English

This course explores relations in lexical and phrasal semantics. It discusses basic semantic concepts and different types of word and sentence meanings. This course focuses on semantic and pragmatic processes using the most important theoretical models in semantics. It offers a contrastive analysis of English and other languages.

The course covers the following topics. Newtonian dynamics of a particle in various coordinate systems. Harmonic, damped, and forced oscillations of a pendulum. Nonlinear oscillations and chaos. Gravitation and tidal forces. Calculus of variations. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian dynamics, generalized coordinates and constraints. Central force motion and planetary orbits. Dynamics of a system of particles, collisions in a center-of-mass coordinate system and in a lab system. Motion in a non-inertial reference frame, Coriolis and centrifugal forces. Motion relative to the Earth. Mechanics of rigid bodies, inertia tensors and principal axes of inertia. Eulerian angles, and Euler's equations for a rigid body. Precession, motion of a symmetric top and stability of rigid body rotations. Coupled oscillations, eigenfrequencies and normal modes.

This course provides an introduction to systems with multiple agents/units/robots that mutually depend on each other’s behaviors in order to evaluate their own or collective system performance. The course covers theory for strategic interaction between self-interested agents as well as more altruistic agents working explicitly together in complex distributed environments. Game theory and swarm intelligence are central parts of the course curriculum.

This course presents an overview of research frontiers relating to international and domestic climate policy, politics, and government; comparative politics discussions related to climate change, such as the role of democracy, economic development, and corruption in shaping countries’ commitments to climate change mitigation; and political theory discussions relating to just climate transition, and ways to ensure accountable and democratic support for climate action. 

This course provides methodological tools and applies them to case-based analysis of real-world problems. This training equips students with practical skills and critical thinking useful for future careers such as consulting in applied economics or other related professions in industry requiring data analysis. Successful completion of the course provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the process involved with a case-based investigation in business economics. This includes defining the problem at the start of a case, identifying potential solutions, applying empirical tools and statistical methods to conduct quantitative data analysis, as well as presenting the results. The course emphasizes data-driven analysis, but students are also expected to base this on economic principles and theoretical foundations. Statistical software (for example, Excel, R) are used for data analysis. The course consists of a mix of lectures and guided project work that culminates in a written assignment. The assignment is completed small groups, and students also present the content of their assignment at the end of the course.

This third-year, intermediate level course introduces students through practice-based learning an ability to design and implement device-based solutions for the presentation of media content. Students learn interaction and product design methods used in the design and development of interactive products or devices and apply these methods and physical computing to conceptualize, design, and develop interactive devices. 

Drawing on prominent social thinkers, this course investigates the social nature of humankind as it relates has to war, and what warfare reveals about the social existence of human beings. The course explores themes of: war in realism; war in rationalism; civil war; just and unjust wars; revolution and war, regular and irregular wars; capital, empire, and war; race, class and warfare in the contemporary world. 

This course introduces the fundamental skills required for 3D computer modeling and animation. Students are introduced to industry standard digital tools and gain creative and technical competence with modeling, character design, movement, environment and rendering. Emphasis is placed on learning techniques, principles and strategies to enable on-going independent learning of the specialist 3D software used. A wide variety of processes are reviewed to provide an overall awareness of the complete 3D animation production process. Technical processes include modeling, texturing, simple rigging, keyframe animation, lighting and rendering. By the end of the course, students can produce a short animation.

This course introduces students to human behavior in organizational contexts. Both theoretical and applied approaches will be developed and examining processes at the individual, group, and organizational levels. Instructional methods include lectures, experiential exercises, group activities, videos and case studies. 

This course engages students to think and express themselves through the production process of a musical. By introducing the various aspects of mounting a musical production, it empowers the students to transmit this understanding into an actual display of intrinsic ideas. The course is executed through classroom seminars and an experiential component culminating in the form of a micro-musical. The content coverage embodies a survey and appreciation of Singapore musicals; and to expound on the hardware and software requirements in mounting a musical. This includes individual elements like acting, singing, writing, composing, music-making and dancing which are interwoven in the creation of this art form; as well as the financial and budget planning, safety measures and basic aspects of stage management.