Course Catalogue

What makes life worth living? Which people are the happiest? Can money buy happiness and wellbeing? How can we maximize our wellbeing? This innovative course is designed to answer these questions and more by examining the fundamentals of happiness and wellbeing. You will also have an opportunity to develop a range of evidence-based practical skills […]

This course cross-lists with Vietnam Studies. It will allow students to replace Vietnam in the context of Southeast Asia, explore its relationship with its neighbors and new perspectives of its modern historical development. It will help Vietnam Studies students understand regional differences in culture, cultural values, social attitudes, and approaches to history and politics.This course […]

The title of the course suggests two important themes that will orient our discussions and readings: First, how does literature reflect and represent the super/natural world? Second, how do those representations differ across cultures and geographies? What does that tell us about human relationships to the world around us, as well as how heterogenous those […]

This course will brief the key processes of hydrology and meteorology, two intertwined Earth-science disciplines that focus on the terrestrial water cycle. The students will first be introduced to the fundamental sciences governing the climate and hydrological systems, represented by a wide range of variables such as precipitation, wind, air pressure, evaporation, (sub)surface water, and […]

With its expanding economy and ever-deeper international integration China is playing an increasingly significant role in the world affairs. Under such circumstances it is nearly impossible to foresee further international developments without understanding how China approaches the world and what shapes its behavior. How can we make sense of how China makes its foreign policy […]

This video and film production course will introduce students to the basic elements of recording and combining image and sound using various kinds of digital equipment. We will also explore important technical and theoretical concepts associated with the moving image, such as editing, dialectic, representation, and protest. We will cover basic narrative structure and script […]

The course covers principles and techniques for creative design of mechanical machines with engineering specifications and user requirements. From designing with a solid modeling computer aided design (CAD) package, students will then take into consideration different factors (actuators, mechanism, drivetrain, materials, manufacturing processes, and so on) that influence the machine lifetime. Students are expected to […]

Biochemistry is an essential field of study to understand life system detailly. The main concept of biochemistry is how to explains life systems from the aspects of chemistry and physical chemistry. Another important concept of biochemical studies is how to manipulate and analyze biological molecules using chemical reactions. Importantly, the modern medicine has developed based […]

Applied Social Psychology provides students with an understanding of how knowledge produced in the subdiscipline can be used to better understand aspects of everyday life and to address broader social problems and issues. These include intimate relationships, sexuality, leadership, work, teams, environmental problems, popular culture, body image, digital gaming, social media, addiction and the conflict […]

This course introduces students to several crucial aspects of Vietnam Studies as an inter-/trans-disciplinary field and a part of regional studies. Students will first learn what “transdisciplinarity” and “area/regional studies” are, what regional studies we are talking about when talking about Vietnam, and why they are playing important roles in our understanding of the country […]

The course provides basic knowledge about Electronics, from passive to active devices, from fundamental to intermediate level circuits. Simulation tools will be used in conjunction with theory, so that student can quickly adopt theory leant into circuit simulation. The simulation result then is applied to real circuit implementation in class projects for hands-on experience and […]

This course introduces students to the history and development of the American short story since the beginning of the 19th century. Students will learn about the literary movements, such as Romanticism/ Transcendentalism, Realism and Naturalism, Modernism, and Postmodernism, and how to contextualize the assigned readings within their specific historical, cultural, socio-economic, and political contexts. American […]