Singapore

This course examines the relationship between Japan and Korea, with a particular focus on the impact of Japan’s colonization of Korea and its postcolonial legacies. Students gain greater insights into how the multifaceted intersections between both countries mutually impacts the shaping of their modernities, national identities, cultural politics, and globalization. The course focuses on various official and popular cultural forms such as museum exhibits, expositions, art, film, anime, TV drama, and international events to analyze the histories of these countries.

The course introduces the scientific study of stars, the physical properties of stars, the measurements of these properties, and the relevant laws of physics. The course includes the relationship among stellar physical properties as a step towards understanding star formation and stellar evolution. Students learn advanced topics, including variable stars, supernovae, and black holes. The course requires students to take prerequisites.

This course introduces students to several computer intensive statistical methods and the topics include: empirical distribution and plug-in principle, general algorithm of bootstrap method, bootstrap estimates of standard deviation and bias, jack-knife method, bootstrap confidence intervals, the empirical likelihood for the mean and parameters defined by simple estimating function, Wilks theorem, and EL confidence intervals, missing data, EM algorithm, and Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods. This course has a prerequisite of Mathematical Statistics. 

This course examines qualitative communication research, the role it plays in the development of communication theories and applications, and the steps in carrying out qualitative research projects. It covers fundamental concepts in qualitative research design, sampling strategies and protocol development, data collection, data analysis, and evaluation. This course introduces basic concepts of qualitative methods such as interpretation, meaning making, co‐construction, and performance. A set of field‐based experiences are designed to give students opportunities to become familiar with specific forms of qualitative data gathering such as in‐depth interviews, focus groups, and ethnography.

This course introduces students to the principles and methodologies under the hood of typical CFD software. Major topics include numerical discretization, stability and accuracy analysis, and methods for solving incompressible viscous fluid flow and convective heat transfer problems. Students write a code/script to solve simple fluid problems. Students gain a working knowledge of the basic principles of fluid flow simulation and implementation of computational methods in solving complex problems. The course requires students to take prerequisites.

This course explores the human microbiome and its effect on development and disease and explores the role of pre- and pro-biotics in health. Topics include mechanistic insights into microbial communities through more controlled studies focusing on experimental biofilms. The course requires students to take prerequisites.

This course focuses on the biographies of individuals intimately connected to Japan who through choice and circumstance have come to lead extraordinary lives. The course, through analysis of numerous life histories and a range of theories that help us understand them, offers insights into the nature of cultural homogenization and social differentiation and the particular ways these processes are defined and reinforced in the Japanese context.

This course introduces students to fundamentals of thermodynamics, including the laws of thermodynamics, entropy, thermodynamic relationships, chemical and phase equilibrium, etc. This course explores their application in renewable energy technologies. The course expands upon fundamental thermodynamics to provide a brief overview of renewable energy technologies as well as design considerations, energy efficiency, and global market potential. The course requires students to take prerequisites.

This course covers basic mechanical engineering knowledge and theory of mechanics of materials, and how they are used to solve practical engineering problems. Topics include introduction to statics, concept of stress and strain, analysis of stresses and deflections in a loaded beam, torsion of a circular bar as well as analysis of frames and machines. The course requires students to take prerequisites.

This is an intermediate level course which introduces unique and topical issues in product design. Students explore one or more issues, conduct analysis and exploration, and produce designs that address a specific aspect identified. This course builds upon the learning of other courses as it prepares the way for creating unique product designs.