AY2025/26 Term 1

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Appreciate the Social Sciences as a praxis-driven endeavour
• Apply Social Sciences knowledge and skills to frame real-world problems into actionable data for interdisciplinary analysis
• Design processes to effectively bring out the value of Social Sciences in action
• Collaborate with stakeholders to connect lived experiences and engagements with grounded and well-thought-out solutions or insights in furthering positive impact

By the end of this course, participants should be able to:

• Understand and articulate the complexities of social change initiatives.
• Exercise interdisciplinary thinking in examining and addressing social change issues.
• Evaluate social change messaging and campaigns.
• Apply research skills through study design, data collection, and data analysis.
• Understand the sociocultural nuances of working with Thais and Bangkokians.

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Apply advanced legal research and writing skills
• Construct analytical frameworks for international legal disputes
• Draft a substantial legal memorial
• Develop oral advocacy and mooting techniques
• Participate in consultations and practice rounds
• Respond constructively to feedback
• Demonstrate teamwork and collaboration
• Prepare for international moot court competitions

After successfully completing this course, students will

1. Explain facilitative mediation and the purpose of each stage in the process
2. Explain the different approaches to mediation and when each might be appropriate
3. Apply the skills and techniques in communication, negotiation, and mediation
4. Reflect meaningfully on the practical experience and analyze how the experience relates to conflict resolution theories
5. Research and critically discuss some current issues in conflict resolution and effectively present (orally and in writing) your research findings

This term, the course will focus on the following themes:*

• Global trends in mediation.
• What happens after the ink has dried on the Singapore Convention? Once countries have signed on, what does it mean for them and what else to they need to do or to build to benefit from the Convention?
• International and comparative legal frameworks for mediation.
• Implications for mediator standards and ethics in light of the Singapore Convention.
• Online dispute resolution initiatives / digital readiness for mediation service providers

*There may be changes to the themes, depending on current international developments and the needs of participating mentor organisations.

This course aims to provide students with the following learning opportunities:

• Understanding basic features of major digital technologies;
• Understanding emerging and cross-cutting law and policy issues surrounding the uses of such technologies and of data in international trade;
• Analysis of cutting-edge law and policy materials and issues on such uses;
• Promotion of self-learning, group learning and further learning after the course; and
• Exercising creativity in designing useful recommendations.

• A comprehensive understanding of the stages, processes, and advantages of different dispute resolution mechanisms
• The unique role of each participant in dispute resolution processes, with a focus on the advocate’s role
• Knowledge of the models and theoretical approaches appropriate to settle disputes through negotiation and mediation
• Capacity to draft written submissions to clients, mediators, arbitrators, and judges, and recognise the distinctive functions of these submissions
• Deliver persuasive and clear oral arguments in different dispute resolution fora

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

1. Understand the general legal framework regulating major corporate deals
2. Understand the main legal documents involved in corporate deals
3. Understand the business and financial rationales for the legal devices used
4. Understand the key issues in negotiating and advising on venture capital investment deals

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.