Peking University English-taught Undergraduate Courses The PKU academic year, from early September to July, is divided into two semesters, each of 18 weeks duration, including 16 weeks of classroom attendance and 2 examination weeks. One credit normally equals one class hour per week, therefore one course with 3 credits normally takes 3 class hours per week, in total 48 class hours for one semester. Course Code Course School Credit Semester Course Prerequisites 城市与环境学院 12631190 Environmental Emerging Contaminants College of Urban and Environmental Sciences 2 Autumn 地球与空间科学学院 01231890 Physics and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior School of Earth and Space Sciences 2 Autumn 地球与空间科学学院 01231900 Isotope Geology (Radiogenic and non-traditional isotopes) School of Earth and Space Sciences 2 Autumn 地球与空间科学学院 01231931 Earth Science Lectures by Distinguished Scholars I School of Earth and Space Sciences 1 Autumn 法学院 02930156 Moot Court Practical Training and Experience Law School 2 Autumn 法学院 02930184 Legal English (I) Law School 2 Autumn 工学院 00332020 Heat and Mass Transfer College of Engineering 3 Autumn 工学院 00332910 Flight Control and Simulation College of Engineering 2 Autumn 光华管理学院 02800000 Primary Business Chinese I Guanghua School of Management 2 Autumn 光华管理学院 02800001 Primary Business Chinese II Guanghua School of Management 2 Autumn Understanding Chinese Society I: From the 18th to late-20th 光华管理学院 02801960 century Guanghua School of Management 2 Autumn 光华管理学院 02831100 Organization and Management Guanghua School of Management 3 Autumn 光华管理学院 02831680 Financial Risk Management Guanghua School of Management 2 Autumn 第 1 页，共 11 页 Course Code Course School Credit Semester Course Prerequisites 光华管理学院 02832690 Logistics and Supply Chain Management Guanghua School of Management 2 Autumn 光华管理学院 02834390 Strategic Management Guanghua School of Management 2 Autumn 光华管理学院 02837140 Doing Business in China Guanghua School of Management 2 Autumn 光华管理学院 02838180 Financial Statement Analysis Guanghua School of Management 2 Autumn Prerequisite: Financial Accounting 光华管理学院 02838350 Channel Management Guanghua School of Management 2 Autumn Prerequisite courses or experiences 光华管理学院 in corporate finance and financial 02838460 International Finance Guanghua School of Management 2 Autumn investment would be ideal 光华管理学院 02839160 Quantitative Reasoning Guanghua School of Management 2 Autumn 光华管理学院 02830260 Shadow PBoC Guanghua School of Management 2 Autumn 光华管理学院 E2832121 Macroeconomics Guanghua School of Management 3 Autumn 光华管理学院 E2832231 Business Simulation Games Guanghua School of Management 2 Autumn 光华管理学院 E2833431 Corporate Finance Guanghua School of Management 3 Autumn 国际关系学院 02430159 English Composition School of International Studies 1 Autumn 国际关系学院 02432090 Chinese Perspective on International and Global Affairs School of International Studies 3 Autumn 国际关系学院 02432380 International Development Policy School of International Studies 3 Autumn Prerequisites: History of 国际关系学院 International Relations, Theories of 02432340 International Public Policy School of International Studies 3 Autumn International Relations 国家发展研究院 06239084 Intermediate Macroeconomics National School of Development 3 Autumn 第 2 页，共 11 页 Course Code Course School Credit Semester Course Prerequisites 国家发展研究院 Prerequisite: Principles of 06239116 Frontiers in International Development: Theories and Practices National School of Development 3 Autumn Economics 国家发展研究院 Prerequisite: Principles of 06239124 China’s Economy National School of Development 3 Autumn Economics 化学与分子工程学院 College of Chemistry and Molecular 01034310 General Chemistry Engineering 4 Autumn 化学与分子工程学院 College of Chemistry and Molecular 01034373 Organic Chemistry (II) Engineering 2 Autumn 环境科学与工程学院 College of Environmental Sciences and 12730080 Environmental Issues and Policies in China Engineering 2 Autumn 教育学院 06731020 China’s Education and Its Cultural Foundations Graduate School of Education 2 Autumn 经济学院 02533570 Corporate Finance School of Economics 3 Autumn 经济学院 02534660 The Introduction of Behavioral Finance School of Economics 2 Autumn 经济学院 Prerequisite: Computer 02534870 Computer Programming in Financial Engineering School of Economics 2 Autumn Programming Business and Society in Modern China: An Institutional 经济学院 Prerequisite: Principles of 02535300 Perspective School of Economics 2 Autumn Economics 经济学院 02535360 Life and Health Insurance School of Economics 2 Autumn Prerequisite: Principles of Insurance 考古文博学院 02234040 World Archaeology: the Deep History of Human Societies School of Archaeology and Museology 2 Autumn 历史学系 02100100 Latin Paleography Department of History 2 Autumn 历史学系 02113123 Intermediate Latin 3 Department of History 2 Autumn 历史学系 02132091 Readings in World