- Gain hands-on experience with real-world problem-solving
- Work in teams to collect and analyze data on public issues
- Synthesize and present findings on a question of public importance
This course is designed to explore knowledge in various disciplines.
The goals for this class are threefold:
1.Absorb knowledge from social issues presented by invited speakers
2. Foster confidence in disseminating information and interacting with speakers during the knowledge communication process
3. Use the knowledge you acquire in this class to identify critical societal issues and offer solutions from a perspective of choice architecture
In this course, the class will work together with our community partners on a range of projects including:
- Development of community-supported agriculture (CSA) projects.
- Cultural rejuvenation and public-service provision in ageing communities.
- Development of sustainable tourism projects, including wellbeing-oriented activities.
- Integration of new urban migrants in the rural community.
By the end of this course, student will be able to:
1. Develop practical skills in AI to design and prototype sustainable solutions
2. Understand the potential of digital technologies to tackle both the environmental and anthropogenic aspects of sustainability
3. Apply ethical and responsible innovation in the adoption of digital technologies for sustainability
Students who complete this course should acquire the following course-specific skills:
- Demonstrate a detailed knowledge of the nature, conditions and traditions of local theatre in Singapore.
- Gain a strong understanding of the expansive history of local theatre, particularly the function of key industry bodies, decision makers and institutions within the local theatre art world.
- Develop keener insights into the technical and production principles and processes in local theatre.
- Ability to discuss current financial planning issues and strategies as they relate to the management of local performing arts organisations.
- Obtain foundational knowledge of the various forms and functions of theatricality, textuality and performativity, particularly in a local context acquire knowledge of a range of elements, tools, subjects, processes, stagecraft, techniques and styles associated with local theatre.
- Be equipped with a set of critical vocabularies to confidently analyse, discuss and debate the inherently diverse features and qualities of texts produced by our local theatre art world.
- Obtain practical knowledge of different documentation styles, and their practical implications including framing ideas, narrative techniques, and issues of fairness and objectivity.
Students who complete this course should acquire the following course-specific skills:
- A critical understanding of the development of cultural planning approaches globally, with the ability to highlight central assumptions, global trends and practices, and local peculiarities.
- A sound grasp of the major scholarly approaches to, and debates on, urban cultural planning and urban cultural economies, and the ability to contextualise them in relation to specific instances and case studies.
- A critical ability to question the role of the arts in urban regeneration and revitalisation, and the consequences and repercussions.
Students who complete this course should acquire the following course-specific skills:
- A critical understanding of the development of cultural planning approaches globally, with the ability to highlight central assumptions, global trends and practices, and local peculiarities.
- A sound grasp of the major scholarly approaches to, and debates on, urban cultural planning and urban cultural economies, and the ability to contextualise them in relation to specific instances and case studies.
- A critical ability to question the role of the arts in urban regeneration and revitalisation, and the consequences and repercussions.
Through the online lectures, interview clips 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.
Upon completing this course, students should possess the strategic foresight and reflexivity to identify and respond to potential barriers, opportunities and signals of change for arts and culture, as well as develop the competencies required to be astute arts and cultural managers.
This course aims to equip students with the necessary skills to become effective and empathetic managers of people in dynamic multicultural environments. In the course, students will learn analytical frameworks that will enable them to gain deeper understanding of existing problems to do with inequality and diversity in contemporary Asian societies. The course will also help students to identify their personal cultural intelligence based on self-reflective assessment tools.