English

This course is part of the Laurea Magistrale degree program and is intended for advanced level students. EnrolLment is by permission of the instructor. This course presents to students the stylistic analysis of literature in English. In particular, students are guided through the quantitative and qualitative analysis of literature. This course proposes a mixture of theory and practice with the final aim to teach how to provide close readings of literary texts based on a stylistics approach. The aim of this course is to teach students the importance of style in relation to the meaning of a literature.

This course examines fundamental concepts, theories, and methodologies of sociology. It covers specific aspects of social life, such as families, gender, religion, deviance, and social stratification, and demonstrate how sociological ideas and tools can be applied to better understand our social lives and the social problems we face.

In this course, students delve into the cultural, historical, and economic significance of France’s most iconic culinary staples, analyzing their impact on modes of production, consumer behavior, and France’s national branding in a globalized market. Drawing on anthropology, food studies, and economics, it examines market trends in French food within the context of France’s mythical status as a gastronomic nation par excellence. The course traces the history of the Michelin-star restaurant rating system, ideologies of terroir, and claims to unique French savoir-faire when it comes to food. It also considers contemporary challenges to French food traditions—from the impact of climate change on cheese-making and farming, to how rising food prices are leading to a decline in domestic consumption—and emerging trends relating to the rise of global fast food in the land of the gastronomic meal. Through a variety of case studies the course offers insights into the cultural and economic implications for local producers, businesses, and the wider food industry ecosystem of such events as the recent baguette strikes, international foie gras controversies, the emergence of bean-to-bar chocolate in France, and the growing market for biodynamic wines. The class savors the complexities of France's gastronomic landscape through a variety of site visits which connect in-class discussions of France’s iconic culinary heritage with first-hand observation of diverse locations of contemporary food production and consumption in and around Paris.

This introductory level course familiarizes students to a variety of local Singapore texts from a variety of genres - poetry, short stories, plays, novels, and film. Students gain a deeper understanding of major themes, cultures, identities and lifestyles represented in Singapore literature, as well as national issues and perspectives. It introduces students to Singapore literature and culture through a literary lens. It includes major works of literature by Singaporean authors, such as Edwin Thumboo, Catherine Lim, Kuo Pao Kun, Haresh Sharma, Gwee Li Sui, Claire Tham, Philip Jeyeratnam, Tan Tarn How and films by Eric Khoo, as well as a wide range of critical essays and commentaries. Students analyze works by the authors from a variety of perspectives, in an effort to evaluate how the artistic community frames images of Singapore. This is a suitable course for students that do not have a background in Singapore literature. 

This course provides an understanding of the principles underpinning finite element analysis (FEA) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Lectures include basics of finite element method and current problems, challenges, insights, developments, etc., relevant to various types of applications of CFD in industry and research: Aerodynamics, F1 racing, gas turbines, internal combustion engines, weather forecasting, heat transfer, fundamental turbulence modelling, etc.

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to advanced and modern topics in Electrodynamics aimed at undergraduate and master's students. The course assumes familiarity with Newtonian mechanics, but the main concepts of special relativity and vector calculus are covered initially. 

This is a beginners' course in the Sanskrit language. It introduces the most important Sanskrit grammar in one year by using M. Deshpande's Samskrta-Subodhini's A Sanskrit Primer as the textbook. The course also begins by reading Sanskrit verses from the story of Nala and Damayant in Charles Lanman's A Sanskrit Reader. The course then reviews major Indian religions and philosophical texts in Chinese translations to know the basics about Indian culture. Students are expected to memorize basic Sanskrit grammar, to start reading sentences from primary texts, and to know the basics about classical Indian religions and culture. 

This course is a basic introduction to the dynamics of time-dependent data. The course starts by discussing the type of data to be analyzed. Apart from typical single number time series such as temperatures or stock prices, students also consider the evolution of geospatial variables, 3D, and text data. This is followed by the basic Exploratory Data Analysis in the context of time-dependent data. The course will then provide insights on how time-dependent data can be analyzed based on real world examples and applications. Areas of applications that might be considered are speech, stock market evolution, music, geospatial data such as MRI scans, and medical time series data used in diagnostics.

This course aims to situate your fieldwork experiences within the context of China’s unprecedented socioeconomic transformations. It provides you with conceptual and methodological tools for approaching their field placements; to evaluate your own experiences and observations through critical reflection; and to integrate your understanding of the everyday life of Chinese through written exercises and ethnographic practices.

This course (followed by RU2202 in Semester 2) is the language track at second level for students who took the beginners' modules (RU1001 and RU1002) at first level. The most important elements of Russian grammar taught in the first year are reinforced and key intermediate grammatical topics are introduced. Audio-visual and writing classes are designed to improve listening comprehension and writing fluency in the language. Oral skills are developed with a native speaker in small-group oral classes. Students must have passed 1st year Russian language (or equivalent for visiting students) in order to take this course.