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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.

This course aims to develop student’s knowledge about the role of IOs in global governance and explores how business and management tools can be applied in these settings to achieve better, more effective results. With perspectives on organizational theory, the course is intended to provide students with insights into the inner workings of IOs and the challenges they face in a changing world. 

This course provides a study of the tools and concepts needed to analyze the online marketing environment and design a competitive marketing strategy. Topics covered include: market research, measurement and analytics; consumer behavior; search engine optimization; social network communication and content marketing; search engine marketing; E-commerce; marketing plan and the digital context. NOTE: This course is the same as BUS 124 but taught in the UC3M International School.

This course examines negotiation theory and practice, equipping students with the tools to effectively negotiate in diverse situations. Through an experiential learning approach, students will engage with negotiation strategies across a broad range of themes, including conflict resolution, salary negotiation, cross-cultural negotiations, and the psychological aspects of persuasion.