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2018-2019 Tsinghua syllabus

Course title Asia in the Modern World

Credit 2

Class hours 32

Classification of thecurriculum

Undergraduate

Department Department of Industrial Engineering

Course description This course is a survey of Asian civilizationsfrom the late eighteenth century to thepresent. Emphasis will be placed primarilyon the distinctive aspects of the culture ofAsian nations and their modern experiences ina rapidly transformed world. In particular, wewill focus on China, Japan, and the so-calledFour Mini-dragons (South Korea, Taiwan, HongKong, and Singapore) to examine the changesand continuities in Asia’s political, economic,and social systems.

Course title Global innovation strategy

Credit 3

Class hours 48


Undergraduate

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Course description As information technology has evolved fordecades, we have already embraced an erawhen the recombination of industries,information, talentes has become common. Incollaboration with universities and institutesfrom around the globe via iPodia Alliance, thiscourse will provide students with global visionon innovation oppurtunity identifcation,industry analysis, personal career planning,innovation strategy reporting etc. Key featuresof this course include: 1. Global innovationtheories and practices. 2. Student preparedseminar and workshops. 3. iPodia enabledcross-cultural study.

Course title Introduction to High Energy Physics

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate

Department Department of Engineering Physics

Course description This course provides an up-to-date andcomprehensive introduction to modernparticle physics, including all the recentdevelopments in elementary particle physics,as well as its connections with cosmology andastrophysics. The balance between experimentand theory is emphasised. The stress is on thephenomenological approach and basictheoretical concepts rather than rigorousmathematical detail. Short descriptions are

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given of some of the key experiments in thefield, and how they have influenced ourthinking. Although most of the material ispresented in the context of the StandardModel of quarks and leptons, theshortcomings of this model and new physicsbeyond its compass (such as supersymmetry,neutron mass and oscillations, GUTs andsuperstrings) are also discussed.This course issuitable for the 3rd and 4th-yearundergraduate students.

Course title Intermediate Microeconomics

Credit 3

Class hours 48


Undergraduate

Department School of Economics and Management

Course description This course focuses on the rational choicebehavior of individual consumers and firms.The topics covered include: theory ofconsumer behavior; theory of firm behavior;pricing in different market structures, such ascompetitive and monopolistic markets;welfare and general equilibrium; and soon.Through this course, students willunderstand basic microeconomic analyticaltools, be able to analyze rational individualdecision making under well defined objectivesand budget constraints, as well as tounderstand the role and function of markets.To build economic intuition of the students,many applications and examples from daily lifewill be introduced. Besides lecturing, student

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participation, in-class discussion and problemsolving will be strongly encouraged.

Course title Principle of Finance

Credit 3

Class hours 48


Undergraduate


Course description This course is an introduction class tosecurities markets, financial instruments andbasic portfolio theories and models. Topicscover: the structure of the capital markets andinterest rates; valuation of risky assets andportfolio theory; the efficient markethypothesis and behavioral finance; mainfinancial security pricing (bond, equity andoption etc.); financial crisis; Chinese financialmarkets and international asset markets.Students will assess the strengths andlimitations of different financial models andtheories in understanding the features andmechanism of major financial markets. Thiscourse requires students to collect and usehistorical financial data, to do simple dataanalysis. Students learn to test theories andmodels by data and to discover theeffectiveness and limitations of models andtheories, and to understand the reasons whytraditional theories cannot explain theempirical world well. So that students canknow the development of finance theories,from traditional models to new ones; forexample, behavioral models and frictions can

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contribute to the asset pricing anomalies.During this semester, students will becomefamiliar with basic theories in financialeconomics and methods for asset valuation.They can analyze the development of Chineseand international financial markets in therecent 20 years, especially the US financialcrisis in 2008 and European debt crisis in 2009.

Course title China Exploration

Credit 2

Class hours 64


Undergraduate

Department Fundamental Industry Training Center

Course description This course helps students from differentbackgrounds to understand and know thebasic knowledge of contemporary Chineseissues, and develops students 'ability to useinterdisciplinary knowledge and means tocomprehensively analyze contemporaryChinese issues. This course also enhancesstudents' ability of interdisciplinary inquiry andidentification, comprehensive analysiscapabilities and presentation skills, andcross-cultural communication and teamworkskills. The courses will be grouped in differentdirections to study and practice, such aseducation, economics, environment, culturalcreativity, female issues, architecture,urbanization and other different modules. Atthe same time, we will provide opportunitiesfor interested students to gain insight intorelative disciplines of Tsinghua University, and

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to feel the Chinese culture and Tsinghua spiritthrough cultural experience activities. Basedon the advantages of the first-class disciplinesof Tsinghua University, the summer curriculumis based on the interdisciplinary andintercultural integrated thinking mode toinspire international students tocomprehensively understand Chinese issuesthrough specific lectures, field research,round-table discussions and project practice.As a result, they will be able to express theirown unique views on certain topics, andpublish constructive proposals in thestudent-oriented forum and Expo.

Course title Managerial accounting

Credit 3

Class hours 60


Undergraduate


Course description This course covers absorption costing system,variable costing system, master budget,flexible budget, etc. There all together 3credits. We will use lectures, discussion, quiz,assginment to help students master thenotions and skills.

Course title Technical English Communication

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Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate

Department Department of Automotive Engineering

Course description The course trains the technical Englishcommunication skills through a series ofsimulated academic meetings. Studentpractice will take up most of the time, with theinstructors setting the stage, guiding andmotivating the students. To alleviate the issueof large number of students and limitednumber of instructors, a combination oflarge/small classes and groups will be used:basic knowledge and common issues will beaddressed in the large class, targetedinstruction will be provided in the smallclasses, and students work in groups. A seriesof four simulated meetings will be conducted,each focused on new techniques and skills.The first meeting will be performed by theinstructors and the teaching assistants, servingas the model case for the later student-ledmeetings. The following three meetings will beled by the students under the guidance of theinstructors.The course trains the technicalEnglish communication skills through a seriesof simulated academic meetings. Studentpractice will take up most of the time, with theinstructors setting the stage, guiding andmotivating the students. To alleviate the issueof large number of students and limitednumber of instructors, a combination oflarge/small classes and groups will be used:basic knowledge and common issues will beaddressed in the large class, targetedinstruction will be provided in the smallclasses, and students work in groups. A

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series of four simulated meetings will beconducted, each focused on new techniquesand skills. The first meeting will be performedby the instructors and the teaching assistants,serving as the model case for the laterstudent-led meetings. The following threemeetings will be led by the students under theguidance of the instructors.The course trainsthe technical English communication skillsthrough a series of simulated academicmeetings. Student practice will take up most ofthe time, with the instructors setting the stage,guiding and motivating the students. Toalleviate the issue of large number of studentsand limited number of instructors, acombination of large/small classes and groupswill be used: basic knowledge and commonissues will be addressed in the large class,targeted instruction will be provided in thesmall classes, and students work in groups.A series of four simulated meetings will beconducted, each focused on new techniquesand skills. The first meeting will be performedby the instructors and the teaching assistants,serving as the model case for the laterstudent-led meetings. The following threemeetings will be led by the students under theguidance of the instructors.

Course title Practical English in Nuclear Field

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate

Department Department of Engineering Physics

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Course description This is class emphasis on oral communicationin english for engineering physics students.The class format is flexible, including lecture,discussion,and mutimedia presentations onscientifics topics. The final goal is to haveeach student be able to engage basic scientificenglish conversation with foreign scientists.

