Chinese

This course focuses on following areas: (1) Improving comprehension of Chinese (2) Expanding one’s knowledge in grammatical usage (3) Expanding one’s knowledge in vocabulary.

Assessment: Midterm (30%), Final (30%), Attendance & participation (15%), Assignments (25%)

Prerequisite: Chinese (1), Chinese (2), Fundamental Mandarin Chinese (1)

Taiwan has the fastest aging rate in the world. While encountering this important change, relevant health topics become important. This course examines the epidemiologic research and related topics on aging and common disease in the elderly. Students read essential literature in relation to the elderly. The first half of each lecture provides an overview of a specific topic and the latter half of class consists of literature discussion and critique. Students are required to prepare a final report. This course aims to bring topics related to aging and elderly disease to the practice of public health.

This course examines the development of Chinese classical gardens; the characteristics of Chinese feudal society and the historical causes of the development of Chinese classical gardens; the cosmology and the realm of Chinese classical gardens; the principle of "neutralization" in Chinese classical aesthetics; the art of framing Chinese classical gardens' and the high degree of self-improvement of Chinese traditional cultural system and its influence on garden culture.

This course introduces the origin and evolution of traditional puppet theatre; the front stage and use of props in traditional puppet theatre; the musical notation and gong and drum scriptures in the backstage of traditional puppet theatre; the introduction and application of traditional puppet theatre sets, and the appreciation of traditional puppet theatre script.

This course helps the students to 

1) Understand financial statements and master statement analysis methods
2) Understand various valuation models and their application in different scenarios

3) Master M&A-related knowledge, including: M&A concept, M&A transaction process, transaction structure, financing strategy, application of valuation models in M&A, and the impact of consolidated financial statements

4) Master the valuation of listed companies

This course consists of three parts. The first part will systematically review financial statements and form the basis of financial statement analysis. Based on this, the course will introduce various valuation methods.
The second part of the course will focus on mergers and acquisitions. Mergers and acquisitions reflect the allocation of resources in the capital market, have strategic significance for enterprises, and are complex in transactions. The course will introduce the basic concepts, motivations and economic consequences of mergers and acquisitions, the main processes involved, transaction structure, valuation, financing methods, etc. This part will be based on the valuation methods of the first part, combined with the characteristics of unlisted companies.
The third part will discuss the valuation of listed companies and provide reference for investors' resource allocation decisions. The course aims to establish the connection between financial information and capital market, and cultivate students' ability to integrate and apply basic knowledge of finance and accounting to investment decision-making.

This course provides an introduction to sociology and sociological theory. It analyzes real social problems and covers topics such as the historical development of sociology, society and social structure, culture, social interaction, socialization, groups and organizations, transgression and social control, social stratification and social mobility, political order, economic order, collective behavior and social movements, and social change

The aim of Intensive Chinese Reading is to improve the students' reading and writing skills by learning vocabulary and grammar.

Advanced Class: For those who have vocabulary skill of more than 2500 Chinese words. The course aims to enable students to discuss and communicate their ideas on general social topics.

This course is focused on the contemporary metropolis, Taipei, Taiwan and its concentration of power and wealth, goods, symbols, ideas, and information. The city is full of conflict, tension and oppression and this course focuses on understanding these issues and discussing potential solutions to these dilemmas. This course will explore Taipei urban life composed of different culture, class, ethnic, racial, age and gender groups that are gathered in this adjacent space in close contact. The social relations they link, and the activities that are juxtaposed in the common space, may lead to conflicts, resulting in the chances of life of certain people, being excluded, and causing social injustice. The city is a pool of differences and this course objective is aimed to understand how to coordinate diversity and differences, to achieve social justice that is a major challenge of urban life. The main axis of this course, that is, in the face of external environmental changes, as well as the internal conflict pressure of urban life, is how to connect the difference between the crowd, so that different people have the opportunity to pursue their beautiful life in the city vision.

This course is designed to provide a comprehensive description and analysis of contemporary United States of America and help the learners to know better about America's current development and the possible future.

This course cultivates beginner-level Chinese communication skills for those who are new to the language. Through the study and mastery of basic Chinese vocabulary, sentence patterns, and grammar, students develop basic conversation, pronunciation, listening, writing, and reading comprehension skills.