Course Catalogue

Adaptation studies from literature to cinema have many apparent changes in the context of postmodernism. Based on the complexity of the theories such as intertextuality, translation studies, cultural studies, deconstruction, and reception theory, adaptation studies allow audiences to consider the film adaptations as independent films with respective creativities of filmmakers by their cinematic language. Because […]

This course exposes students to a wide array of issues encountered in modern Vietnam, ranging from socio-cultural, politico-economic aspects to questions of nationalism, international relations, and globalization when examining the country in its regional and global contexts. Throughout the course, students are introduced to basic concepts in social sciences and humanities that will allow them […]

The course Deep Learning for Artificial Intelligence aims at providing students with a good understanding of deep neural networks and algorithms, along with deriving practical AI solutions in various domains such as economics, fintech, computer vision, natural language processing. The course demonstrates mathematical concepts and hands-on skills required for the algorithms that are typically used […]

This course introduces students to the tools of the art historian. We will investigate how the discipline of art history began to take shape as early as the 17th century, and focus on the key theoretical investigations and methods of interpretation that have informed the study of art through the present. Such approaches include connoisseurship, […]

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 […]

Machine learning is concerned with the question of how to construct programs that automatically improve their performance through experience. This course introduces the principles underlying the design of existing supervised and unsupervised machine learning algorithms. Topics to be covered include the following: 1. Supervised learning models and methods: Decision trees, neural networks, nearest-neighbor algorithms, Bayesian […]

This advanced course begins by exploring the early racialization of unfree labor in the Spanish and Portuguese Atlantic world in the years leading up to the Columbian encounter, including precedents such as fifteenth-century Portuguese activity off the coast of Africa, the Spanish invasion of the Canary Islands, and the late Iberian Reconquest in general. It […]

This course provides an introduction to psychological distress, with an emphasis on current thinking, debates and research in the field. The course examines the core concepts in defining and classifying mental health difficulties, some of the major psychological disorders across the lifespan, empirically supported approaches to treating these disorders and supporting people towards recovery of […]

The connected course “Developing Vietnam” is unique in many aspects. It is the first undergraduate seminar course ever taught at Fulbright University Vietnam. More importantly, it is a connected course that involves several different kinds of connections. These include: • Connections between two universities: Fulbright and Dartmouth • Connections between Fulbright students and Dartmouth students […]

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 […]

Large scale systems, including web-based applications, are fundamentally different and more complex than short programs. Software engineering is the study of how to develop large-scale software systems. In this course, students will learn about and practice a variety of interrelated activities and processes, including requirements analysis, system design, documentation, implementation, and testing. Students will also […]

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 […]