National University of Singapore

This course takes the ubiquity and diversity of football as an entry point for critical examination of issues of geography and human culture at a range of scales from the most intensely local and embodied, to globe-spanning networks. 

This course introduces students to field biology including the basic techniques involved, sampling design, and basic data gathering and data management. Through local field study sessions, students experience and encounter tropical environs and habitats, namely coastal, mangrove, and primary and secondary forests. The course includes a 1-week field trip to the luscious tropical island, Pulau Tioman, off East coast of Peninsular Malaysia where students experience unique tropical ecosystems such as rainforest, freshwater stream, mangroves, and the coral reefs under the guidance of experienced field biologists.

This course focuses on the colonial period in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. In addition to the political, social, and economic effects of colonial rule in each of these countries, attention will be given to the evolution of 'Indochina' as an entity created by the French and to its impact on relations among the Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Lao peoples. These issues will be examined in the context of precolonial history and as a backdrop to the destructive warfare, that followed independence.

This graduate level course examines the problems and challenges the Philippines faces today. It covers the history of the Philippines since independence in 1946, focusing on the effects of colonial rule, nationalism, political crises, and the economic underpinnings of the nation-state. Topics include geography, politics and history, religion and culture, media and society, uneven development, and overseas Filipinos.