Course Catalogue

This course is an interdisciplinary study of social understandings of disability, particularly its relationship to categories of sex/sexuality, gender, and identity. Using examples drawn from various points in history, various countries around the world, and various disability categories (psychiatric/psychosocial, intellectual, physical, etc.), students read a variety of texts, including ethnographies, autobiographies, and case studies, in […]

Educational policy is increasingly based on ideas, theories, and empirical research from economics. Accountability, school choice, charter schools, vouchers, privatization, merit pay for teachers, and school funding are just a few noteworthy examples. This course will explore how economists think about education in general as well as these specific policies and the underlying economic theories. […]

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 […]

Have you ever wondered how a human-being develops and changes overtime since birth? If so, welcome to Dev. Psy! Developmental psychology or Lifespan Development is the study of humans development process and different factors that may have an influence on ones development. Students will gain perspectives on how brain and physical, cognitive and linguistic, emotional, […]

Currently, creative writing is widely applied in many fields. Additionally, creative writing is also an essential subject for those who want to become professional writers. This course accumulates many skills, including reading and analyzing literary works, observations, research, along with in-depth interviews. The core of the course is to help students develop their creative writing […]

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 course introduces students to the major theories of economic growth and development and their applications in the context of globalization. Students will learn the models that economists use to study economic growth, trade, migration, and cross-border investment and whether their predictions manifest themselves in practice. Students will develop both abstract theorizing and data analysis […]

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 […]

This course provides students with a theoretical understanding of community development, both internationally and in Vietnam. It explores the history and development of the discipline, contemporary theory/approaches, and the context and practice of community development in modern society. The course offers a range of practical skills useful in community development work. It equips students with […]

This course aims to form the foundation for a broad theoretical and empirical knowledge of the concerns of the field of comparative politics. We will investigate the central themes, theories, concepts, and questions of the contemporary study of comparative politics and explore the main theoretical, empirical, and methodological approaches to the study of Vietnamese politics. […]

This course explores what it means to research “social movements” in the discipline of anthropology. We first discuss the history of ideas in anthropological theory surrounding ideas of power and social change: early functionalist approaches presumed static traditions, whereas Marxist, feminist and postcolonial intellectual movements invited anthropologists to theorize structure and agency, power and contradiction, […]

The purpose of this course is to provide students Majoring in Psychology with a supervised, professional level service and work experience. Students undertake an intentional and structured experiential learning experience in a way that mutually benefits the student-intern and the agency or placement site. Students apply, from their academic knowledge in the classroom, foundational knowledge […]