Singapore

This course introduces concepts used in sociology and anthropology and trains how to use those concepts in analyzing social institutions and processes. Students relate their experiences in society to the discipline of sociology. Topics include: the logic and methods of social investigation; family, work, and organization; power and the state; social inequality (including gender and ethnicity); mass communication and popular culture; values and beliefs; and deviance and social control.

From religious rituals to personal identity, propaganda to public protests, media spectacles to interactive artworks, performance is a prevalent feature of contemporary societies. Performance Studies draws on anthropology, cultural studies and art theory to explore how these and related phenomena work, what effects they have, and how they relate to each other. This introductory course provides an overview of the key concepts behind a fast‐developing discipline, and uses them to interpret a range of social practices and performance events that can be found in Singapore and other highly globalized societies. The course combines fieldwork, critical thinking, and performance analysis.

This course discusses the increasing connections and mobilities of goods (like grains, oil, cars, appliances, parts & components), services (like banking, education, tourism), money and finance, labor, technology, ideas and information. It discusses their trends and patterns and critically examines the role of various factors such as international and regional institutions, media and ICT, infrastructure and distribution networks, state intervention, and private sector involvement. It also assesses the social, economic, political and environmental impacts of increasing interconnectedness and mobilities.

Hindi 1 is a beginners' course and is intended for students who are complete beginners. This is an integrated course which will help students gain basic proficiency in the four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), grammar, vocabulary (including Devanagari, the Hindi alphabet), for personal interaction and communication in authentic situations.