History (1) Department of History 3 Autumn 历史学系 02133111 Elementary Latin 1 Department of History 4 Autumn 第 3 页，共 11 页 Course Code Course School Credit Semester Course Prerequisites 历史学系 02133681 Readings on Historical Sources in English (1) Department of History 2 Autumn 历史学系 02133750 History of Modern Greece Department of History 2 Autumn 马克思主义学院 04031211 English for Marxism School of Marxism 2 Autumn 生命科学学院 01132681 Neural development and plasticity School of Life Sciences 2 Autumn 生命科学学院 01137010 Advanced Neurobiology School of Life Sciences 4 Autumn 生命科学学院 01139630 Biochemistry School of Life Sciences 4 Autumn "Algebra, Geometry and Analysis of Commuting Differential 数学科学学院 00112266 Operators School of Mathematical Sciences 3 Autumn 数学科学学院 00112267 Introduction to the course Deformation quantization School of Mathematical Sciences 3 Autumn Introduction to the Course ”Geometry of Gromov-Hausdorff 数学科学学院 00112268 distance“ School of Mathematical Sciences 3 Autumn 数学科学学院 00112269 Introduction to Arakelov theory School of Mathematical Sciences 1 Autumn 数学科学学院 00135520 Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations School of Mathematical Sciences 3 Autumn 外国语学院 03530530 morden middle east studies School of Foreign Languages 2 Autumn 外国语学院 03530560 Theoretical and Applied Linguistics School of Foreign Languages 2 Autumn 外国语学院 03530600 Contemporary Korean Society School of Foreign Languages 2 Autumn 外国语学院 03530620 Korean Business and Management in the Asian Context School of Foreign Languages 2 Autumn Selected Readings of English Newspapers And Journals in 外国语学院 03536212 India(2) School of Foreign Languages 2 Autumn Prerequisite: Hindi language 外国语学院 03831020 Greek and Roman Mythology School of Foreign Languages 2 Autumn 外国语学院 03831120 Rhetorical Traditions: China and the West School of Foreign Languages 2 Autumn 第 4 页，共 11 页 Course Code Course School Credit Semester Course Prerequisites 外国语学院 03832020 Introduction to Literary Forms School of Foreign Languages 2 Autumn 外国语学院 03832040 Selected Readings in European Literature School of Foreign Languages 2 Autumn 外国语学院 03833030 Selected Readings from Newspapers And Magazines School of Foreign Languages 2 Autumn 外国语学院 03833130 Selected Readings in English Novels School of Foreign Languages 2 Autumn 外国语学院 03834180 The 20th Century Literary Theory School of Foreign Languages 2 Autumn Contemporary Chinese and American Fiction in Comparative 外国语学院 03834240 Perspective School of Foreign Languages 2 Autumn 外国语学院 03834410 Readings in Western Classical Literature School of Foreign Languages 2 Autumn 外国语学院 03930050 Public English (3) School of Foreign Languages 3 Autumn 物理学院 00410340 Advanced Quantum Mechanics School of Physics 4 Autumn 物理学院 00410440 Quantum Statistical Physics School of Physics 3 Autumn 物理学院 00410640 Quantum Field Theory School of Physics 4 Autumn 物理学院 00430170 An Introduction to Distance Measurement in Astronomy School of Physics 2 Autumn 物理学院 00432140 Electrodynamics (A) School of Physics 4 Autumn 物理学院 00432150 Quantum Mechanics (A) School of Physics 4 Autumn 物理学院 00432265 Modern Astronomy School of Physics 2 Autumn 心理与认知科学学院 School of Psychological and Cognitive 01630713 Time and Cognition Sciences 2 Autumn Prerequisite: General Psychology 新闻与传播学院 01833140 Public Speaking in English School of Journalism and Communication 2 Autumn 第 5 页，共 11 页 Course Code Course School Credit Semester Course Prerequisites 新闻与传播学院 01834190 Media and Society in China School of Journalism and Communication 2 Autumn 信息管理系 03033600 Introduction to Health Informatics Department of Information Management 2 Autumn 信息管理系 03033800 Qualitative Data Analysis Department of Information Management 2 Autumn 信息科学技术学院 School of Electronics Engineering and 04830140 Computer Architectures Computer Science 3 Autumn 信息科学技术学院 School of Electronics Engineering and 04833110 Principles and Practices of Global Innovation Computer Science 2 Autumn 哲学系 Prerequisites: Chinese philosophy, 02333180 Comparation between Eastern and Western Philosophy Department of Philosophy 2 Autumn Western philosophy 中国语言文学系 Department of Chinese Language and 02034480 Chinese Folklore and Culture Literature 2 Autumn Courses concerning “urban”----such as Urban History, Urban Planning, Conservation Planning of Urban Heritage and etc.----are suitable as 城市与环境学院 the pre-studying ones of this 12639080 Garden City's Practice in China College of Urban and Environmental Sciences 3 Spring course. Prerequisites: General Geology, 地球与空间科学学院 Introduction to Sedimentary 01231710 Elementary Sequence Stratigraphy School of Earth and Space Sciences 2 Spring Petrology 地球与空间科学学院 01231820 Principles of Geobiology School of Earth and Space Sciences 2 Spring Prerequisite: Physical Geology 地球与空间科学学院 01231860 Marine Environments and Geodynamics