PAI680.13 Sociology and Social Policy (Tsinghua U – grad)

Taught in English. This interdisciplinary course provides the opportunity to combine the subject areas of sociology, economics, political science and social policy. It introduces students to social science ideas, and how they relate to illustrative social policy concerns. The course is organized around major social policy issues such as poverty and inequality; family life; aging and old-age income security; labor market and unemployment; healthcare; education and training, which are then studied under classical and contemporary theoretical perspectives, notably the structural-functional approach, the social-conflict theories and the symbolic-interaction perspective.

Class taught by Tsinghua’s School of Public Policy & Management and may not be available every semester. Tsinghua’s exam schedule for this course may require students to stay beyond the regular SU Beijing program end-date.

PAI680.12 From Industrial to Innovation Policy (Tsinghua U – grad)

Taught in English. This course seeks to prepare students with skills to understand the causes and effects of industrial and innovation policy. The course uses an interdisciplinary approach and emphasizes the importance of teamwork in the design and implementation of industrial and innovation policy. In addition to developing analytical skills, students are expected to strengthen their capacity to work in teams by integrating knowledge from a diversity of sources. The course is designed to take in students from all fields interested in the role of industrial and innovation policy in development. The sessions will be conducted through guided discussions as well as lectures, guest speakers and presentations by students. (TU #90590032)

PAI680.10 Economic Development: Theory and Practice (Tsinghua U – grad)

Taught in English. In this course, we will explore theory and practice of economic development in China, concentrating on the following areas:

Effects of the evolution of property rights and institutional change
Theories and issues of urbanization and migration from rural areas in a mega-sized population
The relationship of the entrepreneur to economic development
Consequences of the global financial crisis on China’s development, the deepening of China’s financial markets, and the effects of financial system reforms
Social security
Reform of state-owned enterprises

(TU #80590753)

PSC380.7 International Political Economy and Development (Tsinghua U)

Taught in English. This course will help students understand and analyze important events and phenomena of international political economy. Students are expected to obtain a general understanding of IPE as a research field. One course is too short for us to exhaust the interesting questions and debates in this field. This course is intended to provide the students with the necessary theories, tools, and knowledge in order to go further beyond this single course to the broader scope of IPE. This class is highly interactive and requires active participation.

Class taught by Tsinghua’s School of Economics & Management and may not be available every semester. Tsinghua’s exam schedule for this course may require students to stay beyond the regular SU Beijing program end-date.

(TU #80700122)

Course Restriction: SU students may not take both this course and PSC 355. Note: Counts as an A&S elective for SU School of Management majors.

FIN380.5 Corporate Finance (Tsinghua U)

Taught in English. Firms compete in Consumer & Business Markets to sell their products and services, and they also compete in Capital Markets for the resources required to operate their business. Investors provide the capital (resources) to companies with the expectation that they will earn a competitive return on their capital and compensate them for risk. A consumer or business manager is continuously faced with financial choices and meeting the demands of both of these arenas of competition.

For the consumer these choices include, among others, financing a purchase, saving for retirement and evaluating investment products. For a business manager, the choices include deciding which projects to pursue and alternative approaches to provide funds for these projects. Finance is the study of a framework that can be used to evaluate these choices consistent with the necessity of competing for investor capital. Regardless of your ultimate career, a solid understanding of the fundamentals of finance will serve you well.

The course will provide an analytical framework that can be consistently applied to evaluate financial decisions. By the end of this course you should be able to:

Use discounted cash flow analysis to determine the value added of business decisions or the fair market value of investment securities.
Understand the basic types of financial instruments used by firms.
Understand the basic principles of no arbitrage, efficient markets, risk and return and capital structure.
Develop cash flow projections from accounting data.
Perform basic financial statement analysis.

(TU #30511053)

Class taught by Tsinghua University and may not be available every semester. Tsinghua’s exam schedule for this course may require students to stay beyond the regular Syracuse Beijing program end-date.

Registration restriction: Closed to SU Management School majors and minors.

MIS380.1 Enterprise Resource Planning

Taught in English. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are enterprise-wide information systems that integrate various functional operations and streamline business processes. This course aims to introduce the concepts of ERP systems as well as the application, implementation, and management of ERP. You will explore ERP at the system level (through hands-on experience with SAP in lab sessions), at the business process level, and at the organizational level. (Tsinghua #40510992)

HST300.2 Exploring Beijing: The Historical Geography of the Chinese Capital (Fall, Spring)

To understand China is in some sense to understand Beijing, a city that has served as China’s capital for seven hundred years. This course will help you make sense of this fascinating city by surveying the city’s formation and evolution. Few cities in the world have a historical record as long or as well-documented as Beijing’s. This course will rely on carefully selected historical materials to illustrate the changing landscape of Beijing—from Kublai Khan’s Mongol headquarters, to the home of Ming and Qing emperors; from a Republican city to the Red Capital of Communist China.

In addition to classroom time, Beijing is introduced through field trips, film screenings and fiction reading, allowing students to experience the history and geography of this ancient city at close range.

This course can also be registered as GEO 300.2.

ECN300.1 China and the World Economy (Fall, Spring)

The course introduces basics of international economics, together with key issues in China’s foreign economic relations. It uses textbook readings as the theoretical framework to analyze Chinese foreign trade, monetary and exchange rate policies. The course aims to train students to develop their ways of economic thinking in understanding a rising China and its changing economic relations with the rest of the world.

Prereq: [ECN 101 AND ECN 102] OR ECN 203, or equivalent intro to microeconomics and macroeconomics course(s)

PSC380.6 Introduction to International Political Economy (Tsinghua U)

Taught in English. As of Spring 2018, this course counts as an Arts and Sciences elective for SU Management School majors. This course covers: 1) an introduction to the field of political economy and overview of the main competing theoretical models for understanding global political economy phenomena, 2) an historical review of the global political economy since the late 1800s, 3) an introduction to some of the main macro and microeconomic issues relevant to contemporary global political economy, and finally, 4) an introduction to some of the main themes in the study of comparative and domestic political economy. Throughout, the course will stress the importance of economic and political ideas and theories in understanding both international and domestic political and economic systems. Cross-listed with ECN 380.6. (TU #40611073/40700573)

Registration restriction: SU students may not earn credit for both this course and PSC 355. Note: Counts as an Arts and Sciences elective for SU Management School majors.

PSC380.5 Diplomacy Studies (Tsinghua U – Taught in Mandarin)

Taught in Chinese; students must be able to demonstrate full proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking Mandarin. This course is aimed at understanding the origin and approaches of foreign diplomacy, the changing faces of the international environment, the variety of adjustments, most importantly of those from China’s special political situation,and introduces various diplomatic methods. This class is a fundamental course that provides the knowledge for further research in international relations, Chinese and Western diplomatic history, international law and international organizations. (TU #40610853)

Class taught by Tsinghua University and may not be available every semester. Tsinghua’s exam schedule for this course may require students to stay beyond the regular SU Beijing program end-date.