Course title General Physics(1)

Credit 4

Class hours 64


Undergraduate

Department Department of Physics

Course description The course of“General Physics I ”consists ofMechanics and Thermodynamics.Mechanics: Motion of Point Particles,Non-Inertial System, Particle Mechanics，Lawof Momentum Conservation, Law ofMechanical Energy, Law of AngularMomentum Conservation, Mechanics ofParticle system and Extended object,Geostatics, Fluid Dynamics， MechanicalOscillation， Mechanical Wave.Thermodynamics: Temperature, heat and FirstLaw of Thermodynamics, Kinetic Theory ofGases，Entropy and Second Law ofThermodynamics.

Course title General Physics(3)

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Course title Fundamental Physics-principles andExperiments(3)

Credit 6

Class hours 96

Credit 4

Class hours 64


Undergraduate


Course description The course of “General Physics (3)” consistsof Optics and Atomic Physics. Optics:principle of geometrical optics, imaging of thinlens, multiple slit interference, thin-filminterference, single-slit, grating and single holeFraunhofer diffractions, resolving powers ofgrating and lens imaging system, X-raydiffraction on crystals, Fresnel diffraction,polarization of light, Brewster’s angle,birefringence, interference of polarized light,Fresnel equations, introduction to informationoptics. Atomic Physics: black-body radiation,photoelectric effect, Compton scattering,matter wave, Schrodinger equation,uncertainty principle, particle in potential well,quantum tunneling, hydrogen atom, angularmomentum, spin and magnetic moment,Stern-Gerlach experiment, Pauli exclusionprinciple, nuclear magnetic resonance, X-ray,laser, introduction to solid-state physics,introduction to nuclear and particle physics.

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Undergraduate


Course description Studying the classical optics from the Maxwellequations in Classical electro-magnetic theory.Focusing on the wave properties of light，such as the propagation of light in vacuum andmedia，interference and diffraction of light,the concept of coherence, the polarizationstate of light. In the mean time, thepresentation would make close connections tothe quantum concept introduced later. In thepart of modern physics, introducing thequanta from the experimental observations inthe optics, such as spectroscopy ofatom/molecule; black body radiation, etc.Discussing the basic postulations in quantummechanics. 6-7 experiments are synchronizedwith the teaching in classroom, and theseexperiments are designed to help studentsbetter understanding the principles learned inthe classroom and appreciating the physics asexperimental science.

Course title Real Analysis

Credit 4

Class hours 64


Undergraduate


Course description

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Course title China and the World: Legal Traditions

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate


Course description The course work provides an overview of thecomparisons between the two legal traditionsand seeks plausible answers to some thecomplex and contradictive questions whicharise frequently in our discussions.

Course title Probability and Mathematical Statistics

Credit 4

Class hours 64


Undergraduate


Course description This Course is designed to the second-yearundergraduate students with somebackgrounds in calculus and linear algebra. Weshall introduce the basic principles andmethods of probability and mathematicalstatistics, and illustrate the wide applicationsof probability and statistics in economics,

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business and other fields. The coursecontent consists of two parts, probabilitytheory and mathematical statistics. In theprobability part, we will introduce some keyconcepts such as random variables, randomdistribution and some typical random modelssuch as Poisson distribution and normaldistribution. Then we will proceed to talkabout some summarizing numbers of arandom distribution, e.g. the expectation andthe variance, as well as the law of largenumbers and the central limit theorem, whichare the foundation of the large sample theory.In the statistics part, we talk both descriptiveand inferential statistics. For the former, wehighlight the data issues such as datacollection and data types, as well as typicalsummarizing methods using graphical displays.In the inferential statistics part, we discusspoint (interval) estimation, hypothesis testing,and the statistical inference in some popularstatistical models, e.g., linear/logisticregression model and ANOVAmodel. Thecourse presents the philosophical aspects ofstatistical thinking and the state-of-the-artstatistical methods. We use R as our maincomputing vehicle and highlight both theoriesand methods.

Course title Structural Mechanics(1) (in English)

Credit 4

Class hours 64


Undergraduate

Department Department of Civil Engineering

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Coursedescription

This course is intended to provide the studentmajoring in civil engineering skills of structuralanalysis at an elementary level. It mainlyconsists of structural geometric constructionrules, computational methods for internalforces and deformation. The three majorrelations: equilibrium, deformationcompatibility and stress-deformation conditionsare used to study the behavior of structuralcomponents under various external loads.Emphasis is placed on the two major methods:the consistent displacement (force) method andthe displacement method. The course serves asthe basis for further exposure of structuraltheories to the student majoring in civilengineering.

Course title Concrete Structure(1)

Credit 3

Class hours 48


Undergraduate


Course description

Course title Basis of Engineering Materials

Credit 3

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Class hours 48


Undergraduate

Department Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Course description The Fundamentals of Engineering Materials istaught in English and composed of three parts:(1) atomic-level structures, (2)microscopic-level structures, and (3)structure-property relationship of materials.The first part covers interatomic bondings,crystalline and noncrystalline structures,crystal defects, and atom diffusion. In thesecond part, the phase diagrams of binaryalloys (including Fe-C alloys) and ceramics aredescribed, and the phase transformations ofmaterials as well as the principles of heattreatment for steels are introduced. The thirdpart focuses on the stress-strain behaviors ofmaterials and the mechanisms of plasticdeformation and strengthening. The courseaims to make students understand well aboutthe relationship among the four componentsof materials science and engineering, e.g.,composition, processing, structure, andproperty. This helps to establish a solidtheoretical basis for their subsequent study inEngineering Materials.

Course title Stochastic Process

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate

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Course description Stochastic process is the mathematical subjectwhich studies the statistical properties of therandom phenomenon changing with timeand/or other parameters, is also thetheoretical foundation of stochastic modelconstruction. Stochastic process has beenwidely applied to all areas in science andtechnology, and is one of the most importantmathematical tools in economics and finance.The purpose of this course is supplying themathematical foundation for undergraduatestudent to study the economic and financialissues.

Course title Computer Programming Language

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate


Course description This course is a prerequisite for students whoplan to have a career in areas like informationsystems, financial engineering, numericalmethods, and other areas that require skillsharnessing modern computation power. Theskills learnt could be easily transferred tolearning other computer languages. The goalof the course is to teach students how toprogram in C language to solve problems withcomputational methods. Therefore the goal istwo-fold. First, students will learn the basicprogramming language concepts, such as data

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types, control structures, memory addressingand modular programming, with C as anexample. Second, students will be expected todevelop a computational thinking to solveproblems. General methods, such as bisectionmethod, Monte Carlo simulation, divide andconquer, and dynamic programming will beintroduced. Basic analysis of programcomplexity will also be discussed. Specifictopic coverage includes: • Concepts ofComputation and Computers • Data Types• Interactive Input and Output •

Program Flow Control • Functions •

Arrays, Addresses, and Pointers •

Character Strings • Data Files •

Structures •Bisection Method •

Newton’s Method • Monte CarloMethod • Search and sort • DynamicProgramming • Computational ComplexityAfter the course, students are expected to •

Gain a general understanding of theconcepts of programming languages •Be ableto independently develop solutions to simplecomputational tasks • Gain proficiency indesigning, implementing and testing solution• Be able to transfer programming skills tolearning other languages • Be able toidentify and comment programming qualityand develop own programming styles.

