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In the age of digital intelligence, how can we coexist and collaborate with machines? What are the boundaries and limits of human–machine communication? This course focuses on five core issues in the field of intelligent communication: human–machine interaction, human–machine trust, human–machine emotion, human–machine value alignment and digital intelligence for good, and cultural and generational differences in human–machine communication. By adopting an interdisciplinary perspective and drawing on cutting-edge research cases, the course aims to help students better understand the nature of human–machine communication and human–machine relationships. It also equips students with the abilities to calibrate trust in machines, critically reflect on human–machine relationships, and engage in human–machine communication in a responsible manner.

This course introduces fundamental modeling principles in psychology, with a particular focus on model testing using the maximum likelihood approach. It covers the formulation of model likelihoods and the application of computational techniques to maximize them. The course demonstrates the use of models through examples primarily drawn from perception and cognition. Topics include threshold models, signal detection theory, multinomial processing tree models, reinforcement learning models, and more.

This course builds upon an interpretation of the core text of the Zhouyi (the Book of Changes) and its commentaries (the I Ching (Yijing) and the Ten Wings (Yizhuan)). It progressively guides students to understand the foundational knowledge and key issues in Yixue. These include the historical context of the Zhouyi's emergence, the historical evolution of its doctrines, the various principles for interpreting the Book of Changes text, comprehending the philosophical spirit of the Ten Wings, examining the complex relationship between the Zhouyi and aesthetic culture, and reflecting on prominent issues within the cultural evolution of Zhouyi scholarship. With a focus on exploring the aesthetic and cultural dimensions of Zhouyi thought, the course aims to highlight its distinctive intellectual wisdom and conceptual allure, demonstrating the enduring and invaluable contributions this ancient classic has made to the course of human civilization.

This course teaches the basic skills and movements of table tennis. Course topics include forehand flat serve; forehand racket; backhand stroke; footwork; doubles; backspin serve and slice practice; slice and forehand topspin, etc.

This course emphasizes both Taiwanese Hokkien and orthography. Through language analysis, it helps master the phonological system of Taiwanese Hokkien and its basic rules of word and sentence formation, such as the phonological system, rules of phonological changes, vocabulary characteristics, and sentence-making exercises. It also introduces and discusses regional differences in Taiwanese accents. This course incorporates everyday Taiwanese materials, including proverbs, folk songs, and dramas. It strengthens learners' native language sense and improves their basic abilities in listening, speaking, reading, and writing Taiwanese while acquiring vocabulary, syntax, and conversational skills.

Through the study of this course, students can grasp the basic views of Marxism as a whole. Furthermore, based on Marxist philosophy, they can understand the general development laws of the capitalist economy, recognize the historical necessity of socialism replacing capitalism, and strengthen their communist ideals and beliefs. They can form a scientific world view, outlook on life, and values, and consciously devote themselves to the great practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics. It conducts education on a scientific world view, outlook on life, and values for students, and cultivates their scientific ability and thinking methods for analyzing and solving problems.

This course integrates theory with practice, balancing technical skills and creative thinking, and is anchored in a problem-finding and problem-solving approach. Instructional methods include lectures, case-based research and reflection, hands-on production workshops, and interactive discussions. Core topics cover podcast recording and production, short-form video shooting and editing, the evolution of online content amid technological change, and the application of emerging technologies in the audiovisual field.

This course aims to provide students with a foundational understanding of common brain disorders-such as depression, brain tumors, and Alzheimer’s disease-covering their current status, epidemiology, and underlying pathogenesis. Students will also become familiar with mainstream diagnostic and treatment approaches, while enhancing their awareness of preventive strategies, thereby fostering a more resilient and proactive mindset in facing life.

The fin de siecle (end of the century) is an important phenomenon in European literature and culture at the end of the 19th century. The works of well-known writers and thinkers such as Wilde, Baudelaire, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and psychologist Freud boldly explore the dark side of human nature and reflect on the decline of civilization, all of which present the cultural characteristics of the fin de siècle. This literature later spread to East Asia with various translated works and artistic creations, arousing enthusiastic responses in Japan and China in the 20th century. Through imitation, dialectics and transformation in the literary and art circles, complex cross-cultural issues emerged.  

This course introduces works in modern Chinese literature that are deeply influenced by European "fin de siècle" literature and culture. It explores poetry, novels, dramas, and reviews spanning the entire twentieth century. It adopts the research method of comparative literature; compares and carefully reads Chinese and foreign works; sorts out transnational literary context and ideological origins, and explores their rich implications, to gain a deep understanding of "fin de siècle" literature and culture and its influence. 

This course investigates material properties from the perspective of condensed matter physics. We will cover the mechanical, thermal, electrical, magnetic and optical properties of materials, learn to apply qualitative and quantitative analysis and understand these properties based on the interaction between atoms and molecules, crystalline structure, electronic and magnetic structures and morphology. Through the course of study, we will know the most dominant factors affecting material properties and know how to estimate material properties in a certain range.