Peking University, Beijing

This course is designed to acquaint students with the concepts and values underlying the rhetorical traditions in China and the West (esp. rhetorical traditions which affect how native speakers of Chinese and English communicate). Students are expected to better understand the differences and similarities which affect the key concepts and values in rhetorical practice across cultures. Materials that will be studied and discussed include the Analects (Chinese and English bilingual version) by Confucius and Aristotle’s On Rhetoric (English translation), and important literature on comparative rhetoric with a focus on Chinese and Western (mainly Greco-Roman) rhetorical traditions.

This course is launched by the Center for Studies in Politics and Law and Hong Kong Bar Association, lectured by practicing lawyers who have been practicing common law in Hong Kong for a long time.This course is to introduce students to the common law tradition and the legal systems in the common law world; and to examine common law principles, the doctrine of precedent and the rules of natural justice.The lectures will be given through case study, group discussion and moot arbitration. After all the lectures, excellent students in this course will be provided with an opportunity to visit Hong Kong.

1) Teach the essence of software and the basic ideas and the main methods of software engineering systematically based on software lifecycle. 2) Organize the students to develop new software systems of medium size in groups by adopting a new generation of information technology and the new application mode. Guide the students to apply software engineering principles, methods, techniques and tools for software development, management and maintenance. 

This course provides a solid understanding of business and management and how to translate this understanding into practice. Topics include sustainable development-oriented entrepreneurial opportunities; sustainable development and future market, business case brief introduction; management framework for entrepreneurship; innovation in the traditional field of entrepreneurship; innovative business and corporate entrepreneurship; market innovation; venture financing; start - up enterprises; innovation and entrepreneurship of the institutional environment; strategic entrepreneurship, social enterprise and entrepreneurial social responsibility. .

In this course we will introduce some basic models in life insurance, and the method for calculating net premium and reserve.

This course aims to help students come to grips with the essential characteristics of entrepreneurial logic and the corresponding thinking skills by virtue of theoretical propositions, analytical frameworks, cognitive models, and empirical research findings contributed by domestic and foreign entrepreneurship-related research in recent years as well as the success and failures of entrepreneurial practices of real time. 

This course introduces Chinese and Western art concepts, explain the definition of art, understand the characteristics of art and artworks, and understand the status and role of art in culture. The whole chapter uses critical thinking to highly explain the current social issues caused by design, and guides students to become consumers with reasonable aesthetic abilities and aesthetic standards for design works.

Visual-Audio-Oral Spanish II is a comprehensive language competence training course taught by foreign teachers from Spanish-speaking countries. The course is taught in small classes, focusing on training in language application and intercultural competence, cultivating their spirit of cross-cultural thinking and discernment, and helping them to independently carry out communication activities in the Spanish language.

This course provides an overview of the applications of big data for decision making from a capital market perspective. As the data storing costs decrease and processing capabilities increase, capital market participants have started to look beyond the traditional financial statements (the balance sheet and income statement etc) to assist their decision making. This has important implications for both reporting firms (i.e., the information producer) and their investors (i.e., the information consumer). The course is to cover the most recent and most important developments in this field.

This course is designed for the undergraduate students of the dual degree of innovation and entrepreneurship management. Through the "entrepreneurial assistant" plan as well as writing cases about innovation and entrepreneurship and other forms of activities, let the students directly involved in the practices of innovation and entrepreneurship so to improve their abilities and understanding in the areas.