Chinese

This course combines economic theory with historical facts and examines the economic and social development of the East and the West. It covers the important historical content of all human economic and social activities from the origin of agricultural civilization to the present day, such as the origin of agricultural civilization, the great Geographical discovery, Columbus exchange, religious Reform, industrial Revolution, modern industrialization, the Great Depression, globalization and other related issues.

This course covers the general ideas and methods of solving problems with computers, to master the basic processes and methods of programming, and to use Python as a tool for analysis and processing large data. This course teaches the current popular Python language. Python is very suitable as the first programming language for non-computer science majors. Learning content includes: Python sequences: lists, tuples, dictionaries, collections, control structures: selection, looping, string common operation methods, string functions, regular expressions, function definition and usage, module definition and usage, file operations, exception handling, etc., and basic understanding of graphical interface and drawing.

The course provides a study of the contemporary Chinese political system. Topics include the people's congress system, electoral system, state administrative system, civil service system, national regional autonomy system, system of special administrative region, communist party's leadership system of multi-party cooperation and political consultation system. It analyzes the systems’ origins, composition, operation, and development.

This course addresses the effective use of cloud technology in digital cultural and creative projects including: versatile digital publishing, website design, web community development, digital imaging, animation, video and media production management. As a specific objective, we emphasize to cap off a team project more than an individual task. This course takes account of the inter-discipline of humanities and information technology through media application. The learning method focuses on problem solving oriented approach. The learning activity designates a hands-on assignment and requires a complete output in the form of publishable presentation.

This course covers the concepts, guidelines, and basic traditional techniques of cultural relics protection and restoration, including the compilation of restoration plans and records, the performance and aging mechanism of cultural relics materials, the selection and implementation of cultural relics restoration materials, etc. Students learn cultural relics cleaning, bonding, reinforcement, and repair procedures and technical essentials. The course also trains students to master the basic cleaning and restoration techniques of ceramics, porcelain, paper, stone, metal, and other cultural relics.

The course explores the international frontiers of international trade studies at the enterprise level, Topics include the development of international trade theory and empirical research from the perspective of enterprises; individual enterprises in a dynamic open economy; the motivations, mechanisms, and influences of internationalization choices (trade, investment, outsourcing, etc.) when pursuing their own development and maximizing profits.

This course explores the role of parents and parenting strategies in children's growth and development. Students learn the basic theory of child development and how specific parenting methods and practices affect children's cognitive, social, and emotional development at all stages of growth. Students also learn about parental roles, parenting concepts and behaviors in different social and cultural backgrounds, and discuss the social and cultural factors affecting contemporary families and parenting. The course introduces basic child rearing and parenting skills, and provides the basis for students who are interested in working with teenagers and children in the future. Topics include: 1) theoretical basis of parenting research and practice; 2) changes in parenting styles and strategies at various stages of development from early childhood to adolescence; 3) cross-cultural comparison and interdisciplinary discussion of parental roles, parenting concepts/styles, and parent-child relationship

Correct medical knowledge is necessary for a modern intellectual. In this course, experts from various fields are invited to give in-depth introductions on daily life care or health problems that are easy to encounter from the physiological and psychological levels, so that college students can acquire correct medical concepts.

The topics covered in this course include introduction of R, probability, independence, conditional probability, Bayes' formula, random variables and distributions, moment generating functions, probability inequalities, law of large numbers, central limit theorem, point estimation, maximum likelihood estimation, Fisher's information, asymptotic efficiency, Hypothesis testing, Wald's test, t-tests, likelihood ratio tests, permutation tests, confidence intervals.