Course title Design Theory and Methodology

Credit 1

Class hours 16


Undergraduate

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Department Department of Architecture

Course description Over the past several decades a good deal ofresearch and theory has been published in theareas of design cognition, aesthetic theory,expertise, psychology, philosophy andneuroscience, that sought to describe howdesigners work. This research has resulted inmultiple methods and critiques that have leadto a deeper understanding of how designersactually design. Though it is true that onedesign methodology or another is noguarantee of a successful design solution,there is value in observing how others design,learning about theories, reflecting upon andconsidering other methods, and understandingthe role of aesthetic judgment. By doing sostudents are better equipped to develop theirown methodologies, by becoming aware ofhow designers work so that they might bebetter, self-critical designers themselves.The course will include a mutli-disciplinaryoverview of design theory and methodology,focusing on the work of key persons, such as:Jones, Alexander, Cross, Broadbent, Sanoff,Kuff, Schouml;n, Arnheim, Rowe, Lynn andothers; and by discussing and testing andcritiquing several accepted frameworks.Topics to be discussed will include: designprocess/cognition, problem solving, analysis,programming, creativity, perception, systems,ideation, parametrics, materiality, tectonics,form generation, aesthetic theory,collaboration, decision-making and others.This course will be primarily a lecture/seminarcourse with a high expectation for studentparticipation. Each class will includepresentations of new material by theprofessor, a guided discussion of assignedreading (typically key 8 – 10 page article onthe topic), in-class exercises and studentreflection and observation. Students will berequired to make in-class presentations on the

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design methodology of architects of theirchoice. Several guests will be invited todescribe their design methods throughout thecourse.

Course title English in Construction Management

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate


Course description This course involves the state of art ofconstruction, including the Owners'Perspective, Organizing in ProjectManagement, the Design and ConstructionProcess, Labor, Material and EquipmentUtilization, Cost Estimation, EconomicEvaluation of Facility Investments, Financing ofConstructed Facilities, Construction Pricing andContracting, Construction Planning,Fundamental Scheduling Procedures,Advanced Scheduling Techniques, CostControl, Monitoring and Accounting, QualityControl and Safety During Construction, andOrganization and Use of Project Information. Italso includes presentation，discussion andtranslation in class.

Course title English for Environmental Professionals

Credit 2

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Class hours 32


Undergraduate

Department School of Environment

Course description Professional English for Environmental Scienceand Engineering mainly contains two parts,namely reading part and writing part.However, listening and speaking are also thelecture contents. The teaching material is thesix edition of Environmental Science－A Studyof Interrelationship written by Eager Smith.The students need to complete reading themajority part of whole book. The purposes lieon making the students knowing more theenvironmental vocabulary and terms as well asthe expressing way. The reading contents are(1) science and scientific method, (2)environmental ethics, (3) ecological principles,(4) human population issues, (5) water, air andsolid pollution and management, (6)environmental regulation. The scientificwriting part aims at getting studentsunderstand completely how to writescientifically, master rules of scientific writing,including (1) summary and abstract writing, (2)review writing, (3) scientific paper writing, (4)thesis writing, (5) research proposal writing,etc.. Students also get practicing on auralpresentation through answering questions andpresenting their written proposal.

Course title Environmental Soil Science

Credit 2

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Class hours 32


Undergraduate


Course description In this course, basic characteristics of soil arelearned by the students through fieldexcursion and laboratory analysis. Moreover,the principles of important soil processes, suchas cation exchange, pollutant adsorption,decomposition and mineralization of soilorganic matters, nitrification anddenitrification, mineral weathering, C/Ncirculation, oxidation/reduction reactions,speciation and transportation of metals, andsoil hydrology, were taught.

Course title World Environmental and Cultural Practice

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate


Course description This course is completely taught in English,which is designed to enhance the Englishpractical ability of undergraduates, improvethe understanding of the world environmentand culture, and improve the ability ofself-learning, active communication and publicspeaking. This course also aims to help thestudents build their international vision andteam spirit. The whole course consists of 3

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programs, Global Environment, World Culture,and International Action. Programs will beconducted in various formats, which include:(1) lectures to introduce not only westerncultural and historical knowledge but alsostate of the art technologies in environmentalareas; (2) case studies to enable students tounderstand well and learn how to solveproblems in English; (3) group discussions oractivities to enhance the ability of utilizingEnglish in professional fields andcommunications with people; (4) free-stylegroup exhibitions to emphasize responsibilitiesin team work.

Course title International Organization and EnvironmentalConvention

Credit 1

Class hours 16


Undergraduate


Course description This is a five days intensive course on analysisof international organization andenvironmental conventions operationmechanism, basing on the work experience ofthe expert and the text of Basel, Rotterdamand Stockholm Conventions. The coursecovers the following major themes: overviewof the international conventions; negotiationof the international conventions; function ofinternational organizations and operationmechanism. Generally, more than four andhalf days courses are taken mainly withlectures, which highlight the most importantpoints that the international conventions and

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organizations concern, with some discussionand case studies. The half-day classes aredevoted to the application of the knowledgeacquired in the last half-day courses ontoconcrete problems. Students are expected toparticipate in negotiation and discussion in theconcluding classes. The examination is given inthe form of writing a shorter paper on one ofthe themes indicated by the expert during thecourse by preparing the materials for applyinga position in international organization.

Course title Physical Chemistry in Energy Utilization

Credit 3

Class hours 48


Undergraduate

Department Department of Energy And Power Engineering

Course description The course is mainly divided into three parts:chemical kinetics, introduction of quantumtheory and spectroscopy, and several specialtopics, which are directly related toapplications in the field of energy. Thesespecial topics include molecular interactions,molecular reaction dynamics, and processes atsolid surfaces. In the part of chemical kinetics,the course will combine with its application incombustion, and introduce some relevanttheoretical knowledge and experimentaltechnique.

Course title Database Concepts

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Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate


Course description This course mainly introduces how to designdatabase schemas and manipulate databasemanagement systems. The contents includes:1.Knowledge about the database concepts andprinciples, data models, relational database,structural query language, database design,entity-relationship modeling, databaseconnectivity, transaction management,database security, data warehouse, businessintelligence, data mining and etc. 2.Skills ondatabase manipulation, including install, setupand use MySQL, query data with SQL, andprogram using C and Python to work withMySQL. 3.Coursework which requires studentsto design a mini information system, designthe database and program to implement therequired functions based on a designatedscenario.

Course title Introduction to High Performance Computing

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate

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Department Department of Computer Science andTechnology

Course description This course uses English in all the relatedactivities. The instructions, textbook,homework and in-class discussions are all inEnglish. In this course, the fundamentals ofhigh performance computing, architecture ofadvanced computers, parallel program.

Course title Bases and Application of Digital Video

Credit 3

Class hours 48


Undergraduate

Department Department of Automation

Course description Systematically introduced the basic theory andtechnology of digital video signal processing,including the following contents: Overview ofthe basic methods of video technology andvideo signal analysis; The basic techniques fordigital video signal processing includesampling, modeling and motion estimation;The basic principle of video compression andvarious video compression standards; Stereovideo and multi-view video foundations, aswell as the latest video research progress inthe plenoptic/light field video foundation; Thedigital video technology frontiers.

Course title Propulsion Principle and Technology

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Credit 3

Class hours 48


Undergraduate

Department School of Aerospace Engineering

Course description a.Main relationships in space propulsiontheory b.Basics of ballistic missile and rocketlauncher design c.Rocket engines: Theirdesign and operation principles d.RocketEngine chamber, nozzle and performancee.Energy Conversion and rocket propellantsf.Forces and Torques acting on the rocket inflight g.Ballistic Missile Trajectory h.Mainmeans of control and stabilization of missile inflight i.Launch Pad

Course title Biochemistry(2) (in English)

Credit 3

Class hours 48


Undergraduate

Department School of Life Sciences

Course description Biochemistry II is the continuation ofBiochemistry I。This course is divided into twoparts。 The first part (Chapter 14-23) isbioenergetics and metabolism， whichincludes principles of bioenergetics (Chapter14)， catabolism of carbohydrates， lipid acidsand amino acids (Chapter 15-18)， oxidative

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phosphorylation and photophosphorylation(Chapter 19)， biosynthesis of carbohydrates，lipids and amino acids (Chapter 20-22) andintegration and hormonal regulation ofmammalian metabolism (Chapter 23)。 Thestudents are required to be familiar with themajor catabolic and anabolic pathways ofcarbohydrates， lipids and amino acids， aswell as the important enzymes and coenzymesinvolved in these pathways and the regulationof each pathway。 The students are alsorequired to know the interconnection andregulation between different catabolic andbiosynthetic pathways。 The second part(Chapter 24-28) of this course is informationpathways。 It includes genes andchromosomes (Chapter 24)，DNA metabolism(Chapter 25)， RNA metabolism (Chapter 26)，protein metabolism (Chapter 27) andregulation of gene expression (Chapter 28)。The students are required to know thestructure of genes and chromosomes， thepathways of DNA， RNA and proteinmetabolism and the regulation of geneexpression in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.

