Category Archives: Liberal Arts & Sciences – Electives

All Liberal Arts Elective Courses: Quantitative Reasoning, Physical Science OR Life Science, Societies & the Social Sciences, Expressive Culture, General Liberal Arts Electives

Interdisciplinary Art Practice I (ART-UE 22)

This course is an introduction to visual methodologies and critical theory as well as contemporary practices in art and culture. Students use media and materials of their own choosing to explore and respond to the issues raised through readings, presentations, class discussions, writing assignments, and group critiques.

Studio Art (Undergraduate)
3 credits – 14 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2025)

ART-UE 22-000 (17931)09/02/2025 – 12/11/2025 Mon9:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Das Gupta, Priyanka

ART-UE 22-000 (17932)09/02/2025 – 12/11/2025 Mon9:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Graves, Anthony

ART-UE 22-000 (17933)09/02/2025 – 12/11/2025 Thu1:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Baile, Shobun

ART-UE 22-000 (17934)09/02/2025 – 12/11/2025 Thu1:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Herr, Johannah

Expressive Culture Fall 2025 Undergraduate

How to Change the World: Advocacy Movements and Social Innovation (UPADM-GP 269)

How does someone go about changing the world? What does social change theory suggest are the most effective tactics to change hearts and minds? What can we learn from the past about what it means to be an effective agent of change? How have social entrepreneurs created organizations that become engines of change? How has technology, social media and trends in mainstream media changed the rules of the game? This course will focus on social change theory and explore social movements in post-WWII America, including: the movement for Black civil rights, the LGBTQ Movement, Environment/Climate Activism, the Women’s Movement; the Conservative Movement, Corporate Social Responsibility and social entrepreneurship, Immigration, Healthcare, Journalism, Whistleblowing & Hacktivism, and the Free Speech movement.

UG Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy (Graduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2025)

UPADM-GP 269-000 (20693)09/02/2025 – 12/11/2025 Thu6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (Evening)at Washington SquareInstructed by Weaver, Celia

Fall 2025 Graduate Societies & the Social Sciences

China’s Economic Transition (ECON-SHU 239)

Over the past forty years, China has transitioned from a poor, inefficient, and closed economy to an upper-middle income country and the world’s largest trading nation. This course introduces the key institutional and economic reforms of China since 1978 and their contributions to China’s economic development. We will examine the reforms in the pivotal sectors, including agriculture, industry, banking, and international trade, all of which are important steps to improve the overall efficiency and productivity of the Chinese economy. We will also discuss the current challenges facing China to maintain sustainable growth, such as problems regarding demographic structure, state-owned enterprises, government debts, etc. Prerequisite: This course assumes no prior background in economics. However, if you are already familiar with basic algebra and basic calculus, supply and demand curves, basic economics concepts, it will help you to understand this course better. Prereq: None. Fulfillment: CORE IPC; Economics Elective; Social Science Focus Political Economy 200 level.

Economics (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2025)

ECON-SHU 239-000 (19123)09/01/2025 – 12/12/2025 Mon,Wed3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Late afternoon)at ShanghaiInstructed by Xu, Nan

Cultures and Contexts Fall 2025 Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Societies & the Social Sciences Undergraduate

Arab-Islamic Influence on the West (HIST-SHU 130)

This course utilizes multidisciplinary sources of evidence to address Arab-Islamic knowledge and culture, the influences that they had on medieval and early modern Europe, and that they continue to have today, while questioning why many Western scholars have minimized Arab-Islamic contributions in favor of “Western Exceptionalism” narratives. By exploring cross-cultural transmissions of knowledge, students are encouraged to think critically about how ideas and technologies evolve as they are adopted by individuals and groups in order to suit their personal and cultural needs. Prerequisite: None. Fulfillment: Humanities Major Other Introductory Courses (18-19 Survey Courses).

History (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2025)

HIST-SHU 130-000 (19994)09/01/2025 – 12/12/2025 Tue,Thu3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Late afternoon)at ShanghaiInstructed by Wen, Shuang

Cultures and Contexts Fall 2025 Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate

Development Economics (ECON-SHU 335)

This course will explore the macroeconomics and microeconomic foundations of economic development. We will discuss poverty, growth, development trap, distribution of income, demography and economic development, land and agricultural labor, health and nutrition, credit, insurance, intra-household allocation and gender, education. In these topics, we will ask: What determines the decisions of poor households in less-developed countries? What constraints do they face? What policies have been tried? What are the policy effect we have seen? Prerequisite: ECON-SHU 1 Principles of Macroeconomics or ECON-SHU 3 Microeconomics or ECON-SHU 202 Intermediate Macroeconomics or ECON-SHU 301 Econometrics. Fulfillment: Economics elective; Social Science Focus Political Economy 300 level.

