Fudan University

The course will explore Shanghai’s modern social and cultural development from the perspective of China-West cultural exchange. It will cover Shanghai's geography, the arrival of Jesuits, the opening of the port, language interactions, the press and publishing industry, education, modern life, and business development. 

This course will introduce the historical development of Chinese culture and its changes from ancient times to the present, important common sense (involving various aspects such as thoughts, systems, and life), and the impact and changes of the world on Chinese culture.

This course is structured around the organizational content of general mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activities. Beginning with the institutional environment of M&A, it systematically elaborates on the strategic choices, procedural steps, valuation modeling, transaction structure design, and financing strategies involved in M&A, all supported by specific case studies. Additionally, the course provides a comprehensive introduction to restructuring activities such as corporate alliances, exit and restructuring strategies, and the dissolution of failing enterprises, as well as cross-border M&A activities. Through this approach, the course aims to thoroughly and systematically present and teach the processes, tools, and solutions related to acquisitions, mergers, and corporate restructuring.

This course will discuss temporal logic, deontic logic and epistemic logic. For temporal logic, apart from philosophical issues about time we will focus on the treatment of temporal aspects of natural language in formal linguistics. For deontic logic, we will especially focus on strategies for the solution of paradoxes related to the system of standard deontic logic. 
 

This course helps students to understand the historical processes of the Renaissance and the Reformation, and based on lectures, readings, and classroom discussions, clarify the impacts of the Renaissance and Reformation on the formation of modern European civilization, especially the relationship between the Renaissance and the secularization of Europe, Protestantism and capitalism, and the Reformation and the rise of modern nation-states.

The objectives of this course include: (1) Learn concepts of engineering design including integrated product/process development, Quality Function Deployment (QFD) and DFX (Design for manufacturability, quality, affordability, etc.); (2) Learn to contribute effectively to multidisciplinary design teams in the real world. (3) Fundamental training for entrepreneurship.

This course aims to help students master the fundamental principles and methods of quality management. Through practical case studies, students will develop the ability to apply their knowledge to analyze and solve real-world problems. Additionally, the course will guide students to adopt a global perspective, fostering a leadership and managerial mindset. Students will enhance their ability to identify, break down, and solve problems. Through systematic thinking training, students will understand the importance of structure, rules, and attitude in quality management, laying a solid foundation for their future career development.

This course will help students to
1. Understand the development strategy of building an innovative country as outlined in the 19th National Congress.
2. Summarize new theories of technological innovation economics based on historical technological and economic trends.
3. Analyze innovation and entrepreneurship case studies from hundreds of technology enterprises and cultivate an innovative spirit in the face of various risks.
4. Develop a deep understanding of the business origins of technological innovation and entrepreneurship through business plan preparation.
5. Forecast future technological development trends and anticipate national competitiveness improvements in technological innovation and entrepreneurship.

The course covers the entire entrepreneurial process, including principles of college student entrepreneurship, innovative thinking, opportunity identification, business model selection, business plan development, financing, team building, policies, risk management, new venture establishment, and IPO pathways. Emphasis is placed on cultivating entrepreneurial mindset and skills.

This course examines health and illness from a cultural perspective. Specifically, we will analyze the social meanings associated with health and illness, medical knowledge production, medical decision-making, and global health in cross-cultural contexts. The students will have a chance to delve into issues related to the social processes of framing illness, the medicalization of life, the complexity and uncertainty surrounding medical decisions, and the cultural aspects of health practices across the globe.