Chinese

The course has four main focuses. It begins with an overview of the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry with introduction on the biotech-pharmaceutical industry, market overview, and aspects of drug development. Second, the course offers an introduction of drug development focusing on small-molecule drug/anticancer drug, drug development and translational research, antibody and plant drug development, and immunotherapy. The third section is on research and development: preclinical, focusing on animal application, pharmacokinetics, pre-formulation and formulation development of new drugs, clinical trials, small molecule drug development. The final section covers industry business outline focusing on the biotech industry, biomedical research, development of patent protection, biotech economy.

This course examines in-depth and investigative reporting.

This course provides an introduction of the Taiwan tea production industry. Topics include breeding and varieties of tea, tea tree and the soil, cultivation of tea, conservation of water and soil, machine of tea cultivation, and also outline of tea manufacturing. Introduction of Taiwan specific tea, selection and how to pour tea, machine of tea manufacturing, package and storage of tea, sensory tasting of tea quality, chemistry and healthy effect of tea, and multiple utility of tea.

This course introduces the general knowledge of emergency rescue and the current pre-hospital first aid and emergency medical system to understand the current status of emergency medical care and master some of the common medical skills of Chinese and Western medicine in daily life. This course includes the current status of domestic emergency rescue and the basic concepts and theories of emergency rescue, on-site emergency medicine (cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Heimlich first aid and trauma emergency dressing, etc.), Chinese medicine emergency (stiff neck, sprain, fever and headache etc.), simple introduction of Chinese herbal medicine knowledge, introduction of various first-aid knowledge in life, learning and application of techniques such as hemostasis and bandages, disaster escape and self-help.

This is a beginners' for students with no Chinese language education. The course consists of three main components: conversation, grammar, and Chinese characters. The course covers vocabulary items, sentence patterns and utilizes short texts to aid in instruction. Approximately 180 Chinese characters and 150 phrases are introduced and students acquire basic communicative skills to deal with simple daily situations. 

This course is for students who have completed Elementary Chinese III or at least 350 hours of Chinese language study. The course develops proficient language skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing that enables students to communicate effectively in their daily lives. Students learn commonly used new vocabularies and grammar that are not often used in daily conversations. Through the course, students learn to use appropriate Chinese language to carry on discussions to further understand Taiwanese culture and language. This course uses the textbook “Practical Audio-Visual Chinese III” (chapter 4-14) Assessment: attendance and participation (20%), quizzes (20%), assignments (20%), midterm exam (20%), final exam (20%).

This course introduces fundamental knowledge of urban and regional economics and examines how economic theory can be used to analyze the benefits of cities, and to diagnose its problems. It discusses theories of the formation of cities, agglomeration economies, and urban growth. The course also examines how economic activities are organized within a city, with particular attention on Shanghai.  

This course examines biological problems using methods of mathematical statistics and computer science. Course topics include comparative genomics and principles of algorithms, transcriptomics and epigenomics, an introduction to probability theory and mathematical statistics, supervised and unsupervised classification methods, computer programming, and data structures. The course provides students with an understanding of the scientific frontier of research and basic skills for big data analysis.

This course covers the second half of standard Japanese (Beginner Level), and the grammatical framework of standard Japanese (Beginner Level). It provides a study of beginning Japanese reading, writing, and oral expression. Students should have taken Japanese as a second language (Part 1) or have some previous knowledge of the language to enroll.

The course introduces and analyzes situations and expressions of modern Chinese, as well as different types of modern Chinese works, focusing on the improvement of students' expression skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing). Through this course, students become familiar with modern Chinese pragmatics and assist them with expression of their inner feelings and thinking.Through the reading and analysis of classic chapters, students develop basic professional knowledge of Chinese.