The seminar focuses on China's foreign policy since the founding of the People's Republic in 1949. The first part deals with the strategic priorities of Chinese foreign policy in different periods, the players in the foreign policy processes, influencing factors on the political Development, the formation and implementation of the Chinese foreign policy.

The course is conceived as an introduction into the field of Chinese Philosophy viewed from a wider perspective of different Chinese cultural and artistic traditions and their possible contemporary transcultural relations.

Topic on Comtemporary Chinese Education

This course will provide an overview of the developments in the visual arts of China from the Paleolithic period to the present day, and will relate them to changes in the broader culture. By examining the shift in visual culture in the history of Chinese art, the course also provides an understanding of the political, religious, economic, and cultural contexts in which art objects of each period have been specifically produced and valued.

Topics on Engineering Frontier is a kind of technology summary lecture course for engineering graduate students. This course is oriented to the field of big environment and large energy. It comprehensively and systematically introduces the latest research trends of electrical engineering, power engineering and Engineering Thermophysics, civil engineering, water conservancy engineering, environmental science and engineering, and introduces the frontier research direction of cross integration of this field with research hotspots such as big data and artificial intelligence.

Historical background to the modern age, tracing the Chinese state and empire from the earliest times until 1644 A.D. Basic political, social, and economic patterns; cultural, intellectual, and technological achievements; and China's impact on Asia and the world. Same as EALC 220. This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for: Cultural Studies - Non-West Humanities – Hist & Phil

Fundamentals of traffic engineering; analysis of traffic stream characteristics; capacity of urban and rural highways; design and analysis of traffic signals and intersections; traffic control; traffic impact studies; traffic accidents. 3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: CEE 310.

Design, planning, operation, management, and maintenance of transportation systems; integrated multi-modal transportation systems (highways, air, rail, etc.); layout of highways, airports, and railroads with traffic flow models, capacity analysis, and safety. Design of facilities and systems with life cycle costing procedures and criteria for optimization. Prerequisite: TAM 251; credit or concurrent registration in CEE 202.

Undergraduate Open Seminar

Experimental seminar courses to introduce non-music majors to contemporary ideas in music.