National University of Singapore

In this course, students learn to apply the One Health approach to address public health issues with a focus on infectious diseases. Students examine how the concept of One Health recognizes that the health of people is intertwined with the health of animals and their shared environment. Understanding this concept allows the integration of information from these three health domains when creating programs, policies, and legislation to achieve better public health outcomes. Current major public health concerns will be analyzed, and One Health interventions contrasted to a traditional approach for students to better appreciate the differences.

This course introduces the theory and practical skills of near-distance microphone techniques for a variety of acoustic and electric/electronic instruments. This course covers basic Pro Tools skills, and overdub techniques. Students are required to complete at least five multitrack sessions independently during the semester. This course requires a prerequisite.

The course examines the appeal of science fiction and fantasy as a serious fictional engagement with consensual sense of reality. It addresses fantasy, speculative fiction, and science fiction as forms of narrative engaged in “world-building” and “word-shaping,” studying such fictional constructs as forms of sociological and anthropological knowledge. It also examines the relation between the “strange” and the “real” in terms of the shared and the antithetical elements that relate s/f to realism.

In this course, students examine the concept of health, discuss health promotion and disease prevention, and delve into the world of understanding and changing lifestyle behaviors. Students analyze how psychological factors, environments, policies, culture and even corporations shape human behaviors. These insights allow students to design powerful lifestyle interventions. Students gain foundational knowledge and skills necessary for understanding and improving the lifestyle behaviors of populations.

This foundational course provides knowledge, techniques and understanding of marketing principles. It provides students with a conceptual framework to analyze and interpret marketing phenomena and to suggest courses of action in response to marketing problems. Topics include the marketing concept, the marketing environment and the marketing mix which includes product, pricing, distribution and promotion. Other related topics include consumer behavior, market segmentation and targeting, marketing research and information system, marketing planning, implementation and control, and public issues in marketing. 

In this course, students examine Rome and the grandeur and diversity of its empire. Students explore Rome’s cosmopolitan, multi-lingual, and multi-ethnic mega-city and how this showcased Roman might, organizational efficiency, and cultural wealth through public works, monumental architecture, and consumer culture. By studying these topics, students learn the genealogy of Western urbanism and statecraft and how this empire became paradigmatic in Western Eurasia.

This course covers the principles of the computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD and CAM) used in the modern design and manufacturing industry. By introducing the mathematical background of CAD and CAM, this course provides the basics for understanding their techniques and industrial applications. Topics include CAD: geometric modelling methods for curves, surfaces, and solids; CAM: part fabrication by CNC machining based on given geometric model; Basics of CNC machining; Tool path generation in CAD/CAM (Option to introduce a CAM software to generate a CNC program for the machining of a part); and Verification of fabricated part by CNC measurement based on given geometric model. The course requires a prerequisite.

In this course, students gain in-depth knowledge of pricing and hedging of financial derivatives in equity markets, basic stochastic calculus, Ito’s formula, Black-Scholes models for European, American and path-dependent options such as Barrier, Asian and Lookback options. The course requires students to take prerequisites.

This course aims to develop flexible and logical problem-solving skills, understanding of main bioinformatics problems, and appreciation of main techniques and approaches to bioinformatics. Through case studies and hands-on exercises, students (i) master the basic tools and approaches for analysis of DNA sequences, protein sequences, gene expression profiles, etc. (ii) understand important problems and applications of computational biology, including identifying functional features in DNA and protein sequences, predicting protein function, and deriving diagnostic models from gene expression profiles, (iii) be confident to propose new solutions to both existing and emerging problems in computational biology. This course requires students to take prerequisites.

This course is for students without prior knowledge of German to explore various aspects of German culture and the basic linguistic and communicative structures of the language. Students learn to communicate in simple everyday situations and personal interaction. The course adopts an integrated approach to language learning and emphasizes equally all four skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking as well as application of learning strategies.