Course title Scientific Research Professional Skills

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate

Department School of Life Sciences

Course description This course is intended to challenge highlymotivated, gifted undergraduate life sciencesmajors to acquire the fundamental skills

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necessary to communicate research progressboth orally and in written form. Thestudents will have direct experience withposter presentations, oral presentations,scientific ethics, abstract writing, literaturereview and the writing of a standard scientificmanuscript for publication. Uponcompletion of the course, students will have ahigh awareness of the typical responsibilitiesof international research scientists, withenhanced motivation and competence, afterhaving participated in simulations of real worldscientific communication. Each weekwill feature a progressive series of writingassignments as well as oral discussion of lifesciences topics. Student presentations will beongoing throughout the semester, withinstructor guidance and critique. All paperswill be hand graded to offer native speakerimprovements to each student. The textbooksselected will be recent editions of standardacademic communication textbooks.

Students will be given a structuredopportunity to design their own approaches toexplaining research findings, emphasizingcontemporary English usage. Desks will beplaced in a round conformation in order tofacilitate student-to-student interaction,during the discussion segment of each classmeeting. Lectures will emphasize accuracy andprecision of language, and will build studentconfidence by affording frequent opportunitiesto put class material into practice through oralpresentations, discussion and formal writtenassignments.

Course title Foundations of Programming and Algorithm

Credit 4

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Class hours 64


Undergraduate

Department Institute For Interdisciplinary InformationSciences

Course description This course assumes that the students havethe basic knowledge of programminglanguages, e.g. functions, loops, and arrays,etc. Topics to be covered include an overviewof fundamental programming concepts inC/C++ (e.g. procedural programming andobject-oriented programming), data structures(e.g. linked lists, stacks, queues, and trees),common algorithms that related to those datastructures, and an introduction ofprogramming patterns (e.g. reference count,virtual constructor).

Course title Fundamental Ideas in Theoretical ComputerScience

Credit 3

Class hours 48


Undergraduate


Course description "This course aims to introduce students tofundamental mathematical techniquesrequired to pursue computer science (andtheoretical computer science in particular) at aresearch level. However, the course is not onlyfocused on mathematical techniques and CStheory: examples will from a rich array ofapplications in different fields of computer

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science. The mathematical material mayinclude (but is not limited to) algebra,high-dimensional geometry, LP and SDP(semidefinite programming), informationtheoretic methods, stochastic processes,fourier analysis and boolean function analysis,discrete fourier transform and fast fouriertransform, coding theory and expanders.Other topics may include Barrington’stheorem, Newman’s theorem, the INWpseudorandom generator and theNisan-Widgerson PRG. This will be a fast-pacedcourse. This course gives an introduction tothe basics of computation theory, including:Finite Automata, Regular language, PushdownAutomata, Context-Free Grammars, Turingmachine, undecidablity, and computationalintractable topics (NP complete, PSPACE, BPPetc)."

Course title Speech Communication for Human andMachines

Credit 4

Class hours 64


Undergraduate


Course description Speech communication refers to the process oftransferring information from one person toanother by speaking in a specific language. It isa highly inter-disciplinary subject, which isrelated to physiology, linguistics, phonetics,signal processing, and computer science. Manyinteresting and impactful computerapplications have been developed to enableand improve human-computer and

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human-human speech communications. In thiscourse, students will learn the scientificfundamentals underlying human speechcommunication, the basic techniques ofcomputer speech and language processing,state-of-the-art spoken language technologiesand their applications. Advanced researchtopics and future directions will also bediscussed.

Course title Modern Physics(1) (in English)

Credit 4

Class hours 64


Undergraduate


Course description This course will cover the basic formalism andmodern applications of optics and atomicphysics. In the optics part, we will introducegeometric optics, wave optics, and theirapplications in the current research frontiersuch as quantum information science. For theatomic physics part, we will present manyinteresting experiments performed in early20th century and explain how these resultslead to the modern understanding of atomicstructure. Modern applications of optics andatomic physics, such as laser and laser coolingof atoms, will also be discussed.

Course title Modern Physics(2)

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Credit 4

Class hours 64


Undergraduate


Course description This course provides undergraduate studentswith background in science and engineeringthe foundation to understand many keyaspects of quantum and statistical physics,which are essential for learning advancedtopics such as condensed-matter physics,quantum field theory, and quantuminformation science. Conceptualunderstanding of the physical ideas anddetailed mathematical derivations will beequally emphasized. Active class participationof students is expected.

Course title The Physics of Information

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate


Course description The 21st Century has seen a string of profounddiscoveries that interface physics, informationtheory and computer science. This course willintroduce undergraduate students this excitingfrontier by connecting the various physics and

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computational ideas they learn in first year.After completion of the course, students willappreciate how information theoreticalprinciples led to new understanding in physics,and how new physics facilitated new models ofcomputation. Topics include physicalconsequences of the Church Turing thesis,unravelling Maxwell's Demon throughinformation thermodynamics, and theinformation theoretic consequences ofquantum mechanics.

Course title Introduction to Data Science

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate


Course description The course intends to motivate students byfundamental (selected) aspects of DataScience. In this course, we discuss selectedaspects of the concept of data, relatedtechniques and aspects, and futureachievements in the area of Data Science.

Course title Investment

Credit 2

Class hours 32

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Undergraduate


Course description This course aims to provide students withunderstanding of (i) the fundamentalknowledge for those common and importantinvestment strategies in financial market, (ii)the portfolio management techniques used tomanage risk or make speculation, and (iii) therecent development of portfolio managementtools and investment strategies in financialmarkets. On the theoretical side, this courseintroduces fundamental knowledge forinvestment strategies and portfoliomanagement. On the practical side, this coursecovers recent topics that are related to theinvestment strategies and portfoliomanagement. Some projects of portfoliomanagement are specially designed to let youapply the theoretical knowledge topractice.This course is highly recommended forstudents who intend to pursue a career orfurther studies in investment strategies andportfolio management. Of course, theknowledge will also be very useful when youmake your own personal investment decision

Course title Expert Systems and Decision Support Systems

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate


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Course description This course is an introduction to expertsystems and decision support systems, whichis an integral part of the computer sciencecurriculum. In this course, we learn howtheory and applications complement eachother. Both theory and application arepresented. Students are provided with theProlog, Lisp, CLIPS language that they can useto develop systems. By integrating theory witha fully functional means of applying thattheory to real-world situations, students willgain an appreciation for the role played byexpert systems and decision support systemsin today’s world. #The content of the courseincludes four parts with 12 chapters: 1)Overview of AI, ES and DSS;2)Knowledgeexpression and inference;3)Reasoning underuncertainty;4) Design and development of ESwith Clips language.

Course title The Principles of Area Studies

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate

Department School of Humanities &School of SocialSciences

Course description This course will focus on area studies researchwith a particular emphasis on Latin America. Inparticular it will touch on the politics,economics and social problems both inhistorical and contemporary Latin America.The course will also pay special attention toLatin America’s relations with China and theUnited States.

