Fudan University

This course introduces the basic theory of industrial organization (IO). The knowledge of industrial organizations can be applied in many fields, such as corporate strategy, regulation, antitrust or competition policy, and industrial policy. The course covers how to analyze the operation of an imperfectly competitive market, why companies should make strategic choices, and the impact of these corporate strategies on social welfare. The competitive strategies discussed include price competition, production competition, product differentiation, advertising and promotional activities, price discrimination, bundling, collusion, block entry, mergers and acquisitions, and vertical contracts. Based on the introduction of the basic model (Berchuande competition, Cournot competition, Hotelling competition), this course discusses the above competition strategy and the corresponding anti-monopoly policy in detail.

This course presents western sketch and Chinese white sketch as the simplest forms of expression in painting, with plaster and still life as the main objects of expression, and introduces artistic quality of monochrome expression in painting. The course is a combination of classroom teaching and studio practice.

The course covers the basic principles of epidemiology, examining the determinants of major public health problems including infectious diseases, injuries, environmental health, and emerging threats. Students are trained to develop applied epidemiology competencies in field investigation and public health surveillance by using study designs where they apply their knowledge and skills to solve real life public health problems. Students also address the principles of bias and confounding, thereby enabling them to familiarize themselves with all key epidemiological concepts. This course covers identification of major landmarks in the history of the discipline; calculation and interpretation measures of disease frequency such as prevalence and incidence, mortality, morbidity and their inter-relationship; identification of the major types of study designs within observational (e.g. ecological, cross-sectional, cohort, case-control) and experimental (e.g. randomized controlled trials, cross-over trials) epidemiological studies, and compares their strengths and limitations; calculation and interpretation of various measures of association such as relative risk (risk ratio, rate ratio, odds ratio), attributable risk (risk difference, rate difference), attributable risk percent and population attributable risk 6; and the major sources of bias in epidemiological studies and their potential effects on measures of association. Other course topics include the concepts of confounding, effect modification and mediation, distinguishing association from causation, critically appraising published individual epidemiological studies using a logical framework to ascertain their internal and external validity, the inter-relationships between host, agent, and environment in infectious disease epidemiology, the epidemiologic rationale and relative health benefits of the main strategies for prevention (‘high-risk’ vs. ‘mass’) and the requirements that a screening program must fulfil before it can be considered for possible public health application. The course looks at the future directions and current challenges in epidemiology.

The course introduces the relationship between nutrition and health, and the content includes the following: role of six major nutrients such as protein, fat, carbohydrate, fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E) and water-soluble vitamins (B, C), and minerals; the physiological role of protein and its complementary effects; fat and obesity led by excess energy; carbohydrate and energy metabolism and its influencing factors; the role of dietary fiber; how to timely supplement vitamins from food; how to prevent the lack of fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E) and water soluble vitamins (B, C); the relationship between the role of macronutrients and health; the significance of trace elements (iron, zinc, iodine, selenium) and the health hazards caused by their deficiency.

This course focuses on accounting objectives, accounting information generation, accounting report preparation methods, and accounting standards, including basic accounting theory, basic methods of accounting and basic operating techniques. The course examines the emergence and development of accounting; clarifies the basic functions, characteristics, objectives, and tasks of accounting; the basic premise and general principles of accounting; and accounting elements, accounting subjects and accounts, double-entry records. Students learn to read and compile accounting statements, and perform calculation and analysis of financial indicators related to the accounting statements; understand the relevant content of the accounting work organization and China accounting standards.

The course also appraises the role of accountants and accounting information in the business environment, applies accounting information in external and internal decision contexts of a business, examines analytical skills needed to process accounting information; how to prepare internal and external financial statements and to interpret accounting reports. Students evaluate basic business and accounting information provided in popular business cases and communicate accounting information in a business context.

This Japanese course focuses on text book Basic Japanese (from Lesson 9). Students will learn the use of verb and auxiliary word mostly with practice. 

This course introduces international law with a focus on the basic theory of contemporary international legal system. Course topics include: the relation between international laws and domestic laws, international legal personality, territorial sovereignty, law of sea, law of air and outer space, international environmental law, international organization, law of war, and humanitarian law. The course teaches international law by use of original legal materials such as international treaties and cases of International Court of Justice (ICJ) and by course discussion and mock court.

This course presents world view, values, outlook on life, morality and the concept of the rule of law, to analyze and solve problems. The course provides understanding of the essence of the socialist rule of law system and the rule of law path with Chinese characteristics, to enhance the awareness of the rule of law, to develop the rule of law, to better exercise their legal rights and to fulfill their legal obligations.