Chinese

This course explores the aesthetic and cultural dimensions of popular music through critical listening and analysis of representative works, examining how music both shapes and mirrors the evolution of society. By tracing the relationship between musical expression and its historical contexts, the course cultivates an appreciation for the aesthetic values embedded in popular culture.

This course explores the Choson Dynasty, its scholars, and the history of Confucianism in Korea through readings from The Annals of the Choson Dynasty and related research works. It examines the dynasty’s founding, governance, and policy making while interpreting historical debates between kings and officials. Emphasis is placed on analytical approaches to historical materials, fostering independent judgment and an appreciation of Korean history within the broader East Asian context.

This course adheres to the educational philosophy of "cultivating character before artistry," constructing a film curriculum system that emphasizes "ideological depth, holistic thinking, and creativity." It uses technical skills as a bridge, prioritizes human-centered values, and places artistic integrity at the forefront. Through three stages—film appreciation, film deconstruction, and film creation—the course aims to truly approach the artistic essence of cinema and immerse students in the world of film. It seeks to break conventional thinking patterns by guiding students from "theory to practice," "skills to concepts," "understanding to experience," and "appreciation to creation." The course strives to harmonize "ideological depth and artistic expression," "emotional experience and logical thinking," and "knowledge and individuality," ultimately fostering outstanding high-level innovative talents.

This course examines topics covering urban settlements, imperial tombs and burials, agriculture, handicrafts, sacrificial rituals and religions, as well as cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries. Taking time as the fundamental axis, the course sorts out the development context of civilization during the Han and Tang dynasties through each thematic topic, comprehensively revealing the cultural features of the Han and Tang dynasties based on archaeological findings. 

The Dance Sport course integrates dance art and sports competition. Dance Sport includes five dance styles in both Standard and Latin. By learning these classic dance styles, it helps students master dance steps, improve body coordination and rhythm. In the course, students can feel the charm of dance art, shape a beautiful figure, enhance physical fitness through exercise, and cultivate elegant temperament and team spirit. It is a characteristic course combining beauty and vitality.

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.