Chinese

This course covers basic concepts and language of photography, tradition and digital cameras, photography classification and its required equipment, focal length, aperture, shutter, exposure principle, composition principle, color temperature and light application, color matching and color psychology, controlling depth of field, visual effects of different lens focal lengths, advanced exposure applications, related accessories applications, and introduction to photography masters. This course entails classroom lectures, analysis, practical operations, and practical reviews to deepen learning outcomes. This course includes group and individual projects.

This course provides a systematic overview of the philosophical thinking of each philosopher, school of thought, or classic, presenting the inherent theoretical structure of each, and emphasizes the connections displayed in the mutual inheritance and criticism of each philosopher and school of thought. The class teaches philosophical issues through interpretation of the classical literature, and how to analyze and discuss these issues. The content of this course includes: Confucius and the Confucianists, Laozi and the Taoists, Micius and the Mohists, Gongsun Long and the Logicians, Han Fei and the Legalists, and Qin and Han Dynasty philosophy.

The course covers the basic concepts of social stratification, classical class theory, and modern stratification thinking theory. It provides a study of the hierarchical structure of society (ruling elite, middle class, and lower class) and theory of social mobility (dynamics). It also provides a study of social stratification in China during the transition period.

The course develops proficiency in listening, speaking, reading and writing that builds off already existing advanced proficiency in Chinese and further hones that proficiency through weekly discussion of student and instructor selected articles. Class groups present articles found in newspapers, magazines, or online each class. Assessment: attendance and participation, quizzes, assignments , exam.

The first half focuses on Western plays and the second half focuses on Chinese plays. Guided readings through Western cultivates the ability to analyze and appreciate the power of plays as well as how to analyze the structure, language, characters, etc of the different plays. The section on Chinese/Taiwanese plays goes over an introduction of drama and screenplay readings. The introduction of dramas covers the history, characteristics, and admiration of Chinese plays, providing knowledge and ability to read and understand Chinese plays.

The course combines modern corporate finance, corporate pricing, and portfolio management theory with value investment practice. It studies the Graham Dodd value investment system through Buffett's investment cases since 1958 and the lecturer’s investment practice in the Chinese market for more than 20 years. The course establishes a solid stock asset evaluation and pricing system and lays a solid foundation in financial practical posts such as asset management, securities investment, investment banking, M & A, and enterprise management.

This course discusses the behavior of individuals in an organization. It explores an individual's personality, values, work emotions, decision-making, creativity, motivation, and leadership among groups or teams. 

This course is designed to improve students' scientific literacy and recognition ability as well as enhance their ability to discriminate from a professional perspective by analyzing and critiquing many specious ideas. The course will be offered in collaboration with many experts in various disciplines, including mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, management, computer science, medicine, literature, history, philosophy, political science, history, journalism, etc.

This course provides hands-on experience with mice to study their behavior through a set of experiments. Experiments include injection of medicines and blood sampling, locomotor activity, hot plate, tail suspension, Morris water maze, elevated plus maze, S1 stereotaxic surgery demo plus dye-injection plus buffer preparation, S2 perfusion, S3 PCR plus Gel electrophoresis , H1 brain sectioning plus section mounting, H3 cell counting plus image analysis. During the semester, each student is assigned to two mice, and is responsible for its living, including environment and food. Assessment: two presentations plus a final report.

This course uses lectures, discussions, demonstrations, and visual materials to explain gender theories, discuss gender equality issues, and practice feminist methodology. It enables students to grasp the perspective of gender and conduct academic discussions on gender as a category of analysis.