Economics (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2025)

ECON-SHU 335-000 (21333)02/03/2025 – 05/16/2025 Tue,Thu2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at ShanghaiInstructed by Zhou, Yu

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Societies & the Social Sciences Spring 2025 Undergraduate

US-China Relations (SOCS-SHU 275)

This course examines the complexities of the bilateral relationship between the People’s Republic of China (China) and the United States (US), focusing on their historical rapport, major debates, and current relations. Topics include Sino-US economic relations, media reporting, variation in political systems, global politics, climate/energy issues, military affairs, and contested territories. Prerequisite: None. SOCS-SHU 160 is recommended, but not required. Fulfillment: Core SSPC or IPC; GCS China and the World/The Politics, Economy, and Environment of China; SS Focus International Relations/Political Science 200 level; HUMN 18-19 Topic.

Social Science (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Societies & the Social Sciences Spring 2025 Undergraduate

China Encounters the World (GCHN-SHU 210)

The course focuses on the cross-currents of China’s encounters with the world, from the late 16th to the early 21st century. It proceeds from two assumptions: first, that China has long been engaged with the rest of the world rather than ever having been “closed”, as some would have it; and second, that impact and influence flow in multiple directions: into, through, and out of China, whether intentionally or involuntarily. Through a combination of lecture, discussion, and student research projects we will explore China’s encounters with the world chronologically and thematically, covering such broad topics as religion and philosophy; diplomacy; law; trade; war; revolution; political systems, and “soft power”. Pre-requisites: None. Fulfillment: CORE HPC or IPC; GCS China and the World; Humanities Introductory course (18-19: survey).

Global China Studies (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2025)

GCHN-SHU 210-000 (19992)09/01/2025 – 12/12/2025 Tue,Thu9:00 AM – 11:00 AM (Morning)at ShanghaiInstructed by Wen, Shuang

Cultures and Contexts Fall 2025 Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate

Business Structure of The Music Industry (MPAMB-UE 100)

The course will provide a background study of all related areas of the multibillion-dollar music industry, including the evolution and operations of the record company, music publishing, artist management, live entertainment, copyright, business-to-business and consumer-facing digital services.

Music Business (Undergraduate)
2 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2024)

MPAMB-UE 100-000 (11432)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Tue2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Durant, Clayton

MPAMB-UE 100-000 (11433)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Mon6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (Evening)at Washington SquareInstructed by Tallman, Elizabeth

MPAMB-UE 100-000 (20050)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Fri10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Tallman, Elizabeth

MPAMB-UE 100-000 (11434)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Thu2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Dodes, Susan

MPAMB-UE 100-000 (20141)at Washington SquareInstructed by

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Spring 2024 Undergraduate

Artists & Audiences in Historical Context (REMU-UT 1203)

Credits: 4
Duration: 15 Weeks
Dates: Tue

A follow-up complement to the first-year required Creative Entrepreneurs in Historical Context course that focused on entrepreneurs and producers, Artists and Audiences in Historical Context considers the history of popular (& semi-popular) music through the lens of iconic performers/recording artists and their audiences and communities, with special attention to issues of space and geography. Here are the central questions this class asks: Why do we have performing musicians and recording artists? What work do they do in the world, and how have our conceptions of the artist changed over time? And why do artists continue to need audiences? What role do fans and listeners play in our culture and politics? As we tackle these questions, we’ll look at how artists and audiences have been impacted over the decades by emerging media and technologies; we’ll look at auteur theory, crowd theory and cultural conceptions of musical genius; we’ll address taste and the rockism/poptimism debates; the pervasive role of stardom/celebrity as it determines what we might call today’s “pop industrial complex;” we’ll talk about issues of freedom of expression and political activism; we’ll think about the artist’s role in and against forces like war, terrorism and various forms of state and religious repression; and the artist’s struggle to reach audiences in, and against, categories of classification like genre and format. Artists and Audiences in Historical Context is an intensive reading and writing course, perhaps the most intensive one you will take at REMU: students read critical and historical writing about a diverse range of performers/recording artists, and then practice critical/creative writing themselves. Working with assistant editors/mentors as well as the instructor, students will be expected to learn how music writing improves through drafting, editing and stylistic refinement. Weekly audio/video playlists will supplement the reading and writing.

Recorded Music (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Expressive Culture Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Spring 2025 Spring 2026 Undergraduate

Elem French I (in French) (FREN-UA 9001)

Open to students with no previous training in French. Not equivalent to FREN-UA 9010. Only by following FREN-UA9001 with FREN-UA9002 can a student complete the equivalent of FREN-UA9010 and then continue on to the intermediate level.

