Taiwan

This course is designed for beginners with some programming experience; those who have some knowledge of Python but are ready to utilize their skills for data analysis and Machine Learning, or experienced developers looking to transition to Data Science. Enrollees must have taken courses related to or on Python programming, or must have an understanding of Python.

This course introduces vibrational studies through the study of discrete systems, basic principles and their applications, and extended to continuous systems. The course contains the system simulation, the dynamic characteristics of the points, analysis, natural frequency, modal processing and application, continuous system vibration analysis, and the application of vibration.

The purpose of this course is to introduce all categories of marine organisms and ecological systems including: marine organism history, ecological environments, intertidal ecology, ocean geography, coral reefs, ocean vegetation, marine invertebrates, pollution, marine organisms adaptation to environments, conservation, etc. Text: Peter Catro and Michael E. Huber, MARINE BIOLOGY.

This course, together with International Relations (II) in the spring semester, provides an overview of International Relations for political science majors and other interested students. The course aims to provide the following: a foundation in the study of international relations; an ability to apply international relations theory to discuss real-world politics; an overview of global politics; the ability to read academic texts in English, and oral and written communication skills in the English language.

This course offers an introduction to Confucianism in the pre-Qin era from a philosophical perspective looking at experience, rationale and desirability of actions. Topics include the modern significance of Confucianism, interpersonal relations and social achievements, self actualization and self transcendence, life and death, poetry and music, and moderation. The course uses both historical and modern texts.

This course examines the latest developments in robotics and their applications in intelligent automation. In addition to academic theory, emphasis is placed on integrated technologies such as electronics, mechanics, and computing. This course also provides hands-on experience in robot development. By writing programs in LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT and NXC, students learn the software development of robots; and by using modules to build robots, students learn hardware development. Project production in class will enable students to acquire all the development procedures and knowledge for various robotics and automation applications. Topics include: Color Sorting Robot (using caterpillar treads), Remote Control for Robotic Arm, Tank, Forklift Truck, Soccer Robot, Obstacle Avoidance Robot, Line Follower.

The course gives an introduction of the biotech pharmaceutical industry and also focuses on the development of biotech medicine, small molecule drug, protein drug, and regulations and business aspects of the industry. Course topics: Biotech Pharmaceutical Industry Overview, Biotechnology entrepreneurship and investment, biotech medicine business success stories, business development strategy of biotech pharmaceutical industry, gene decoding's impact on development of biotech medicine, nanotechnology in biotechnology applications and challenges, intellectual property rights and management, small molecule drug development, protein drug development, clinical trials and regulations, pharmaceutical production and regulations, biotech business enterprises. The course consists of weekly lecture, a midterm, and a final. The course is conducted in Chinese, but uses an English textbook.

This course introduces biological sequence analysis methods. The course provides familiarity with the vast amounts of biomedical and genomic data and online tools. The first part of the course explores basic algorithmic strategies, sequence alignment, chaining algorithms, and genomics. If time allows, Hidden Markov models (the Viterbi algorithm) are discussed. The second part covers sequence assembly, max-sum/max-density segments, data analysis, and more techniques used in genomics analysis.

The brutal struggle between free will of humanity and historical force has long been a controversial and intriguing subject in the discussions of literature. The point lies not in which side wins eventually, but in exploring what happens in the process of struggle. Viewed from the perspective of literary development, it is quite clear that each different literary movement in postwar Taiwan provides its own unique understanding of the relationship between man and history, between social agency and historical transformation, and ultimately between history and fiction. This course is divided into four parts each dealing with specific historical issues or events. The first deals with how historical figures, such as Song Qingling and Chen Yi, are treaed in fiction. The second part looks at history and politics. The third part discusses how past experiences have been represented from different ideological points of view by different writers. Finally, the course takes a close look at how writers explain the failure (or success) of certain social movements after they have long perished. In short, all the four parts try to explore the complicated interactions among history, human experience, and literary mind.

Ever since the founding of ROC in 1911, war has been a repetitive motif of Chinese history, with millions of Chinese victimized and forced to lose their homes, and even their lives. Therefore, after the Nationalist government relocated itself to Taiwan in 1949, from the 1950s to 1980s, war fiction became an important sub-genre in Anti-communism, Modernism, Nativist-realism, and Post-modernism. There were so many novelists using war as a thematic element in their works that included all the wars from Hsin-hai Revolution to the Vietnamese War. This course is built on the basis of two different histories: the history of wars and that of literature. The first part of this course constructs a historical framework of Modern Chinese Wars, which includes all the wars from Hsin-hai Revolution to the Korean War. The course then demonstrates how novelists from different literary periods deal with the material of war differently: that is to say, we use the plot of war fiction to show how China and Taiwan were influenced socio-politically and economically. This part of course focuses on how Anti-communists reflect upon Chinese Civil Wars, how Modernists rewrote wars experimentally, how Nativist-realists examined the impacts of the Vietnamese War on Taiwan, and how Post-modernism questioned the problem of history with war fiction.