Singapore

This course provides an introduction to the basic ideas and context of both urban and regional planning. Key planning systems, policy agendas and perspectives are critically assessed. Examples are drawn mainly from rapidly changing regions in Asia. Challenges addressed include infrastructure, land policy, housing, poverty, governance dilemmas and environmental problems. Planning in regions and cities is viewed in light of wider social, political and economic trends as well as the geographical context. Planning is placed into perspective relative to other forces that influence development patterns.

This introduction to Earth Systems Science examines the key interactions between the different spheres of planet Earth: the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and the anthroposphere. In particular, students develop an understanding of the holistic view and thinking about interconnections and interrelationships in the earth’s systems and subsystems. This course highlights key concepts shaping Earth Systems Science, such as sustainability, planetary boundaries and safe operating spaces.

This course introduces the field of history, focusing on East, Southeast, and South Asia. Topics covered include Asia's interaction with the West, the various forms of nationalism, and the impact of globalization.

The course offers the opportunity to explore traditional Chinese medicine through a survey of Chinese medical culture in its dynamic formation and transformation. The first half of the course provides a historical overview of Chinese medicine shaped by philosophy, natural science, religion, while influenced by political and social forces for 2,000 years. The second half provides a study of the theoretical foundation and practical aspects of Chinese medicine, which is opened to influence from western medicine and impact from modernity. The course examines the globalization of Chinese medicine, focusing on transregional connections and cultural negotiations with the world.

This course examines a number of areas in Singapore's domestic politics. Topics include key determinants of Singapore's politics, key structural-functional aspects of Singapore's domestic politics, the extent to which nation building has taken place in Singapore, and the key challenges facing Singapore and its future domestic politics. The course also studies issues related to nation building, state-society relations, and the likely nature of future developments and challenges. 

This course introduces the design, development and debugging of parallel programs. It builds on the concurrency concepts gained from the Operating Systems course. It covers concepts and modelling tools for specifying and reasoning (about the properties of) concurrent systems and parallel programs. It also covers principles of performance analysis, asynchronous and asynchronous parallel programming, and engineering concurrent systems and parallel programs. This course requires prerequisites.