National University of Singapore

This course uses postwar Japanese films and animation (anime) as the principal texts and investigates their relationship with contemporary Japanese culture, society and politics. The course introduces the various genre and representative film and anime, together with specific critical writings on these works. The focus is on the relationship between the films and the audience, the impact of the dominance of films and anime in present day Japan and worldwide, and the various social and cultural issues such as violence and globalization that are closely related to the movie industry.

This course on Japanese art focuses on historical contexts, discussing the ideas and feelings conveyed by the art, and probing the aesthetic and philosophical concepts behind the art.  Students learn about (1) ancient and medieval art and sculpture, (2) arts of the early modern period, and (3) modern artistic trends since the Meiji Restoration. 

Building upon the basis of Japanese 5, this course enhances skills and strategies to discuss complex topics such as social, cultural, and historical issues based on authentic materials. Students learn how to summarize long and complex texts, how to structure essays and skills to understand media materials. Students attain a good all-round proficiency in the four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) and can communicate with others in Japanese while handling more elaborate situations.

This course provides the foundations to econometrics and the use of software tools to perform econometrics data analysis. The course covers an introduction to causal inference and associated analysis models with a primary emphasis on linear regression. Examples are drawn from various industry domains and applications. The course requires students to have completed prerequisites.

This course introduces the concepts, tools and techniques of bioinformatics to understand molecular evolution, individualized medicine, and data intensive biology. The course includes a conceptual framework for modern bioinformatics, an introduction to key bioinformatics topics such as databases and software, sequence analysis, pairwise alignment, multiple sequence alignment, sequence database searches, and profile-based methods, molecular phylogenetics, genomic analysis and personal genomics. Lectures include hands-on inquiry using bioinformatics tools in the practical sessions. The course requires students to take a prerequisite of General Biology. 

This course introduces the field of user experience (UX) design involving the study, planning, and design of the interaction between people (users) and computers, and the resulting user experience. The course covers the basics of relevant issues, theories, and insights about the human side, the technical side, and the interaction (interface) between the two, and the process involved in designing the user experience. The course includes both theoretical and practical work and requires students to take prerequisites

This course covers two branches of fundamental physics: mechanics and electricity & magnetism. Topics in mechanics include linear motion, circular motion, Newton’s laws of motion, work and energy, conservation of energy, linear momentum, and simple harmonic motion. Topics in electricity & magnetism include electric force, field & potential, current & resistance, DC circuits, electromagnetism and electromagnetic induction.

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.