By the end of the course, students will be able to improve Korean communication skills and to acquire basic knowledge in interacting with colleagues and bosses in the Korean workplace. They will be able to have formal conversation competently and understand Korean grammar and sentence patterns normally used in the Korean business context. In addition, they will be able to write resume and cover letters, make business calls, and craft simple business emails using honorific forms and formal forms. They will be equipped with the knowledge, skills, and cultural awareness necessary to engage effectively in Korean business environments and successfully execute overseas projects in Korea.
This course invites students to:
1. Critically reflect on Singapore’s post-independence history, and its impact on Singapore’s future development trajectories;
2. Contemplate the kind of Singapore they envision for the future.
3. Understand the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that can help or hinder Singapore achieving their vision(s) for the country.
4. Deliberate upon the range and nature of strategies and policies that will enable Singapore to achieve their vision(s) for the country.
SMU GRADUATE LEARNING OUTCOMES
At the end of the course, students will be:
1. (Intellectual and Creative Skills): Well-informed individuals who are able to develop new frameworks and perspectives in understanding different facets of Singapore society and life in Singapore;
2. (Global Citizenship): Critical and knowledgeable individuals with a good grasp of the issues and challenges confronting Singapore;
3. (Disciplinary, Multidisciplinary, and Interdisciplinary): Thinking and active individuals who are able to harness the acquired knowledge and skills to develop strategies and policies that would be beneficial to all Singaporeans in the Singapore they envision for the future.
COURSE GOALS
Through the in-person lectures, project partnership with NHB, and face-to-face discussions, this course invites students to:
1. Critically reflect on Singapore’s post-independence history, and its impact on Singapore’s future development trajectories;
2. Contemplate the kind of Singapore they envision for the future.
3. Understand the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that can help or hinder Singapore achieving their vision(s) for the country.
4. Deliberate upon the range and nature of strategies and policies that will enable Singapore to achieve their vision(s) for the country.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
At the end of the course, students should be:
1. Well-informed individuals who are able to develop new frameworks and perspectives in understanding different facets of Singapore society and life in Singapore;
2. Critical and knowledgeable individuals with a good grasp of the issues and challenges confronting Singapore;
3. Thinking and active individuals who are able to harness the acquired knowledge and skills to develop strategies and policies that would be beneficial to all Singaporeans in the Singapore they envision for the future.
By the end of this course, students should:
- Have a sound understanding of the manner in which a country’s social, economic, political and cultural context affect the daily operation of the constitution;
- Have developed a critical awareness of contemporary challenges faced by constitutions;
- Be able to identify possible responses that State organs, agencies and others may take in ensuring the effective protection of constitutional rules and rights;
- Be comfortable in tackling the previous objectives from a comparative perspective.
By the end of the course, students should be able to:
1. Describe the role of businesses and organisations in sustainability.
2. Identify the marketing and communication needs of a partner organization.
3. Produce insightful audience research.
4. Generate an effective marketing strategy
Disciplinary and multidisciplinary knowledge: Students will be exposed to the different
interdisciplinary theories and methods used in different disciplines to think with, and work
through, complex challenges.
Intellectual and creative skills: Students will engage with classic and contemporary research
methodologies and theories with a view to designing their own interdisciplinary approaches to
This course serves as a mandatory introduction to the Bachelor of Integrative Studies (BIS)
study and thereby formulate their own problem statements and analytical frameworks to
interrogate particular themes.
Global citizenship: Students will exposed to contemporary complex challenges that impact
societies on local, regional, and global scales.
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