Singapore

In this course, students engage with the major metaphysical systems of Western philosophy, examining how each coordinates subjective experience with objective reality. Philosophers include Plato, Kant, and Mill. The course requires students to take prerequisites.

This course provides an overview of traditional energy sources, electrical energy generation, transmission, distribution and utilization systems. It introduces the concepts of renewable energy sources, distributed renewable energy generation and smart-grid structure. The key issues of energy requirement in portable electronic computing system and wireless energy transfer are covered. The course requires students to take prerequisites.

This course focuses on the rise of dictators between 1915-1945: Mussolini, Franco, and Hitler and the demise of old liberal governments during the interwar period in Europe. Topics include historical analysis of these events and the rise of Bolshevism and of various Fascist regimes. 

The course examines the basic paradigms of modern financial investment theory, to provide a foundation for analyzing risks in financial markets and to study the pricing of financial securities. Topics include the pricing of forward and futures contracts, swaps, interest rate and currency derivatives, hedging of risk exposures using these instruments, option trading strategies and value-at-risk computation for core financial instruments. A programming project provides students with hands-on experience with real market instruments and data. This course is for students with an interest in quantitative finance. The course requires students to take prerequisites.

This course introduces various fundamental concepts in control system analysis and design. Topics include mathematical modeling of dynamical systems, time responses of first and second-order systems, steady-state error analysis, frequency response analysis of systems and design methodologies based on both time and frequency domains. The course requires students to take prerequisites.

This course equips students with the knowledge and skills of table-tennis so that they can demonstrate the techniques of the game, and play the game. 

IMPORTANT: Physical Activity courses do not count towards the UCEAP minimum unit requirement and are taken for pass/no pass only.

This course examines the start-up formation process, such as the forms and regulatory compliances of different business structures, types and sources of funding for starting up and growth, ultimately leading to a viable exit strategy for all stakeholders. Students learn the entrepreneurship development from a financing viewpoint and gain insights into the investment opportunities from the perspectives of both the entrepreneurs and investors, with respect to the funding cycles and expectations. Students assess a venture's financial health through understanding the financial statements, essential financial indicators, creating financial projections, capital budgeting techniques and preliminary valuation methods. This course is suitable for those who are planning to embark on and/or currently involved in startup creation, with or without prior knowledge of accounting and finance, and would like to gain a working knowledge of how to read the financial statements in ways that will support business activities and decision making from the perspective of a startup.

This course covers the strategic aspects of facilities management: strategy formulation, planning, studying options, delivery and review. Emphasis is on the strategy and business of the organization and how this translates into the outcomes for the physical workplace. Topics include strategic facilities management framework; the need for coordination between workflow and space; facilities management system and tools; the procedures; automation; integrated FM systems; and strategic FM case studies.

This course introduces the fundamental concepts of problem solving by computing and programming using an imperative programming language. It is and introductory course to computing. Topics include computational thinking and computational problem solving, designing and specifying an algorithm, basic problem formulation and problem solving approaches, program development, coding, testing and debugging, fundamental programming constructs (variables, types, expressions, assignments, functions, control structures, etc.), fundamental data structures (arrays, strings, composite data types), basic sorting, and recursion.

The course covers commodities markets with a primary focus on agriculture, metals and minerals and energy and chemicals. It focuses on fundamental concepts and terminology necessary for understanding commodity production, transportation, economics and marketing. Students learn about trading technology trends and innovation and look into sustainability challenges and legal aspects.