles, supervisor and jurisdiction of civil litigation), litigant, evidence and proof, civil litigation guarantee mechanism, litigation procedure, non-litigation procedure, special procedures for foreign-related maritime and public interest litigation, and execution procedures.

By the end of the course, students will be able to:
[1] know different schools of social capital;
[2] distinguish the unique features of social capital in Chinese society;
[3] understand the relevance of social capital in terms of social support;
[4] demonstrate a basic ability to conduct independent inquiry on topics in social capital and to effectively communicate the results via oral presentation.

This course provides an overview of social capital research and its implication for individual mobility and social support. Topics covered in this class include the different schools of social capital, its individual and collective roots, how it relates to social support and individual health, , as well as its application for contemporary economic and social life. Through the course, students will obtain a richer understanding of social capital and its relevance to real life.

This course aims to take into account the study of Chinese historical knowledge and Chinese language learning, so that students can improve their Chinese proficiency while cultivating students' interest in ancient Chinese history, preparing themselves for the systematic study of ancient Chinese history, and laying a certain knowledge foundation.

This course targets international students. It shows the general outline of the development of ancient Chinese history through representative figures and events in various historical periods of China, and tells an overview of ancient Chinese history.

1. Understanding entrepreneur mindset;
2. Understand relevant literature and methodologies that promote innovation, creativity and disruption; 
3. Identify potential problems and formulate solutions that may can be transformed in business opportunities; 
4. Understand that its possible to become an entrepreneur despite limit available resources;
5. Identify opportunities with economic, social or environmental impact and be able to empathize with clients or market needs;
6. Develop abilities towards creative process and the capacity of approaching and solving problems in a different way.
7. Learn how to structure a customer map experience;
8. Understand how to communicate ideas and connect with potential customers;
9. Understand China innovation environment and the opportunities for entrepreneurs within this context
10. Identify growing trends in Chinese economy and how can these impact economic development cross boarders;
11. Interact with entrepreneurs carrying out business in China

Students need to be prepared for a world that has an unprecedented rate of change, specially, in countries such as China, with unparalleled levels of development, competition and digitalization. Traditional pedagogy is focused to create logical, sequential learning that is purposefully aimed at building competency or perspectives. Simulating experiences and a fully experiential entrepreneurship allows this course to complement those skills mentioned. This course applies design thinking, creative thinking, story telling and other entrepreneurial development creative theories.

Entrepreneurial development is aimed at providing students a set of tools and methodologies that will help them identify and develop business opportunities.

Economic activity is highly unevenly distributed across space, as reflected by the existence of cities. In 2018, about 831 million Chinese people crowded together in the urban part, accounting for 1 percent of the country’s land. Cities have been engines of growth. Cities are also filled with things to see, buy, taste, and learn. However, density also means congestion, makes living and commuting costly, and concentrates exposure to pollution and disease. This course aims to teach students how to apply the latest thinking and research in urban economics to analyze a series of topics related to urbanization in China and other urban-related issues worldwide. Students will learn how economists think about cities. We will explore why cities exist as they do, the natures, determinants, and impacts of geographic organization of economic activities, and a variety of urban policy issues such as the household registration system (hukou), the reforms in land and housing markets, urban land-use policies, transportation infrastructure investment, city and environment, spatial arrangements of educational resources, neighborhood transitions, and place-based policies. Students will learn about urban economic theory and analysis of empirical data sets in the context of addressing important urban-related questions. Empirical examples will be taken primarily from China, the United States, and some European countries. After taking this course, students will comprehensively understand the standard urban theory and empirical evidence on various important applied urban topics. This course will prepare students with many of the necessary tools to undertake their research in urban economics and related fields.