French (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2025)

FREN-UA 9001-000 (2023)01/20/2025 – 04/29/2025 Mon,Wed9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at NYU Paris (Global)Instructed by Petit, Cecile

FREN-UA 9001-000 (2348)01/20/2025 – 04/29/2025 Mon,Wed11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at NYU Paris (Global)Instructed by Uhrig, David

FREN-UA 9001-000 (2025)01/20/2025 – 04/29/2025 Tue,Thu9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at NYU Paris (Global)Instructed by Uhrig, David

FREN-UA 9001-000 (2349)01/20/2025 – 04/29/2025 Tue,Thu11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at NYU Paris (Global)Instructed by Hannane, Leslie

FREN-UA 9001-000 (2028)01/20/2025 – 04/29/2025 Mon,Wed1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at NYU Paris (Global)Instructed by Scattolin, Lea

FREN-UA 9001-000 (2350)01/20/2025 – 04/29/2025 Tue,Thu1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at NYU Paris (Global)Instructed by Reychman, Pauline

FREN-UA 9001-000 (2031)01/20/2025 – 04/29/2025 Mon,Wed3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Late afternoon)at NYU Paris (Global)Instructed by Reychman, Pauline

FREN-UA 9001-000 (2351)01/20/2025 – 04/29/2025 Tue,Thu3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Late afternoon)at NYU Paris (Global)Instructed by Reychman, Pauline

FREN-UA 9001-000 (2034)01/20/2025 – 04/29/2025 Mon,Wed11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at NYU Paris (Global)Instructed by Montel, Elodie

FREN-UA 9001-000 (2352)01/20/2025 – 04/29/2025 Tue,Thu1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at NYU Paris (Global)Instructed by Scattolin, Lea

FREN-UA 9001-000 (23548)01/20/2025 – 04/29/2025 Mon,Wed3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Late afternoon)at NYU Paris (Global)Instructed by Scattolin, Lea

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Spring 2025 Undergraduate

Principles of Data Science I (DS-UA 9111)

Credits: 4
Duration: 14 Weeks
Dates: Mon,Wed
Credits: 4
Duration: 14 Weeks
Dates: Mon,Wed

Data Science for Everyone is a foundational course that prepares students to participate in the data-driven world that we are all experiencing. It develops programming skills in Python so that students can write programs to summarize and compare real-world datasets. Building on these data analysis skills, students will learn how to draw conclusions and make predictions about the data. Students will also explore related ethical, legal, and privacy issues.

Data Science (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks

Fall 2025 Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Quantitative Reasoning Societies & the Social Sciences Spring 2025 Spring 2026 Undergraduate

Introduction to Marketing (MKTG-SHU 1)

Evaluates, from the management point of view, marketing as a system for the satisfaction of human wants and a catalyst of business activity. Deals with the subject at all levels, from producer to consumer, and emphasizes the planning required for the efficient use of marketing tools in the development and expansion of markets. Concentrates on the principles, functions, and tools of marketing, including quantitative methods. Utilizes cases to develop a problem-solving ability in dealing with specific areas. Prerequisite: Not open to first-semester students. Fulfillment: This course satisfies BUSM Marketing Core, BUSF: Business elective, IMB Business Flexible Core or elective; Data Science concentration in Marketing; Count for CAS Business Minor, Count for Stern Business Studies Minor.

Marketing (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2025)

MKTG-SHU 1-000 (20502)02/03/2025 – 05/16/2025 Mon,Wed12:00 AM – 2:00 PM (Early afternoon)at ShanghaiInstructed by Huang, Jin

MKTG-SHU 1-000 (20503)02/03/2025 – 05/16/2025 Mon,Wed2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at ShanghaiInstructed by Huang, Jin

MKTG-SHU 1-000 (22139)02/03/2025 – 05/16/2025 Fri12:00 AM – 2:00 PM (Early afternoon)at ShanghaiInstructed by Huang, Jin

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Societies & the Social Sciences Spring 2025 Undergraduate

Digital Logic (CENG-SHU 201)

This module provides a rigorous introduction to topics in digital logic design. Introductory topics include: classification of digital systems, number systems and binary arithmetic, error detection and correction, and switching algebra. Combinational design analysis and synthesis topics include: logic function optimization, arithmetic units such as adders and subtractors, and control units such as decoders and multiplexers. In-depth discussions on memory elements such as various types of latches and flip-flops, finite state machine analysis and design, random access memories, FPGAs, and high-level hardware description language programming such as VHDL or Verilog. Timing hazards, both static and dynamic, programmable logic devices, PLA, PAL and FPGA will also be covered. Prerequisite: Intro to Programming or Intro to Computer Science or placement test or interaction lab. Fulfillment: Core Curriculum: Science Experimental Discovery in the Natural World Courses ; Major: CS Electives, CE Required, EE Required.

