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This course provides an overview of the basic approaches to the study of religion as a human phenomenon. As an introductory course it covers classical positions on religion; sociological, psychological, phenomenological, and anthropological approaches; and contemporary debates in the academic study of religion. On successful completion of this course, students are able to identify key approaches in the development of the academic study of religion; distinguish the methodologies of the disciplines investigating religion; characterize classical positions and their foundational concepts; relate theories to their historical, social, and philosophical context; and discuss the changing relationship of religion to society in different eras.

This course examines the management of marketing functions, analysis of external forces affecting marketing decision-making, implementation and control of marketing activities, and an examination of the global impact of marketing. It also explores the fundamental concepts surrounding the selection and assessment of markets and development and delivery of products, the role and contribution of marketing to successful business operations as well as to society, and the identification of marketing opportunities and viable marketing strategies. Specific topics include segmentation, consumer behavior, marketing research, diffusion of innovation, product and pricing strategies, distribution, advertising management, and global marketing.

This course examines Thai economic development using a comparative perspective. Topics include trends; growth and crises; role of agriculture; industrial policy and development; role of foreign investment; government, state enterprises and private sector; debates over ethnicity and entrepreneurship; service and informal sectors; demographic change, employment and migration; education and human resource development; environmental challenges; trends in income distribution; poverty measurement and policies; financial sector development; and regional, global trade and capital movements.

The core spirit of machine learning is to learn the relevance of the data hidden in the data from the existing data through the mathematical model of the fusion hypothesis, so as to achieve the purposes of quantitative analysis, inference exploration, prediction, decision-making, etc. Machine learning can be roughly divided into two categories: machine learning hand-crafted features and deep learning. The main difference between the two is that the former is artificially designed and selected to describe the characteristics of the data, while the latter relies on deep learning theory to extract features.

This course mainly focuses on the introduction and exploration of the first type of machine learning (machine learning with hand-crafted features). The course uses actual medical imaging data to introduce typical methods of hand-crafting various features. And through actual clinical problems, implement hand-crafted features and understand their advantages and disadvantages. At the same time, in the part of machine learning algorithm, it will cover a variety of supervised, unsupervised and hybrid learning methods, such as: Linear Discrimination, decision Tree, Neural Network, Support Vector Machine, Bayesian Learning, Clustering, Reinforcement Learning and other methods.

This foundation course introduces the basic knowledge of modern linguistics and language teaching. Language teachers must have profound knowledge about the sounds, grammar, vocabulary and semantics of the target language as well as deep understanding about its use in different contexts. 

This course introduces theoretical and technical issues on how languages work, and how one can utilize it for oneself. It provides an overview of core concepts in linguistics relevant to language education, exploring issues related to one’s own language learning and bilingualism.

This course examines the evidence for one of the most successful forms of state society in the ancient Mediterranean, namely the polis or city-state, making use of evidence from archaeology, ancient history, epigraphy, numismatics, and ancient literature. It explores the emergence of the first city-states in Greece following a period of economic decline, the so-called Greek “Dark Age” and slow recovery. The key features of the city-state and particularly the features of the urban environment are discussed as are the political structures required to govern large urban populations. The re-emergence of writing, in an alphabetic system, is given attention due to the importance of written law and constitutions for social and political stability. The course considers different systems of government used at various city-states and the economic and social systems that emerge alongside and within the various poleis. The connection between the emergence of the polis and the foundation of new Greek communities overseas – colonization – are discussed. The course makes a comparative study of early constitutional history of Athens and Sparta. The invention of coinage is studied as are relations between different Greek city-states. The course concludes with a consideration of the first contact and conflicts between the world of the city-states and the imperial power of Persia.