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Course title Developmental Psychology

Credit 3

Class hours 48


Undergraduate

Department School of Humanities &School of SocialSciences

Course description This course focuses on human behavior in thesocial environment by examining humanbio-psychosocial development. The courseexamines several influences on life coursedevelopment, includingbiological/physiological, environmental,relational, and cognitive influences on humanbehavior. Content includes major theoreticalperspectives on human behavior, includingattachment and other developmental theories.The underlying values of different theoreticalperspectives, and the degree to which majortheories of human development are based onempirical evidence will be examined.

Course title Hot Issues of the Contemporary InternationalLegal System

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate

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Department School of Law

Course description By identifying and analyzing the hot issues ofthe contemporary international legal system,this seminar course is designed to broadenstudents’ professional horizon and topromote their English proficiency for readingand communicating, in the field ofinternational law. Ultimately, through theirstudies in this course, students are expected tofamiliarize themselves with the dynamiccharacteristics of the contemporary system ofinternational law and make progress inbuilding up their professional capacity ofdealing with international legal transactions.

Course title English for Journalism andCommunication(5)-PR and Advertising

Credit 1

Class hours 16


Undergraduate

Department School of Journalism and Communication

Course description The course aims at teaching the students thebasics of public relations and advertising,including the basic terms and theories,meanwhile, the course aims at improvingstudents English proficiency, both in writtenand spoken. The classes is proceeded mainlyby the instructor’ s lectures. The instructorwill make full use of his own long experience inpublic relations field to introduce the basicelements of PR theories, PR planning andprocess. Case studies will be frequently used inthe lectures. And students’ participation is

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encouraged so that students can get a clearersense of the public relations. The writing ofpress release will also be taught in the class, soas to make students more involved in publicrelations and improve their written English

Course title English for Journalism andCommunication(6)-Introduction to Media

Credit 1

Class hours 16


Undergraduate


Course description By dint of analyzing topics of media studiesand mass communication studies, thisundergraduate course aims to providejournalism/communication majors with thetheoretical framework and methodology ofmedia/communication studies. Students areexpected to attain a general overview of mediastudies and the historical evolution of masscommunication studies in the US and the UK.Equipped with a critical perspective and medialiteracy, students will be able to developpotentiality in and familiarize themselves withthe resources in academic research.

Course title English News Writing

Credit 2

Class hours 32

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Undergraduate


Course description This course is planned to be given by properforeign teachers. The foreign teacher willdeliver the course in English, including (but notlimited to) the media culture of UK and US,public relations and ads, speech andcommunication, etc.

Course title The Principles of Area Studies

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate

Department School of Social Sciences

Course description This course will focus on area studies researchwith a particular emphasis on Latin America. Inparticular it will touch on the politics,economics and social problems both inhistorical and contemporary Latin America.The course will also pay special attention toLatin America’s relations with China and theUnited States.

Course title Developmental Psychology

Credit 3

40

Class hours 48


Undergraduate


Course description This course focuses on human behavior in thesocial environment by examining humanbio-psychosocial development. The courseexamines several influences on life coursedevelopment, includingbiological/physiological, environmental,relational, and cognitive influences on humanbehavior. Content includes major theoreticalperspectives on human behavior, includingattachment and other developmental theories.The underlying values of different theoreticalperspectives, and the degree to which majortheories of human development are based onempirical evidence will be examined.

Course title Behavioral Economics

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate


Course description Behavioral Economics use social, cognitive andemotional factors to understand the economicdecisions of individuals and institutionsperforming economic functions. Theseincluding consumers, borrowers and investors,and their effects on market prices, returns and

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resource allocation. The field is primarilyconcerned with the bounds of rationality ofeconomic agents. Behavioral models typicallyintegrate insights from psychology withneo-classical economic theory.This course is ofinterests to anyone who is interested inimproving his or her judgment and decisionmaking. It does not assume advancedknowledge of statistics, psychology,economics, or decision making. For thepsychology audience, it offers a systematicframework for using psychological findings toimprove judgment. For the economicsaudience, it offers a critique of the classiceconomic model of decision making.Behavioral decision research has developedconsiderably over the past 30 years, and nowprovides considerable insights into managerialdecision making. In the first half of this course,students will learn to examine their individualjudgment, and the later part of this course willfocus on a variety of interpersonal contextsthat affect judgment.

Course title Principles of Pharmacology

Credit 3

Class hours 48


Undergraduate

Department School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Course description Principles of Pharmacology This class includesan overview of the physiological, biochemical,and anatomical foundations for the interactionof drugs and chemicals with biologicalsystems. The emphasis will put on mechanism

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of drug action and their related signaltransduction and pathway. Topics will cover abroad field of pharmacology with focuses on:1,General principles of pharmacology; 2,Neuropharmacology; 3, Modulation ofcardiovascular function; 4, Hormones andmetabolic diseases ;5, Inflammation,immunomodulation, and hematopoiesis; 6,Chemotherapy of microbial disease; 7, Specialsystems pharmacology.

Course title Computer Organization and Design(in English)

Credit 4

Class hours 64


Undergraduate

Department School of Software

Course description Computer organization is one of the mostimportant foundation courses in computerscience. It is a compulsory course in theundergraduate program of School of Software.The main goal of this course is to give studentsfundamental concepts on how a computerprocessor and its associated system work. Theemphasis is on the working principles behind.Case studies on commercial processor will beused to illustrate how these principles worktogether in one single design. To deepen thestudent’s understanding on processor design,advanced processor design concepts such aspipelining and superscalar processor will alsobe covered.

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Course title Theories and Application of Remote Sensing

Credit 3

Class hours 48


Undergraduate

Department Department of Hydraulic Engineering

Course description Remote sensing measurement of hydrologicalvariables and processes represents one of themost challenging research problems in Earthscience. This course will introduce the basicconcepts on remote sensing ranging fromvisible, near infrared, thermal infrared,microwave, and LIDAR remote sensing, andvarious orbital satellite platforms/sensors aswell. The lecturer will also overview advancesin remote sensing hydrology from space-borneobservations, state-of-the-art retrievalalgorithms for hydrological variables, andground validation strategies. Variousapplications of remote sensing to hydrologyare treated as they are used to measuredifferent hydrologic variables or processesrelated to the water and energy cycle (e.g.,precipitation, soil moisture,evapotranspiration, runoff, groundwater, andland drainage basin). Each of these hydrologicvariables or processes is discussed individuallywith an emphasis on the use of remotesensing data and its availability. Particularemphasis is also given to science andtechniques used for space-borne estimation,validation, and its application inhydrometeorology.

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Course title Study Abroad Program

Credit 12

Class hours 320


Undergraduate

Department Department of Environment

Course description The undergraduate students in GlobalEnvironment Program of School ofEnvironment, Tsinghua University are requiredto attend the Study Abroad Program duringtheir junior year and complete at least fourcore courses.

Course title Introduction to International EnvironmentalLaw

Credit 2

Class hours 40


Undergraduate

Department Department of Environment

Course description This is a five days intensive course oninternational environmental law, usingBeyerlin and Marauhn’s work (InternationalEnvironmental Law) as a textbook. The coursecovers the following major themes: History ofinternational environmental law; source ofinternational environment law; majorPrinciples of environmental law; topic Studies(Current international law on Ocean and

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Marine resources, and Climate Change);law-making and enforcement processes;relationship between internationalenvironment law and trade law.

