Cross-Cultural Business Communication

All over the world organizations are finding themselves increasingly engaged in cross-cultural communication, whether they are doing business in another country, sourcing products from abroad, managing an increasingly multicultural workforce at home, or appealing to customers from a variety of cultural backgrounds. As a result, intercultural communication skills are not a distant need for the future, but a real need right now in the workplace. Singapore has a particularly vibrant community that provides us the insight and experience to interact with a culturally-potent business environment.

Social Psychology

This course introduces students to the field of Social Psychology and the application of research methods. By the end of the course, students will be able to discuss and critically evaluate influential theories in the field of Social Psychology.

Psychopathology

Approximately 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. experiences mental illness in a given year. Data also suggests that at some point in their lives, 46% of Americans met the criteria established by the American Psychiatric Association for at least one mental illness. As such, this course will focus on a range of mental health conditions that psychologists and psychiatrist commonly offer treatment for.

Individual Differences

This course provides an overview of psychology as it strives to explain how and why people differ, and what implications these differences have. Students will examine how important life outcomes (such as health, academic and occupational success, and wellbeing) are linked to individual differences in cognition, personality and motivation. The course will introduce the latest scientific findings on the origins of individual differences, focusing on interactive systems of genetic, epigenetic, societal and circumstantial factors, and related psychological processes.

EC 470 Monetary Economics

Monetary Economics is the study of monetary and financial variables in the economy, such as money, financial institutions and markets, interest rates, foreign exchange and the price level, and their determinants and interactions.This course aims to introduce students to the theoretical treatment of the flow of funds and its component parts, the importance of monetary policies and the financial markets.

EC 388 Economic Integration of the European Union

The course provides a comprehensive examination of the processes of European integration, and offers a critical analysis of EU’s economic policies in their broader historical, political and economic contexts. This analysis is undertaken in light of the peculiar and often problematic relationship between Britain and its European neighbours, which culminated in the country’s decision in June 2016 to leave the EU altogether; a process commonly referred to as ‘Brexit’.

Managing People in Organizations

One of the defining elements of modern life is that we spend a great deal of time working in or interacting with organizations, as an employee, vendor, volunteer, customer, client or citizen. Understanding the behavior of individuals and teams in organizations, and the ways organizational structure and culture shapes that behavior, will make you more effective in all of these roles.
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