National University of Singapore

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 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.

This course introduces the concept of modelling dependence and focuses on discrete-time Markov chains. Topics include discrete-time Markov chains, examples of discrete-time Markov chains, classification of states, irreducibility, periodicity, first passage times, recurrence and transience, convergence theorems and stationary distributions. The course requires students to take prerequisites.

Students learn how to convert raw materials into useful products through conventional and advanced manufacturing processes. The course covers the appropriate manufacturing pathways for producing specific products. Topics include an introduction to manufacturing, metal casting, powder metallurgy and processing, bulk deformation processing, sheet metalworking, machining, cutting tool technology, welding, and additive manufacturing.

This course equips students with knowledge on the unique properties of materials useful in engineering design selection. Topics include commonly used materials in different engineering designs and emerging materials and processes, and life cycle assessment. Students learn concepts of surface engineering, strengthening and hardening techniques, hardenability, heat treatment, friction and wear properties. The course introduces key material properties and testing such as tensile testing, compression testing, torsion test, 3-point bending test along with their specific relevance. Students learn the different ways of degradation of materials when it reacts with environment.

This course introduces students, without a background in sport psychology, to the basic concepts needed to understand sport psychology and its application. Topics include Psychological Skills Training, Peak Performance, Performance Profiling, Goal Setting, Performance Review, Motivation, Psychophysiology, Relaxation, Activation, Imagery, Self‐Talk, Concentration, Team Building, and, Competition Routines. The course requires students to take prerequisites.

Students taking this course build upon the Beginners and Elementary levels and expand command of written and spoken Spanish. Intermediate Spanish B.1.1. focuses on readings and discussions of Spanish culture and develops students’ vocabulary while reinforcing complex grammar and syntax. This course focuses on accurate written production with review of more complex grammar skills such as pretérito pluscuamperfecto and presente de subjuntivo. The course requires students to take Spanish 4 as a prerequisite.

This course surveys the history of modern Japan from the late‐Tokugawa period to the present. The course gives an understanding of major events and analyzes the modern history of Japan in transnational and comparative contexts. It explores a number of common themes of modern global history: nation building, colonialism, total war, and various transformations and social conflicts in the postwar period. Students think critically about diverse historical interpretations and controversies. The course includes a broad range of historical debates and viewpoints.