Course title Introduction to Micro Nano Manufacturing(teaching language to be decided)

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate

Department Dept of Mechanical Engineering

Course description The curriculum content gives weight to thefundamental technologies of silicon processused in Micro Electro Mechanical Systems(MEMS). Also the fundamental technologies ofnon-silicon process are involved in.The siliconprocess includes photolithography technology,oxidation, doping and ion implantation, PVDand CVD, dry etching and wet etching, patterntransfer with etching and additivetechniques.The non-silicon process includesLIGA process and micro molding, andnon-traditional micro machining technologieswithout masks such as micro electro dischargemachining, micro electrochemical machining,micro laser machining, micro mechanicalmachining etc.Also bonding and packaging ofmicro devices are dealt with.Some typicalfabrication technologies of MEMS orminiaturized devices are given.And a briefintroduction to nano manufacturingtechnology is added.

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Course title Measurement and Test Technology(teaching language to be decided)

Credit 3

Class hours 48


Undergraduate

Department Department of Precision Instrument

Course description The course is intended to provide the studentswith adequate knowledges on principles andmethods of measurement technology,including signal theories and signal processing,characteristic analysis of a measurementsystem, principles for various sensors andtransducers and their applications, signalconversion and conditioning, principles andapplications of common instruments for datapresentation and storage, and the measuringtechniques for various physical quantities andtheir applications.

Course title Introduction to Micro Nano Manufacturing

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate


Course description The curriculum content gives weight to thefundamental technologies of silicon processused in Micro Electro Mechanical Systems

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(MEMS). Also the fundamental technologies ofnon-silicon process are involved in.The siliconprocess includes photolithography technology,oxidation, doping and ion implantation, PVDand CVD, dry etching and wet etching, patterntransfer with etching and additivetechniques.The non-silicon process includesLIGA process and micro molding, andnon-traditional micro machining technologieswithout masks such as micro electro dischargemachining, micro electrochemical machining,micro laser machining, micro mechanicalmachining etc.Also bonding and packaging ofmicro devices, micro manipulation andassembly, are dealt with.Some typicalfabrication technologies of MEMS orminiaturized devices are given.And a briefintroduction to nano manufacturingtechnology is added.

Course title Metrology for Micro and Nanotechnology

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate


Course description The course is intended to provide the studentswith knowledges on theories and methods ofmeasuring techniques for micro- andnanotechnology, including the features of themetrology for micro- and nanotechnology,signal sensing and microsensors (resistive,capacitive, inductive, thermoelectrical,piezoelectric, piezoresistive, and fiber optic,

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etc.), optical methods such as theinterferometry, microscopy, SEM,autofocusing, structured light encoding, fringeprojection, and confocal microscopy, as well asthe techniques for measuring typical physicalquantities such as the displacement, velocity,acceleration, surface roughness, flow,temperature, force and pressure.

Course title Financial Engineering (Economics DecisionAnalysis)

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate


Course description Students learn core concepts and techniquesfor economic decision analysis of complexproblems that involve dimensions of time,uncertainty, economics, strategy, andconstraints. Students also learn some basicterminology, concepts and issues relevant tofinancial engineering and management.

Course title Manufacturing and Warehouse Management

Credit 2

Class hours 32

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Undergraduate


Course description Design and operation of manufacturing,service and warehousing facilities.

Course title Management Information Systems

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate


Course description 1. Understanding the effects of informationsystems on business and their relationship toglobalization. 2. Explain why informationsystems are so essential in business today. 3.

Define an information system anddescribe its management, organization, andtechnology components. 4. Definecomplementary assets and explain how theyensure that information systems providegenuine value to an organization. 5.

Describe the different academicdisciplines used to study information systemsand explain how each contributes to ourunderstanding of them. 6. Explain what ismeant by a sociotechnical systemsperspective. 7. Practicing on developing aMIS based on database management (Access)

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Course title Computer Science Training Summer School

Credit 5

Class hours 100


Undergraduate

Department Department of Computer Science andTechnology

Course description Theory, programming and applications of deeplearning. Applications include voice, image,social network, knowledge graph, naturallanguage processing and robotics. Inaddition, deep generative models and deepreinforcement learning are introduced.

Course title Discrete-Time Signal Processing

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate

Department Department of Automation

Course description

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Course title Communication Systems and Circuits

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate

Department Department of Microelectronics andNanoelectronics

Course description This course gives insights into analog/digitalcommunication systems with practical circuitdesign examples. Students are expected tolearn both system and circuit designperspectives in modern communication ICdesign.

Course title Combustion

Credit 3

Class hours 48


Undergraduate

Department School of Aerospace Engineering

Course description Introduction to combustions processes andchemical kinetics. Mechanisms of formation ofpollutants such as nitrogen oxides, carbonmonoxide, soot and unburned hydrocarbons instationary and vehicular power plants.Premixed and diffusion flame structure andburning rates, spray combustion, single dropletvaporization and combustion, combustion ofsolid fuels and pollution clean-up devices, gas

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turbine combustion.

Course title Chemical Biology (teaching language to bedecided)

Credit 3

Class hours 48


Undergraduate

Department Department of Chemistry

Course description Chemical biology is an emerging scientificdiscipline that spans the fields of chemistryand biology. Chemical biology involves the useof chemical methods, tools, and moleculesthat are designed and made through syntheticorganic chemistry, to study, understand, andmanipulate biological systems. It attempts touse chemical principles to perturb or controlbiological systems to either investigate themechanisms or create new functions. In theclass we will review the chemical biology ofsmall molecules, biomacromolecules, andconcepts and techniques.

Course title Chemistry for Sustainable Society

Credit 1

Class hours 16

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Undergraduate


Course description This short course is designed specifically forthe chemistry students of Tsinghua EliteProgram. It is aimed to guide students toscrutinize the importance and contribution ofchemistry to humankind and the developmentof society. It is hoped that the students, afterstudying the course, will strengthen theirinterest in chemistry, improve their innovativecapacity, and choose chemistry research astheir life-time career. This course will discuss afew key issues of chemistry and sustainabilityof the economic and social development. Thetopics include: what challenges we are facingin terms of sustainable development, whatchemistry can deliver to ensure enough foodsand guarantee food safety; chemistry is thedevil causing problems of our livingenvironment, or chemistry is the angel toprotect our ecosystem and environment;where we can find enough energy to drive ourplanet; what are the replacement of the fossilresources for chemical industry andmanufacture; what chemistry can contributeto improve the quality of life; and thephilosophy and the contents of sustainablechemistry.

Course title Introduction to Computational Chemistry

Credit 1

Class hours 16

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Undergraduate


Course description In a time of computer revolution, chemistryhas become a science with both experimentand theory due to the rapid developments ofapplying quantum mechanics and relativitymechanics to fundamental chemistryproblems. In this course, we will introducerecent developments in theoretical andcomputational chemistry and the applicationsin experimental chemistry research.

Course title Advanced Algorithms

Credit 4

Class hours 64


Undergraduate

Department Institute for Interdisciplinary InformationSciences

Course description The course is meant for an elite group ofundergraduate (juniors) computer sciencestudents who are more mathematicallyoriented. They have had a first course inalgorithms, and a first course in theory ofcomputation. So this course is meant to be a2nd course in Algorithms

Course title Hot Topics in Computer Science

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Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate


Course description This course provides an overview to the stateof the art of computer science research. Thegoal is to introduce students to the frontier ofcomputer science research and help them plantheir career in the computer industry. Thecourse will devote one or a few lectures toeach field. Examples of topics includecomputer systems, computer networking,information security, computer graphics,computer vision, web search and mining,multimedia, speech technology, and naturallanguage processing.

Course title Information Theory and Network Coding

Credit 3

Class hours 48


Undergraduate


Course description This course is an introduction of theinformation theory developed by ClaudeShannon and network coding. Informationtheory is a branch of applied mathematics andelectrical engineering involving the

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quantification of information. Network codingis one of the most active research frontiers ininformation theory.

