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Students study the application of statistical and computational methods to decision-making problems in management. Linear programming models for resource allocation; sensitivity analysis and duality; multiple management objectives using goal programming; network flow models for transportation, job-scheduling and inventory management; integer linear programming; network-representations; resource-levelling and time-cost tradeoffs, stochastic optimization. 

This course examines signals and systems for modelling and analyzes a variety of engineering systems. It covers continuous‐ and discrete‐time Fourier analysis, Laplace Transform, interactions between signals and linear time invariant (LTI) systems, sampling theorem, differential and difference equations as LTI systems, and application examples in communications, control, and multimedia. 

This course introduces the basic theories of geophysics, such as the shape of the Earth, the Earth's gravitational field, the Earth's magnetic field, plate tectonic geodynamics, propagation of seismic waves, and the process of earthquake epicenters. Physical phenomena and conditions occurring inside the Earth from the surface to the center of the Earth are analyzed using physical methods and interpretations such as gravity, wave propagation, electricity and magnetism, and heat transfer. 

This course focuses upon Supernatural literature and film from the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Students study novels by authors such as Ira Levin, Shirley Jackson, Jay Anson, Paul Tremblay, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and Koji Suzuki. Selected films from a variety of national contexts are also featured. Students are introduced to the work of key critics and theorists dealing with the supernatural as a literary and filmic form and are encouraged to consider the ways in which classic supernatural themes and tropes have been updated to reflect contemporary anxieties, social mores, and cultural preoccupations. Students reflect upon the ways in which supernatural literatures from a range of global cultures (the USA, Wales, Spain Japan and England) might differ in their approach to depicting the otherworldly and the uncanny. The ways in which past national and personal traumas (and sources of guilt) can be refracted through supernatural narratives is also considered, and issues pertaining to faith, identity, and modernity are discussed.

The course aims to develop "T-shaped" characters who can develop the depth of expertise in a single field (one's major as represented by the vertical bar of the T shape) while acquiring the ability to communicate and collaborate with others from different disciplines (the horizontal bar of the T) to address challenges. The ability to connect horizontally is "Design Thinking", which is the bridge between creativity and innovation, combining divergent and convergent modes of problem discovery and problem solving to integrate user-experience, technology tools, and business models to create values. 

In this course, aspects of quantity and quality of water are studied at the sub-catchment scale both in theory and in field and laboratory practices. Students learn to apply computational methods in hydrology and chemical & biological measuring techniques as applied in analyses of surface water systems and water quality. The course covers definitions, concepts, processes, flow equations, systems analysis, and (sub-)catchment modeling approaches, measuring methods, and quantification of elements. Specific topics are relationships between landscape morphology and water quality, hydrological cycle (precipitation, evapotranspiration, soil moisture, groundwater), the interaction of groundwater and surface water, (drainage theory, design discharge, dimensioning of drainage and discharge systems, rainfall-runoff relationships in catchments), characterization of water types and aquatic ecosystems by chemical and biological field measurements (nutrients, chloride, alkalinity, oxygen, light absorption, composition of macro-fauna), experimental analysis of eutrophication processes in the laboratory.

This seminar course familiarizes students with advanced topics related to the interplay between societies and education from a comparative and international perspective. After basic coursework in comparative education, this course encourages students to explore advanced topics which are central to theoretical debates in comparative education and may be relevant for their thesis research. Topics may be specific to the Asian region or have global relevance for societies and education systems around the world. 

Political economy describes the multifold interactions between the political and economic subsystem in a society and is studied by many different disciplines. This lecture series invites scholars and practitioners from economic history, economics, history, literature and sociology to present on different sectors and aspects of the American political economy. Topics range from labor to housing markets, from migration to the international dollar system and from social movements to racialized capitalism. The lecture provides students with a unique interdisciplinary introduction into current research into American political economy, from many JFKI scholars and beyond.