Course Catalogue

History is everything because everything has a history. This experiential gateway course gives majors and non-majors the chance to explore the tools of historical research and learn what it means to do history. Students will study the roots of historical thinking in Europe and Asia, read and critique the fields foundational texts, challenge their assumptions […]

In both English- and Vietnamese-language accounts of the Vietnam War, the Republic of Vietnam (or South Vietnam) has long been overlooked or dismissed as an illegitimate puppet government largely created and propped up by the United States. Nonetheless, both the First Republic (1955-1963) and the Second Republic (1967-1975) had millions of supporters and were shaped […]

Smart technologies are changing our life and our societies on many levels and continue to give rise to new developments, and new smart and smarter devices. To shape the future, we need creative and interdisciplinary minds with knowledge of science and technology to develop, implement smart technological solutions in our modern society. The most ubiquitous […]

Climate change and environmental pollution have caused devastating damages to human lives and ecological systems. Thus, sustainable development has become the focus of policies and economies and increasingly more important to many citizens. We all know the usual sources of pollution such as oil and gas industry and transportation; however, we may not be aware […]

The course provides a broad introduction to the entire field of bioinformatics. The basics of bioinformatics are explained, followed by discussions of the state-of-the-art computational tools available to solve medical and biological research problems. All key areas of bioinformatics are covered including biological databases, sequence alignment, gene and promoter prediction, molecular phylogenetics, structural bioinformatics, genomics […]

Because cells are the fundamental units of life, the study of Cell Biology will help students to achieve a coherent understanding of all the forms of life, from the molecular level through whole cells to tissues and organs. This course focuses on cell structure and its functions and will cover topics such as membrane structure […]

This course provides an advanced treatment of Integrated Science, ranging from environmental science, biology, nanotechnology, biotechnology, and chemistry. Students will gain understandings about the current research as well as current cutting-edge scientific techniques through lectures, seminars, and peer learning at the beginning of the term. In this course, we will also discuss potential research questions […]

Organic Chemistry is the study of the structure “ properties “ applications relationship in organic substances which are the main constituents of living organisms and key materials in our modern world. Building upon the foundation laid in IS 205, Advanced Organic Chemistry is an advanced science course that delves deep into both the theories and […]

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 […]

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 […]

This course examines the rise of the modern fashion system through key texts across the French, British, and American literary traditions from the 19th-century to present. Through texts, both fiction and non-fiction, we chart the emergence of the ˜modern fashion system and learn how fashion mediates our understanding of a literary text. By the 1860s, […]

This course introduces students to the modern and contemporary American stage since 1900. Students will read/watch canonical plays by Lillian Hellman, Tennessee Williams, David Mamet, and Arthur Miller, etc., and learn to appreciate theatrical and literary devices and American dramaturgy of the 20th and the early 21st centuries. Besides the selected canonical plays, students will […]