Course title Software Engineering for Saas and CloudComputing

Credit 4

Class hours 80


Undergraduate


Course description The course teaches software engineeringtechniques using SaaS+Agile+cloud as thevehicle and Rails as the framework. A partiallist of what we cover includes test-drivendevelopment, behavior-driven / user-centricdesign, design patterns, legacy code andrefactoring, deployment (including “SaaSPerformance Security 101”), and workingeffectively as part of a small team (usingversion control with branches, estimatingprogress toward customer-driven goals, workplanning, etc.) In addition to telling studentsthe best practices and methodologies, weintroduce students to useful softwareengineering tools with which they can put theprinciples learned into practice. There are 3hours of lectures and 1 discussion sessions perweek. Students are expcted to completeweekly programming assignments, bi-weeklyshort-answer quizzes, and a 6 to 8 weekcourse project featuring a real world SaaSdevelopment project in 4-6 people teams.

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vCourse title Algorithms and Models for Bid Data

Credit 4

Class hours 64


Undergraduate


Course description Analysis, computation, and privacy issues overenvironments involving a huge amount ofdata. Formal approaches: (i) datastreamcomputation, (ii) property testing of largeobjects, (iii) big data statistics and machinelearning techniques (Bootstrapping, Baggingand their variants), and if time permits (iv)introduction to differential privacy(anonymizing databases). For these settingswe study models and algorithms.

Course title Network Science

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate


Course description Network science is a new and emergingscientific discipline that examines theinterconnections among diverse physical orengineered networks, information networks,

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biological networks, cognitive and semanticnetworks, and social networks.In this course,we examine the many facets of internet fromthe algorithmic perspective, including forinstance the mathematical modeling oflarge-scale networks, information retrievalalgorithms for massive data sets, algorithmicgame theory and electronic commerce.Specific topics include small worldphenomena, power law distributions, rankaggregation, web crawling, hubs andauthorities, clustering large data sets,streaming algorithms, network routing, Nashequilibrium, market clearing, mechanismdesign, auction theory, social networks, etc.

Course title Physics of Financial Markets

Credit 3

Class hours 48


Undergraduate


Course description This is a course describing financial marketsfrom the Physics point of view. Statisticalphysics describes the behaviour of complexsystems emerging from simple rules and thecooperation of many agents. Financial marketsfeature this kind of complexity. The course isself contained, provides a thoroughintroduction to statistical physics, and to theimportant tools to understand financialmarkets and become a quantitative analyst.The course will go through the most importantmodels of physics for financial markets.

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Course title Advanced Applications of MachineLearning( teaching language to be decided)

Credit 4

Class hours 64


Undergraduate


Course description “Advanced Applications of MachineLearning” is a pioneering undergraduatecourse offered jointly by IIIS at TsinghuaUniversity and Innovation Works on artificialintelligence. The course is intended forsophomore and junior students at IIIS andother IT-related majors. The course aims tointroduce to students Machine Learningalgorithms and tools, as well as theirapplications in various important emergingfields. In particular, the foundation partincludes machine learning algorithms andsystems, and deep learning, and theapplication part includes FinTech, facerecognition, speech processing, self-driving,and Internet big data. Students will be givenprojects in various fields, and learning aboutapplying machine learning knowledge tosolving real-world problems.

Course title Production and OperationManagement( teaching language to bedecided)

Credit 3

60

Class hours 48


Undergraduate


Course description From an organizational perspective, operationsmanagement may be defined as themanagement of the direct resources that arerequired to produce and deliver anorganization’s good and services. Theday-to-day activities within the operationsmanagement function focus on adding valuefor the organization through its transformationprocess. The main contents of operationsmanagement can be divided into for parts: 1)Operations strategy and the firm’scompetitiveness, including the competitivepriorities, the relationship between operationsstrategy and the firm’s competitiveness,operations processes selection, etc. 2) Designof the operations system, such as new productand service development, capacity decision,facility location and layout, job design, etc. 3)Operations planning, organizing and control,including forecasting, operations planning,inventory control, MRP and JIT, supply chainmanagement, etc. 4) The improvements ofoperations system, including quality controland improvements.

Course title Introduction to Financial Engineering( teachinglanguage to be decided)

Credit 3

Class hours 48

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Undergraduate


Course description This course covers derivatives such as options,forward contracts, futures contracts, andswaps. By the end of the course you will have agood knowledge of how these contracts work,how they are used, and how they are priced.Derivatives have become an integral part offinance. Whether you end up working for afinancial or a non-financial institution you willfind the material you learn on this courseimportant

Course title Principles of Insurance:Life,Health andAnnuities( teaching language to be decided)

Credit 3

Class hours 48


Undergraduate

Department School of EconomSchool of Economics andManagementics and Management

Course description The course will cover various aspects of lifeand health insurance, including economicconsiderations, product types, andunderwriting issues. Although pricing andreserving methods will not be addresseddirectly, the course will include an overview ofthe concepts and techniques of probabilityand statistics necessary for a basicunderstanding of actuarial issues. Students willbe assessed through both (take-home) writtenessays and (in-class) examinations. Inaddition to specific assigned readings,students will be expected to use the Internet

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to conduct independent research of currentissues of importance in the health-insurancesectors of both China and the United States.They also will be expected to participate inclass discussions.

Course title Organizational Design and Human ResourceManagement Economics

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate


Course description This course focuses on economic principles ofinternal labor market and organizationaldesign. The topics it covers include theboundary of the firm, the allocation ofownership in the organization, wagedetermination, screening of job candidates,principal agent relationship, human capitalinvestment and its impact on employmentstability, job design, hierarchy, bargainingtheory, etc. International comparativecontext is considered in the study of thetheoretic topics.

Course title Foundation of Actuarial Science

Credit 3

Class hours 48

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Undergraduate


Course description This course covers individual future lifetimeand its related functions, and pricing forindividual life insurance and annuities. I willinclude some SOA past examM problems asexamples.

Course title International Economics-Theory and Policy

Credit 3

Class hours 48


Undergraduate


Course description This course introduces to students basicconcepts and theories in internationaleconomics. Topics covered in the courseinclude: Ricardian trade model, Neo classicaltrade theory, The Heckscher-Ohlin, new tradetheory-competitive advantage, Internationalcapital and labor movement, tariff andnon-tariff barriers and protectionism, balanceof payment and exchange rate, economicpolicy under fixed and floating exchange rate.

Course title Object-oriented analysis and design methods

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Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate


Course description

Course title Large Financial Data Analysis (teachinglanguage to be decided)

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate


Course description

Course title Senior Seminar on Major Issues in Finance

Credit 2

Class hours 32

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Undergraduate


Course description This course is designed as a seminar series andwill be joint-developed by all the professorsand the senior undergraduate students inDepartment of Finance. The presentations arerequired in English. After seven-semesterlearning, a comprehensive course is necessaryto help the students improve their ability to doresearch and develop their professional skillsin presentation. This course will provide such aplatform that we hope every student canbenefit from it.#This course covers almost allthe subfields in finance, including financialeconomics, corporate finance, asset pricing,financial engineering, international finance,financial institutions, fixed income securities,insurance and risk management, real estatefinance, and etc.

Course title Career Development Planning

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate


Course description

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Course title Labor Economics

Credit 3

Class hours 48


Undergraduate


Course description This course studies the mechanism of labormarkets. It covers the traditional topics inlabor economics, which include the theories oflabor demand and supply (both static anddynamic), labor market equilibrium,compensating differentials, human capitalinvestments and returns, wage determinationand structure, migration, gender and racediscrimination, inequality, unionization,efficiency wages and work incentive scheme,and unemployment. It deals with the impactsof wages, prices, profits, working conditions,government policies and the like on thedecision makings of firms and workers.

