National University of Singapore

This course explores concepts of race and ethnicity. Theories and models of inter-group relations provide the tools for understanding and analyzing race/ethnic relations and ethnicity in selected societies. This course refers to Malaysia/Singapore, Southeast Asian, and other societies where relevant. The topics explored also include race/ethnicity and the nation-state; ethnicity and citizenship/multiculturalism; ethnic identity; gender and ethnicity; race/ethnicity and its representations; race/ethnicity and crime. 

This course introduces logic as a means for specifying and solving computational problems. It explores how logic can be used to represent computational problems, how these representations can be proven correct, and how they can be executed on a computer. Students learn about logic as formal systems (semantic, axiomatic, and deductive) and how to write proofs in the different systems. They also learn how to use a proof assistant such as Coq and how to program in a logic programming language such as Prolog. Topics include classical and intuitionistic logic, SAT, Peano’s axioms, Hoare logic, and other selected logic systems.

The course studies the basic structure of China's economy by exploring its historical origins, cultural backgrounds, geographical features, and institutional evolutions. It examines changes within the economic and business environment in China and their likely implications on Southeast Asian economies.

This course examines comprehensive and integrated building design, where the architectural whole is approached as a complex of systems (of production, technology, infrastructure and so on), in turn embedded within larger systems (of ecology, economy and so on). It develops a level of competence in design skills and thinking and involves the integration of technology with the natural environment, and urban context. Students address a generic brief by building upon it with emphasis in Urban, Environment, and/or Technological issues in a given site to demonstrate the acquisition of a level of competence in research, design thinking, operational skills and communication.

The course provides general knowledge on various aspects of urban economics. It uses microeconomic analysis to explain why cities exist, where they develop, how they grow, and how different activities are arranged within cities. Models of firm, industrial, and household location decisions form the basis in analyzing urban land use patterns and trends. Other topics covered include housing markets, the role of the government in the urban economy, and urban transportation.