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This course examines basic properties of metric spaces; openness; closedness; interior; closure; derived set; boundary; compactness; completeness; continuity; connectedness; pathwise connectedness; uniform continuity; uniform convergence; and Banach's fixed point theorem.

The course introduces students to the major theoretical traditions and conceptual frameworks used to make sense of international politics, including relations between states and interstate institutions as well as a range of global political processes. It shows how to use theory to make sense of the complex issues, developments, and events. The key objective of the course is to introduce students to the rich diversity of theoretical approaches - from orthodox to critical - within international relations and to offer them key analytical skills to compare and engage with theories and to use theories in their further research and studies. 

This course examines various collective strategies adopted to selectively know and understand inhumane conduct and consider how publics morally disengage from acts of extreme violence and rationalize inhumane conduct, especially during periods of upheaval social unrest. It asks if social and political under-reactions to widespread evidence of violence, hunger, poverty, or ecological destruction today offer us any insights into the relationship between knowledge of suffering (its production and dissemination), social relations among humans, and propensity to act? Using classical Marxist and Weberian analysis, it will explore how social and affective identification with fellow humanity is routinely blocked. It will also assess the role of narrative in establishing the acceptability and coherence of certain violent realities today. The second part of this course considers occasions when societies choose to engage with traumatic memories of violence. Topics include collective trauma, denial, forgetting, societal guilt, inhumanities, the by-stander society, alienation, and societal learning.

This course examines Buddhism and its art from ancient times to the present. Rather than portraying Buddhist art as a timeless ideal, the class deploys case studies to foreground the dynamics of its development. In particular, it examines how styles, iconographies, and media have been purposefully selected and reconfigured in varying contexts across and beyond Asia. The class also explores contemporary art inspired by Buddhist concepts, and the role of collecting and curatorial practices in shaping the interpretation of Buddhist artifacts.

The course is future oriented and explores the concept of sustainability in the face of global change. It encompasses a wide range of theory and practice, including social, economic, and environmental issues, and links international examples to local context and relevance. The course challenges students to critically reflect on sustainability and current approaches to sustainability.

Understanding the processes involved in the transformation of carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen, and other major elements in the oceans has been a major interest of oceanographers over the past decade. Marine dissolved organic matter (DOM) plays a vital role in regulating global patterns and cycling of the major elements of seawater. There are a number of biochemical, photochemical and physical transformations that marine DOM can be influenced by, including DOM production, diagenesis and re-mineralization, as well as interactions with trace metals and microbes. Additionally, marine DOM plays important roles at environmental interfaces such as those between land and sea, sediment and water, particle and bulk solution. This course covers both well-established and recently developed concepts on marine DOM relevant to future marine scientists, in particular, those in the fields of chemistry, biogeochemistry and ecology.   

This course provides instruction in building cutting-edge interactive systems and guides to design futuristic experiences. Students gather in Make Reality Space in a studio format to construct software and hardware prototypes. Topics for each semester may change and evolve towards ultimate reality. 
 
This course focuses on mixed reality technologies. Specifically, students use Meta Quest 3, Intel Realsense cameras, computer vision toolkits, 3D printed props, and Unity game engines to connect both the physical and virtual worlds. In groups, students design and build their own interactive hardware/software prototypes and present them in a live demo at the end of term.   

This course examines the systems approach to planning, scheduling, control, and evaluation of business project management. Topics include management on scope, time, cost, quality, resources, organization, communication, risk, and procurement. 

BIM (Building Information Modeling) is an emerging technology that employs digital information models in the virtual space to achieve better quality and efficiency of construction and management work throughout lifecycle of a facility. Through lectures and case studies, this course is designed to teach students the knowledge of BIM Technology and its development and application potential.