Course Catalogue

This course features a survey of Vietnamese and Southeast historical traditions. Students will be introduced to Southeast Asian approaches to not only recording but also dealing with the past to orient people of the present. Lectures will feature the main mediums used to reconstruct history in Vietnam and in Southeast Asia such as stone and […]

Digital technology transforms the way we live, from how we travel to what we use for money, to how we swipe to find love. At the heart of these social, cultural, and economic changes lie mathematics and computer science. But how do we gather the information, interpret the data, and construct the algorithms that drive […]

This introductory course in acting trains the student actor in the beginning skills of the craft in order to give them practical understanding and ability that can be used effectively in the professional Vietnamese entertainment industry. The course demystifies the craft of acting by breaking it down into its basic, practicable components, including proper body/mind […]

Scientific Inquiry unlocks the door to discovery and explores how humans acquired our fundamental knowledge of the sciences. By engaging foundational texts and practices from across various scientific disciplines, students will understand the various processes involved in acquiring scientific knowledge and how these processes are applied to contemporary scientific questions. Students will critically analyze the […]

This course introduces students to the fundamental intuitions of causal inference and the associated econometrics toolkit. Students will develop their abilities to understand causal relationships and evaluate such relationships between economic variables using data and econometric software. Illustrative examples from policymaking, business, academic research, and daily life will inform and motivate theoretical questions in the […]

A big part of the world around us and our own bodies are made up of organic materials. Such amazing diversity is made possible by just a few chemical elements and governed by several chemical rules. Organic Chemistry provides a study of these fundamental rules and the main types of organic materials – how they […]

The Student Research Workshops aims to develop students’ independent research skills to prepare for the Capstone, write a proposal for their Capstone project as well as future research projects. There will be 12 weekly meetings, 90 minutes each. There will be four sections running in parallel by each faculty listed above. Students can participate in […]

Images function as both a practical artistic medium (in advertisements for example) but also as something to be aesthetically enjoyed. They can also serve as a medium for social change as images can spread awareness about important issues and, in the digital age, reach huge numbers of people regardless of the language they speak. To […]

Digital technology transforms the way we live, from how we travel to what we use for money, to how we swipe to find love. At the heart of these social, cultural, and economic changes lie mathematics and computer science. But how do we gather the information, interpret the data, and construct the algorithms that drive […]

What happens when our dreams and nightmares become real? After the past few years of upheaval and distress, this suggestion may no longer seem very far-fetched. Concerns about social, ecological, and technological crises, when thematized, however, are often relegated to genres of fiction suggesting a certain departure from reality. If our circumstances have become similar […]

Scientific Inquiry unlocks the door to discovery and explores how humans acquired our fundamental knowledge of the sciences. By engaging foundational texts and practices from across various scientific disciplines, students will understand the various processes involved in acquiring scientific knowledge and how these processes are applied to contemporary scientific questions. Students will critically analyze the […]

This is an advanced course covering the key issues of economic inequality. This course is reading- and writing-intensive and is organized as a series of discussions. This course focuses on two main aspects: (i) the analysis of economic inequalities and (ii) the interaction between inequality and economic development. It will address the following questions from […]