Computer Engineering (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Fall 2024 IMA Electives IMA Electives (Legacy Structure - Programming & Data) Quantitative Reasoning Societies & the Social Sciences Undergraduate

Basic Practice of Statistics for Social Science (MA-UY 1414)

Credits: 4
Duration: 15 Weeks
Dates: Tue,Thu

We are inundated by data, but data alone do not translate into useful information. Statistics provides the means for organizing, summarizing, and therefore better analyzing data so that we can understand what the data tell us about critical questions. If one collects data then understanding how to use statistical methods is critical, but it is also necessary to understand and interpret all the information we consume on a daily basis. This course provides these basic statistical approaches and techniques. This course may not be acceptable as a substitute for any other Probability and Statistics course. For Sustainable Urban Environments (SUE) students, please see your advisor. Note: Not open to math majors or students who have taken or will take MA-UY 2054 or MA-UY 2224 or MA-UY 3014 or MA-UY 3514 or ECE-UY 2233 or equivalent.

Mathematics (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Fall 2025 Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Quantitative Reasoning Societies & the Social Sciences Spring 2025 Spring 2026 Undergraduate

Philosophy of Math (PHIL-UA 98)

Critical discussion of alternative philosophical views as to what mathematics is, such as Platonism, empiricism, constructivism, intuitionism, formalism, logicism, and various combinations thereof.

Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2025)

PHIL-UA 98-000 (7559)01/21/2025 – 05/06/2025 Mon,Wed3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Walsh, James

PHIL-UA 98-000 (7561)01/21/2025 – 05/06/2025 Fri12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Qu, Jiarui

PHIL-UA 98-000 (7563)01/21/2025 – 05/06/2025 Fri2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Qu, Jiarui

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Quantitative Reasoning Spring 2025 Texts and Ideas Undergraduate

Sustainable Urban Development (UPADM-GP 217)

This course examines the social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainable urban development. Some of the major themes explored include indicators of sustainability, urban demographic trends, environmental justice, green building, urban sprawl, sustainable energy and transportation, and global climate change. In addition, the role of information technology (IT) and social networks is discussed in the context of promoting ideas globally about sustainable development.

UG Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy (Graduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2025)

UPADM-GP 217-000 (7940)01/21/2025 – 05/06/2025 Tue6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (Evening)at Washington SquareInstructed by Panahipour, Mitra

Graduate Physical Science OR Life Science Spring 2025

Theatre and Medicine: From the Greeks to the Modern Stage (HEL-UA 134)

This course examines the long-standing and constitutive relationships between theatre and medicine. From the classical Greek plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, through Shakespearean drama to Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, the stage has offered a platform for the expression of illness, disability and trauma, both individual and collective. Throughout its history the stage has also offered the medical discourses metaphorical ways of conceptualizing ideas of deformity, normality, deviance and disability. At the same time, it teaches us empathy and affect and contributes to our physical and mental wellbeing. This course will examine this intertwined relationship between theatre and medicine from the Greeks to the contemporary stage, by looking at plays by, among others, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides,mWilliam Shakespeare, Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg, Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett, Jean Genet, Larry Kramer and Tony Kushner.

Hellenic Studies (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2025)

HEL-UA 134-000 (5784)01/21/2025 – 05/06/2025 Mon2:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Taxidou, Olga

Expressive Culture Spring 2025 Texts and Ideas Undergraduate

Modern Europe (HIST-UA 12)

This course introduces students to European history since 1750. It proceeds chronologically and thematically, integrating politics, ideas, society, and culture. Topics include the Enlightenment, French Revolution, industrialization, nationalism, imperialism, feminism, mass politics, communism, fascism, world wars, the Cold War, decolonization, and globalization. Readings feature such writers as Mary Wollstonecraft, Sigmund Freud, Frantz Fanon, and Simone de Beauvoir, and lectures make ample use of visual materials including visual arts, animations, newsreels, and film clips. The course assumes no prior knowledge, and welcomes students from all majors, schools, and years.

History (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Cultures and Contexts Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Spring 2025 Undergraduate

The Universe: Its Nature and History (PHYS-UA 7)

Qualitative introduction to our understanding of the nature and evolution of the universe. Topics include the creation of the cosmos; its explosive evolution, present structure, and ultimate fate; the nature of stars and galaxies; the structure and evolution of our Milky Way; the birth, life, and eventual death of the solar system; our place and role in the universe; and the relationship of modern astronomical ideas to other cultural disciplines.

Physics (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Physical Science OR Life Science Spring 2025 Undergraduate