National University of Singapore

This course provides fundamental concepts in 3D modeling and animation. This course covers building or working with digital models, manipulating the models by means of computer deformation and animation, and using lighting and rendering techniques to create appealing scenes. Topics include coordinate spaces, transforms, 3D model representations, hierarchical structures, deformation, procedural modelling, particle systems, character animation, shading networks, lighting, and scripting concepts.

This course begins with an understanding of age as a social variable and the life-cycle approach. It then examines the social construction of childhood from a historical and cross-cultural perspective. The central focus of this course is youth as a particular stage of the life-cycle. Topics such as the life cycle approach in Sociology; the social construction of childhood: children and the state; the social construction of adolescence: images of youth will be addressed. 

This course introduces a revisionist fashion history that decenters the West (Europe and North America) and places the East as its equal counterpart. Sartorial cultures in Asia are studied in their own right and on their own terms. It explores the history of global cultural exchange through the lens of fashion, covers the differences and similarities between Eastern and Western sartorial cultures, and provides critical insights into contemporary fashion consumption and industry. The course follows a chronological and thematic approach that examines fashion’s intersection with other domains of social life such as class, identity, and politics.

This course explores significant genres, styles, and representative chamber works from the common practice period to the present day. It also covers relationships between chamber music and its socio-political and cultural contexts; the changing social function of chamber music and musicians; various performance contexts; trends in musical aesthetics; and the evolution of chamber music’s languages and styles. Students undertake individual research projects on selected chamber works, and lead discussions on their chosen work in weekly seminars. 

This course is a continuation of Chinese 3. Students strengthen their competency in listening, speaking, reading, writing, and culture. Dialogue texts and short articles are used in teaching. Students are trained to communicate events more descriptively. Topics include but are not limited to, talking about experience, changes, and plans, purchasing plane tickets, and looking for a job.

This course introduces students to the statistical computing and programming, with the main focus on R, Python, and SAS. Students learn basic computing and programming concepts including scripting, variables, expressions, assignments, control structures, and data structures. On the statistical side, they will learn to load raw data, make numerical and graphical summaries of data, and conduct various estimation and testing procedures. Topics include descriptive statistics, statistical estimation, robust estimation, categorical data analysis, testing hypotheses, ANOVA, regression analysis, performing resampling methods and simulations. Some basic knowledge of R is assumed.

From the betel popular across the region for millenia, to colonial opium regimes, to Bangkok’s Soi Cowboy, vice has always been a part of life in Southeast Asia. In this course, students investigate the economic, political, social, ecological, and cultural significance of a variety of substances and activities, from drugs like opium, alcohol and caffeine, to activities like paid sex and gambling. Students use a range of texts, including scholarly articles, memoirs, movies, and first‐hand observation to investigate the ways illicit substances and behaviors are deeply imbricated in everyday life in Southeast Asia.