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 What is culture? What is technology? How are the two related? What is our relationship with each or both? How do we live in a culture surrounded by technological objects, artifacts, structures, and institutions? How does technology change culture, and vice versa?

This course is designed to provide students with the theoretical tools to begin asking questions for themselves and seeking better answers. The course examines key themes in technology studies that involve the social, political, economic, and cultural contexts in which technological artifacts, services, and platforms are produced, distributed, networked, and used. 

Through software-assisted learning, you will be able to intuitively understand fundamental mathematical concepts such as linear algebra, and delve into advanced topics like the PageRank algorithm, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), function fitting, numerical integration, solution of ordinary differential equations, and machine learning methods.

This course examines how the Silk Roads linked and transformed regions and societies through trade, diplomacy, religion, and conquest. It explores how societies interacted across vast distances; the emergence and interaction of the religious traditions of Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Islam, and Christianity; the journeys of people, objects, and ideas; and the roles of nomadic conquest and imperialist competition. 

This course introduces students to the complex area of youth crime, the contemporary forces that shape youth justice policy, and the ways in which the criminal justice system has responded to it.

How can firms shape and be shaped by cultures and institutions? This course explores this important question through engaging lectures, case studies, and seminars. It addresses the growing demand for future managers to develop cross-cultural skills and competencies that are essential for improving performance in a globalized economy.

This course applies microeconomic reasoning to the study of the public sector. It surveys the scope and different modes of public intervention in the economy, with particular emphasis on the welfare state and income redistribution. It discusses the provision and financing of public and private goods and the design of tax systems.

This course covers the general principles of private international law, conflict of laws and private cases with international elements. The main contents are in civil and commercial matters, including those concerning procedural aspects, based on the Thai legal system.  

Prerequisite: Public International Law

The course helps students from diverse backgrounds to understand modern China and its historical roots. Focusing on topical aspects of China's past and history, this course provides a bird's-eye view of China's modern transformations. Topics include political regimes, industrialization, economic structures, languages, urban development, rural society, family and population, environmental protection, and climate change. Through a variety of textual and visual learning materials, students acquire the basic conceptual and comparative tools to appreciate the rise of China within historical and global contexts.

The course covers topics of current interest in astrophysics and cosmology. Students independently search for relevant publications, learn to give comprehendible lectures, write a clear and comprehensive essay, and gain a deep understanding of a subject of their own choice within astrophysics.

In this course, students explore the process of manufacture, i.e. the creation of components or products from basic raw materials. They also consider the effectiveness of process selection, material selection, and process economies. Additionally, students learn techniques used in Computer Aided Design and Manufacture. This is undertaken through both industry-based CAD/CAM exercises and an introduction to the technologies involved in the research and development of CAD/CAM systems.