Fudan University

Embark on a global expedition to discover how the world’s 7,000+ languages uniquely organize human thought, moving far beyond familiar Western structures to explore how different cultures track truth, time, and social relationships. Instead of
traditional lectures, you will act as a linguistic detective in a hands-on laboratory, using professional digital tools and decoding techniques to crack the grammatical puzzles of diverse languages from every continent. The course concludes not with an exam, but with a creative project where you will design your own original constructed language (a "Conlang") and compile a professional "Field Guide" to justify its architecture. 

The aim of this course is to enable students to understand the concept, development history, thematic content and technical connotations of world science fiction films, to improve their ability to interpret science fiction films and their aesthetic level through film viewing practice, and at the same time to reflect positively.

The course combines practice with theory, and polishes students’ programming skills solving problems by programming language, data structure, and algorithms.
 

This class focus on the fundamentals of Python programming and will cover variables, branching, loops, lists, 2D list, and dictionary. The applications of Python coding include image processing and csv file processing.

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

The course will cover basic concepts and contents on sustainable development (SD), its current state and bottlenecks, and the proposed transition pathways. Students will be guided to first study one SD issue in single locations, then cross-examine their findings against more holistic, comprehensive perspectives. Conflicts and dilemma among various goals will be identified, and the reasons explored by probing into deeper human shared values systems. Synthesizing this knowledge, experience and skills, the students will further move on to more comprehensive, real world problems involving multiple SDGs.

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to Mathematical Logic, serving as a toolkit for clear thinking and a foundation for advanced studies in philosophy and sciences. We will begin with the basics of argumentation and traditional syllogistic logic, then move to the core of modern symbolic logic: Propositional Logic and First-Order Predicate Logic. Students will learn how to analyze the syntax and semantics of these systems and construct formal proofs. The course also covers essential mathematical tools such as basic Set Theory and mathematical induction. Furthermore, we will explore the frontiers of logic, including an introduction to Type Theory, the connection between logic and computation, and the relation of logic with computation and modern Artificial Intelligence.

This course examines the foreign relations between the People’s Republic of China’s and the Third World during the Cold War. The course will place a particular emphasis on the following topics: China’s position in the Cold War, the role of ideology, decolonization and the response of the Cold War powers, and the political economy of the Third World during the Cold War. A particular emphasis will be placed on Sino-African relations and less so on Latin America.

This course examines eight broadly defined topics that delve into significant events and issues in the history of humanity, spanning from the Neolithic era to the present day. It will delve into pivotal historical milestones, including the birth of civilization, religious reform movements, the Industrial Revolution, the Columbian Exchange, the Black Death, the Great Depression, the World Wars, and more. Diverging from typical history courses that primarily focus on historical facts, this course seamlessly melds economics with history and history with economics. 

This course offers a global perspective while contextualizing health issues within China's unique national circumstances. The course systematically introduces essential concepts, policy practices, and cutting-edge developments across key global health domains, including health governance, health financing, infectious disease prevention and control, and maternal and child health