Course title Global business Analysis Team Project(teaching language to be decided)

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate


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Course description The main contents of this course include: 1.,the internationalization of the start of the law,anatomy, through the internationalization ofwealth creation, competition, business factors.2., the competition model in internationalmarket competition, as well as the source ofcompetitive advantage. 3., enterprises in theinternational market competition often takencommercial means. 4., grasp internationalbusiness opportunities. 5., tap internationalresources. 6., enter the overseas marketmodel. 7. risk analysis and risk managementmodels. 8., to deal with local competition. 9..Grasp international business practices. 10.dealing with cultural conflicts. 11., warningpolitical risks.

Course title Financial Risk Management

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate


Course description

Course title Finance Seminar

Credit 3

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Class hours 48


Undergraduate


Course description This course is a seminar style class. Each class(except the first one) focuses on one specifictopic. Each class contains three sections:lecture on brief introduction to the literatureof the topic covered by the class; paperdiscussion; and student presentations ofjournal articles. • Lecture: Each classbegins with brief introduction to the body ofliterature on the topic covered by the class. •

Paper discussion: Each class discusses onearticle on the covered topic. Every studentshould contribute to the discussion of everypaper. Students are expected to havethoroughly read the articles and be ready toanswer any questions related to them. Thefollowing main areas of each paper will bediscussed: its key findings, its methods andresearch design, its contribution to the topic,its strengths and its weaknesses. Classparticipation will not rely only on volunteersand cold-call will also be employed. • Studentpresentations of journal articles: Each studentis required to give a presentation of arecommended journal article (or workingpaper) over the semester. The detailedrequirement can be seen in course evaluationsection. The class also includes several talksby outside speakers from industries and otheracademic institutions.

Course title Behavioral Economics

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Credit 3

Class hours 48


Undergraduate


Course description Do people really behave according to thestandard neoclassical models of economics?Or do we sometimes have self-controlproblems? Do we care about other people aswell as ourselves? Do we suffer fromoverconfidence? This course will examine thecommon deviations from neoclassicaleconomic models in real worlddecision-making. We will then study howeconomics incorporates insights frompsychology in order to more fully account forhuman economic behavior.

Course title Case analysis for Corporate Finance

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate


Course description Case analysis for Corporate Finance coursecovers the content of both basic theory ofcorporate finance and the knowledge andskills of financial decision making analysis. It

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mainly includes the financial statementanalysis, risk and return and cost of capital;valuation; capital budgeting, financingalternative approaches; dividend policy andMerger Acquisition..In order to put contextbetween theory and the practical situation inChina, the review and discussion of thefinancial situation in China is arrangedassociated with the relevant topics of eachclass. The teaching methodology of the courseis mainly case study combined with practicalproject and mini lecturing. After taking thiscourse, the students should: 1) learn the basicprinciple of Corporate Finance, 2) build thebasic skill of financial analysis anddecision-making, and understand more aboutrelevant situation in China.

Course title Marketing Principles

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate


Course description Marketing is the core of an operating business,and also the management process throughwhich goods and services move from conceptto the customer. Marketing is based onthinking about the business in terms ofcustomer needs and their satisfaction.Marketing differs from selling because it hasless to do with getting customers to pay foryour product as it does developing a demandfor that product and fulfilling the customer'sneeds. Marketing entails planning and

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executing the conception, pricing, promotion,and distribution of ideas, goods, and services.It starts with identifying and measuringconsumers' needs and wants, assessing thecompetitive environment, selecting the mostappropriate customer targets and developingmarketing strategy and implementationprogram for an offering that satisfiesconsumers' needs better than thecompetition. Marketing is the art and scienceof creating customer value and market placeexchanges that benefit the organization and itsstakeholders. The objective of this course isto introduce students to the concepts,analyses, and activities that comprisemarketing management, and to providepractice in assessing and solving marketingproblems. The course is also a foundation foradvanced electives in marketing as well asother business/social science disciplines. Wewill explore the theory and applications ofmarketing concepts through a mix of cases,discussions, lectures, guest speakers,individual assignments, and group projects.We will draw materials from a variety ofsources and settings including services,consumer and business-to-business products.

Course title Mathematics of Risk 2

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate


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Course description The course addresses a number offundamental topics from intermediateprofessional actuarial examinations, as well asmore advanced topics of current interest.Specifically, students will study, evaluate, andapply mathematical techniques relating to: •

Utility theory • Probability distributionsfor insurance loss frequencies and lossseverities • The effects of insurance policyrestrictions (deductibles, limits, copayments)• The individual and collective risk modelsfor total insurance losses • Insurer networth processes and ruin theory • Thefrequentist and Bayesian statistical paradigms• Point- and interval-estimation methods •

Model-selection methods • Credibilitymethods for combining estimates andforecasts • Catastrophe risks • Reinsurancemarkets

Course title The World and China: by HistoricalPerspectives

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate


Course description This course is one of the China and the WorldSeries. It analyses the development of Chinaand the world from a historical perspectives.

Course title Reading Shakespeare(teaching language to be decided)

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Credit 3

Class hours 96


Undergraduate

Department Department of Foreign Languages andLiteratures

Course description This course introduces students to sevenShakespearean plays, and acquaints studentswith the stage conventions and cultural trendsin Shakespeare’s time. Students read the playsclosely and discuss the themes, characters, keypassages and dramatic skills in class. Thereading focuses on the flavor of Shakespearein the original, and will be aided by majorcriticism of the plays and multimediaresources. Students are encouraged to findtheir own links with the Bard by discussing,showing, acting and writing. Teaching goals: 1.

Students will be able to readShakespeare’s plays, discuss the majorthemes and feel the beauty of his language.2. Students will be able to appreciate theplays as literary texts and analyzeShakespeare’s poetic and dramatictechniques. 3. Students become aware ofthe relation between Shakespeare’s plays andthe social background of the Elizabethan andJacobean eras. Students learn to find theirown ways of approaching and being attractedto Shakespeare, and create links between theirreality and the dramatic world of Shakespeare.

Course title Moot Court Training

Credit 2

74

Class hours


Undergraduate


Course description The Summer Intensive Legal English Courseaims to introduce first-year law students to theworld of American advocacy. Both the lecturerand tutors will closely work together to helpstudents learn about the American legalsystem, legal research, case reading andanalysis, statutory interpretation, legalsynthesis as well as basics to trial advocacyand legal ethics. If time permits, students willalso learn some legal translation and legalinterpreting skills. Overall, students taking thiscourse will experience enhancement inself-confidence, legal logic, and legal English.

Course title Legal Writing Workshop

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate


Course description School of Social Sciences

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Course title Statistics for Psychology

Credit 3

Class hours 48


Undergraduate


Course description

Course title Academic English Writing

Credit 2

Class hours 32


Undergraduate


Course description This course will help you learn how to write ascientific paper in English. You will studyexamples of well-written papers anddetermine the underlying structure of thepaper -- what the different parts (introduction,etc.) are made of and how the pieces withinthem fit together.

Course title Indoor Air and Health:Past,present and future

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Credit 1

Class hours 16


Undergraduate

Department Department of Architectural Technology

Course description The history, presence and future of indoor airquality and health are introduced. This coursecan provide students a general knowledge onindoor air quality and health. In addition,students' abilities of written and oral Englishcan be improved.

Course title Software System Design

Credit 3

Class hours 48


Undergraduate

Department School of Software

Course description This course aims to provide students with thefollowings:Fundamentals on software systemsarchitecture design:Defining software systemdesign principle，Envisioning software systemarchitecture，Creating software systemarchitecture，Analyzing software systemarchitecture；Broad understanding of softwareservice-oriented system engineering (inparticular on Web Service Architecture WSAand Service Oriented Architecture SOA)

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related technologies and business processdesign；Case study on existing informationservices (e.g. Web, peer-to-peer, googlesearch, …, etc.)

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